This beat up Bible Dusty on the shelf Worn out and torn up don't look like much but it will get you through hell It's been held in the hands Of all the ones that I love It might be falling off the binding but every line in it still holds up
RELATED: Girl wins $10,000 to give to the 'Nana' who raised her Though the band didn't write the song, the songwriters may as well have stolen the words right from Kimberly Schlapman's heart."That song just fills up my heart,” she says, “and I see my great-grandmother and her little trailer where I used to stay with her, reading her Bible.”
“I see so many pictures in my head as I sing that song,” she goes on. “We have, in my family, a beat up Bible… The binding's falling off, some of the pages are just stuffed in there… In the front is written the births of all the children since the mid-1800's. Ah! It's so special. It's such a treasure.”But it's not just Kimberly who's transported back to those special days with grandma. [/slide]
“Where I grew up, I lived here and my grandmother was kinda just out the back door,” he says, referencing the location with his hands. “And I spent a lot of time there when my parents were working… I stayed with her.”RELATED: 4 ways praying grandparents make a huge difference And for both Kimberly and Jimi, the family Bible was a cherished possession.
“She's got the big centerpiece Bible when you walk in the living room,” Jimi recalls. “It's out under the Jesus picture.” “Yep. My grandmother had that too!” Kimberly exclaims.[rsnippet id="2"] So, for these two, they experience what the lyrics describe firsthand:
That old recliner In this living room She was sitting right there teaching me a prayer All that she knew About the words on the pages About the greatest gift Where you find the truth, you find the proof, of how love still is In this beat up bible