By Elouise Renich Fraser
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We may dislike reading the Scriptures because we find them perplexing, problematic, or worn out. But no matter what our reaction to Scripture, this book is for us. Making Friends with the Bible is both a gentle appeal and a hard-hitting exposé. What characterizes the book above all is its absolute honesty about the task of Bible study. The authors begin their discussion by exposing the many ways in which we hide from the Bible through blaming it, idolizing it, protecting it, distancing it. In a second stage the authors reflect, often in surprising fashion, on the steps involved in a meaningful en- Page 8 counter with the Scriptures: "focus first on myself, not on the Bible".
The Bible never puts us down because of limitations. Our Need for Human Relationship Just as we like to think Adam and Eve had no limitations before the Fall, so we like to think that before the Fall everything in the universe was good. We forget that when God looked at creation, not everything God saw was good. It wasn't good that Adam was alone, even though Adam was God's good creation. Sometimes we imagine Adam's problem was loneliness. But according to Genesis, the problem was that Adam was alone.
But when we finally pick it up and begin reading, it doesn't take long to remember why we don't read it more often. When I was a child, I dreamed of playing the piano. I believed I would be really great at it if only I just sat down and did it. " Instead, I discovered why I had waited so long to begin. Every time I put my fingers on the keyboard, I was reminded how difficult it is to learn to play well. Reading the Bible is like playing the piano. We may open our Bibles thirty times, only to be reminded thirty times of why we've waited so long.