Most people can say that they have a Bible somewhere in the house.  Or have seen one sometime in their life time.  That is people of a free country. Maybe we forget there is a world of people that never have one or seen one. Maybe we forget how many people would like to have one.

Today I was told about a man who cried when a Bible was placed in his hands.  You see he knew about the Bible, but all he had was a couple of the books of the Bible. Matthew, and John.  He knew each of the words in those two books.  But he never owned a complete Bible.  He made a trip to a place in hopes he could trade his two books for a couple other books of the Bible.  Instead here he finds himself in a line of people, and he being late was last in the line - last in a line of people that was in hopes of being given a Bible.  A group of ladies had made a trip to this small nation In Africa.  The ladies were handing out Bibles.  The man last in line was now hoping for a complete Bible.  He received the last Bible, held it in his hands, and broke down crying.  At last he had a complete Bible.

He had walked miles to this place in hopes of making a trade of the two books, he knew by heart, for a couple he had only heard of.  Instead, now he had a complete Bible, a treasury of God's word, the complete Bible.  It was a dream come true.

We in this land of America, can go many places, and maybe see a Bible.  Do we know the value of it?  Ask the man who has none, or maybe just a few pages of one.

Where is your Bible? I can bet I know where that man's Bible is - one of two places, in his hands or on the kitchen table where he can read it. It sure isn't on the bottom of a table, or under a pile of other things. It is his prize, he will guard it with his life.  The living word of God.

What is the value of a Bible? Ask a man who had but two books of the Bible.  A man who walked miles to make a trade, walked the many miles home holding on to his very own Bible.  A man with tears of joy streaming from his eyes, giving thanks to God and the ladies who came with a box of Bibles.