Handwriting the Bible as a Legacy for my Son.
On August 10, 2026, I began writing the entire Bible by hand as a legacy for my son.
I decided to start with the book of Matthew.
Today, I was inscribing Matthew 22, and verse five broke my heart.
In the Parable of the Wedding Banquet, we see a King preparing a feast for his son.
He sends out invitations, prepares the food, and creates a beautiful place for his guests.
“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.” - Matthew 22:5
Some of the guests didn’t reject the King because they hated the King or desired ill will for the King (although those types of guests are mentioned in verse 6)
But the verse 5 guests, they rejected Him out of indifference. The guests were simply too busy with their normal, ordinary, everyday lives to come to the banquet. They had work, they had families, they had businesses; and they chose not to come.
As a mother handing down a handwritten Bible to a son who is growing up in a hyper-distracted, digital world, this breaks my heart.
The greatest threat to Asher’s faith (and to ours) rarely comes from overt rebellion and hatred for Jesus.
It comes in the form of quiet distraction.
The cultural allure of a good career, a busy schedule, and endless noise convinces us we don’t have time to sit with God, meet with Him, and hear His voice.
I am not writing this Bible for Asher, so he has a pretty family heirloom. I am writing it line by line so that when he holds it years from now, he remembers that in a world constantly pulling him toward the trivial, a King invited him to a feast.
I prayed over verse 5 over my son today:
Lord, don't let my son be so busy building his own field that he declines Your invitation.
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