For the last month, I have admired from afar this statue on the UB Campus.
I assumed it was a tribute to mothers faithfully instilling a love of reading in their pre-school child. Today I got to see the statue up close, and was I surprised!
Not sure what the artist intended, but the message has changed. Books have been replaced with personal lap-top computers. Now in many ways this statue is prescient (look it up). Many times in Sunday School and Church I look over to see a friend with their Bible on their Ipad, Kindle, Nook, or whatever. Even as primitive as I am, I have, on occasion read a bit on my wife's Kindle. As an old fuddle-duddie, I don't really like reading a non-book text. Books have weight, they have a convenience of their own.
On the other hand, whenever I need to find a particular Scripture, I go to the WWW. Clearly G^d is not constrained in any way in how He chooses to act. He can speak through a Kindle as well as He can through a rock.
So, it matters not how we read G^d's truth, the main issue is to read it often, and read it carefully. Happy Bible reading.
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