Imagine
Have you ever read scripture and dismissed a story as if it didn't pertain to you? After all, you're not Moses, or David, or Paul, or ( insert other names here) . So this must not apply to me because I could never be that holy or do what he/she did. I think that sometimes we forget that the people in the Bible were real people just like you or I. We read the story and move on thinking that all we read is all there is. We don't consider the backstory or how long it may have taken the person to arrive at their decision. Perhaps we fail to consider that they had feelings and emotions, doubts and fears. Enter Holy Imagination What if we picked out a story in the Bible, asked Holy Spirit to help us imagine as we read, and then pictured ourselves in that story? We could ask questions like: What would I do in that situation, What character do I most relate to when I read this, How does this story impact my emotions and my senses? This way of reading the Bible is