We use a Bible as a door stop. Sometimes I feel bad about it. Not because it is the holy sanctified word of God that my wife and I are using to keep a door open when the air conditioning turns on, but rather because I try not to put books on the floor. But, let’s face it: if it were the Guttenberg Bible, then I can see God getting pretty upset; but it’s not. It’s one of the free Bibles that evangelicals hand out on street corners: that’s right: the New Testament plus Psalms and Proverbs. Every household probably has one of those old rusty NT+P&P Bibles lying around the house, gathering dust on a shelf; at least we are putting ours to good use. After all, it’s not every day that you find a door stop that fits just perfectly between the bottom of the door and the carpet, and the fit is so snug and tight, that the door does not close. And, again, let’s face it: some houses are poorly designed; nothing gets my goat like a house that is designed to where the force of the AC pushes on the back of a door and forces it shut. What if Erma got stuck in the room? And what if we were gone for a day and Erma had to spend the whole day in the room, without food or water or litter box; what if we came home and she was lying dead on the floor: dead of thirst! So, I’m already pretty sure God doesn’t hate me for using the free Bible as a door stop. But for those of you who would chide me for it, just remember that that doorstop is saving a very precious life: the life of our cat. And, as God said that all creatures were created equal except for roosters, those sneaky little buggers), our cat has a right to life…
Bible that you take care of, one with a leather front embossed with your name and gilded pages:
Bible that you use as a door stop:
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