Singer and actress Jordin Sparks has openly discussed her Christian faith over the years, but she took her public devotion to an entirely new level in a recent Instagram post, sharing a photo of her Bible and imploring fans to read Proverbs.
Sparks, who opened up her post with the words, “So much wisdom,” proceeded to quote from Proverbs 3:5-6, Proverbs 4:13 and Proverbs 4:20-23, urging her fans to dive into those scriptures.
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The most notable part of her post, though, was the photo she shared of her Bible — a picture that showed highlighted and underlined verses as well as hearts and stars on its pages, indicating which parts of scripture clearly resonated with her.
Sparks explained how she’s been diving deep into scripture of late, marking up her Bible along the way — an act she learned from her grandparents.
“I remember seeing my parents & grandparents Bibles marked up like this when I was younger. I’ve only had this Bible for a little less than a year & I look at the pages of mine now & I understand,” the singer wrote. “These are so much more than words. It’s amazingly overwhelming and I cannot fully explain it.”
Sparks went on to discuss the fact that everyone takes his or her own journey in life filled with a variety of happy and painful scenarios and experiences, noting that many people, at some point, tend to “wake up.”
“I love the expression: ‘When a man’s Bible is falling a part, the man isn’t,'” she wrote. “I’m awake Lord. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Be encouraged today. Grab that Bible off the table & dive in!”
Sparks also shared that the name of her specific Bible she owns is “The Wayfinding Bible,” and encouraged people to share her post in an effort to encourage others.
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