A Letter from the Poet

Dear Reader,

I’m writing to you with a gentle heart. Even though you have read the Scriptures cover to cover many times—and that is truly wonderful—I still sense the same gentle warning Jesus gave: we can sometimes err because we do not fully know them in the deep, living way that opens our hearts to the power of God.

Life moves fast. We chase the latest trends and glowing screens, and even a well-read Bible can quietly collect a little dust on the shelf of daily life. The Sadducees knew the Torah well, yet Jesus told them they had missed its heart. They brought Him their clever question about the widow and her seven husbands, doubting resurrection. With kindness He answered from the burning bush: “I am the God of Abraham… I am the God of the living.” They knew the words, but not the living power behind them.

We do this too. Even after many readings, we can become half-hearted in our listening—quick to quote in debates, quicker to judge, slower to let the Word heal and restore us. Biblical knowledge is a treasure, yet without fresh dependence on the Spirit, it can stay head-knowledge instead of heart-transformation.

But here is the beautiful invitation: God’s mercy is still wide open. The same resurrection power that raised Jesus longs to breathe fresh life into every part of you and me—today, not just yesterday.

So, dear friend, if this resonates even a little, hear it as a loving nudge rather than correction. Come back to the Living Word again, not as something you’ve already finished, but as a place to meet the living God once more. Read it slowly. Let it surprise you again. There you will rediscover His power and the joy of life restored.

You are deeply loved, and the Lord is always glad when we return to Him with open hearts.

With warmth and care,

The Poet

Matthew 22:29

• KJV: Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

• NIV: Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.”

• ESV: But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.”

• AMP: But Jesus replied to them, “You are all wrong because you know neither the Scriptures [which teach the resurrection] nor the power of God [for He is able to raise the dead].”

You err because you barely know the Scriptures,

You’ve never truly read them, end to end.

You chase the latest trends and glowing screens,

While ancient truth lies dusty on the shelf.

The Sadducees once mocked the hope of rising,

They asked about a widow and her seven husbands.

Jesus answered from the bush still blazing:

“I am the God of Abraham—I am the God of the living.”

We do the same: biblically illiterate,

Half-read, we twist the text to win our fights.

We quote to wound, not knowing how to heal,

Yet mercy waits where death itself takes flight.

Turn back, my friend—open the Living Word.

There stands the power of God, and life restored.