Thought of the Day

It is safe to say that I am the only 19-year-old college kid who opens up Yahoo every morning and afternoon to check emails and skim over the news (even the financial tab).  Yesterday, I was even listening to talk radio.  I very quickly had a serious discussion with myself about what I could do instead to prove, or at least convince, that I do have a life and that I really am a fun person.  But this morning when I started looking over the main topics on Yahoo, I couldn't help but to click on a headline about Bible changes.  Here's a link to the article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110302/us_nm/us_religion_bible

So I'm not sure how I feel about this.  Don't get me wrong, I am all about making the Bible more understandable.  There is no way I could make it through a King James Version without a headache.  But at the same time, I hope that we're not trying to change it too much.  I think I just felt an earthquake.  Anyways, the part I most disagree with the changing "virgin" to "the young woman" (par. 8).  I think that's one of the most important parts of Jesus' birth.  God made the impossible happen, a virgin gave birth to Jesus.  There is no way that could ever happen; never has, never will.  It's just one of those things in the Bible that is totally and completely God.

For all the rest of the words, I haven't decided.  I believe that the Bible is God's Word and the instruction for our lives, and I want everyone to be able to easily understand it and apply it to their lives.  I understand that times change and eventually we don't even know what some of those older words mean.  Society is way crazy these days.  If we try to fit everything in to current times, nothing will mean anything, surely not the way God meant for it to be.  Remember, I'm not insisting that this is wrong or that I'm right.  In fact, I'm undecided.  It's up to you to make your own decision based on your own faith.  I just hope that we remember to let the Bible change us, not us change the Bible.