The Saturday Six

One.

Listen here

Last week I told you about my friend Brenda Yoder's newly released book, Fledge: Launching Your Kids without Losing Your Mind. This week I interviewed her about the book for my first (yes first!) Conversation Café of 2018. Brenda has incredible wisdom about parenting and about keeping yourself healthy as a mom. I'd love for you to listen to what she has to say, and I hope you find Fledge helpful for you or those in your life who are somewhere in this season! You can listen to the podcast here!

Two.

I saw on Callie's blog earlier this week that she was looking for some Christ-centered things for her kids' Easter baskets. I figured she might not be alone in that hunt, so if you're looking for some ways to pull the focus back on the Lord for your kids this Easter, check out this post!

Three.

Well, it's that unfortunate time of year again. You know, the one when we all lose an hour of sleep and I get super cranky for a few months. Tomorrow is the time change. Do as you will: change your clocks or live on your own time. ;) You have no idea how tempted I am to create my own Bekah-time until the fall...

Four.

Bird nests and eggs in lanterns? I love this idea! I have some lanterns and think this would be a great touch to spring décor. (Anyone else ready for spring decorations? And just spring in general?)

Five.

Like the look of a vintage refrigerator with the convenience of modern working parts? This post shows just such a thing! (And it's a really cute blog to poke around if you'd like!)

Six.

Source

I am still finishing up the book I intended to review for you this week, but I realized I have never told you about the Bible I've been using for almost a year now, and I thought I would take a moment to tell you!

Last year, right around this time, I wanted to find a new Bible to study, and I really loved the idea of a journaling Bible. I'm not a cutesy-artsy journaler, but I am a voracious note-taker, and sometimes the tiny margins of my Bible get awfully crammed with my notes. I loved the idea of having space in a margin dedicated for that. I researched a bunch of journaling Bibles and actually had one all picked out when I ended up finding a newer-to-the-market Bible that intrigued me.

I will tell you I normally steer very clear of Bibles that seem devotional in nature, because I want my Bibles to have real study notes rather than devos. But this one had a unique twist I'd not seen before, and what really caught my eye was that Ravi Zacharias was affiliated with the creation of the supplemental material. (So was Louie Giglio, Max Lucado, and John Piper.) I have tremendous respect for Ravi, so if he's involved in a project, I'm willing to look at it!

It's called The Jesus Bible and its focus is to show how all the events of the Bible point to Jesus. As I've told you, Ryan and I are reading through the Bible chronologically this year, and right now we're back in the books of the law. It's fascinating to read how the laws and establishments of the Israelite nation pointed toward Jesus and what He did in his life, ministry, and sacrifice. I am learning so much!

There aren't notes on every single page, which I like, on one hand, because that means I have more room in the margin to take notes. (Supplemental notes are in the margins, not at the bottom of the page.) There are also occasional full-page essays that explain something in deeper detail.

Aside from notes, articles, and essays that pertain to the theme of how the Bible points to Jesus, there aren't any additional study helps. That's okay with me, because I have a host of other study Bibles that offer that information to me. (Plus I'm a frequent visitor to the online Matthew Henry commentary, so that's helpful, too.)

The pages of this Bible are a bit thicker than that of a normal Bible, so my ink doesn't bleed through the pages, and I like that.

I've never had a Bible quite like this one before, and I'm glad I got it. (Thanks, Mom and Dad! - Last year's birthday gift.) For this season of my life, it's teaching me so much about Jesus and it's connecting parts of Scripture I hadn't connected before. I really love that!