Contagion

I was just looking on my bookshelf and saw my message re:mix Bible sitting there. I've never really read the message as I would an other translation. Not sure why - maybe because when it first came out everyone was freaking out that it wasn't "accurate". I understand it's not a literal translation and shouldn't be used for studying so I have generally used it as a parallel source to get a different vibe for passages.

However, I picked it up just a few minutes ago and read Genesis 1 and 2...and it was incredible! I'm not sure why it's taken me this long to just read a full chapter but Peterson takes this chapter and makes it explode off the page. In the past I've read this as kind of a history lesson. But this time I saw God as an artist, standing there with a canvas in front of him...maybe a goofy Italian hat (don't know where this came from...is God Italian?), full of passion and creating a work of art that only He can create. The use of highly descriptive language and exclamation points made it just jump off the page!

So I think I may have stumbled onto another tool that is going to help me stay passionate in my faith. Check it out and see what you think. For those who have a hard time paying attention while reading the Bible, this may be a secret you need to stumble onto as well.