Day 5: Devozine 31 Day Instagram Challenge: Margins

Day 5 of the Devozine 31 Day Instagram Challenge is MARGINS.  Margins has several definitions: 1. The space around the printed or written matter of a page 2. The amount allowed or available beyond what is actually necessary 3. A limit in condition 4. A border or edge.  I have three different versions of the Bible that I like to explore and compare versus.  I have the New International Version (NIV), New Living Translation (NLT) and Joyce Meyers Everyday Bible Amplified Version (AMP).   Although I have come across several passages that I like I cannot get myself to mark in my Bibles.  So I decided to buy an inexpensive bible and highlight and illustrate passages I like in it.  Although thinking deeper about margins got me thinking about how God gave us "Free Choice."  To me margins is the amount allowed beyond the guidelines of something in this case the Words of the Bible and I see this as the Free Choice that God gives us. God allows us to make our own choices and is always patiently waiting for us to return to him.  So essentially God has given us open margins in our lives.