I’m feeling very practical tonight. So, I’m going to share a little trick I came up with a couple of weeks ago which I’m particularly proud of.

I added more ribbons to my bible!

I was motivated to do this primarily by the bible reading plan that I follow. The plan has me in four different parts of the bible at all times. It becomes annoying having to flip through to all four different verses every day. So, to rectify that, first I used four pieces of paper. Of course, that worked, except that I keep my bible by my chair where people often sit in my room. During discussions, people would often reach over and use my bible–which is good. Except, in the process, they’d often lose the bookmarked page–which is annoying.

So, that leads me to this little trick I came up with. Here’s what I used: A plastic bottle (usually free), a spool of ribbon from Walmart ($0.50) and a lighter ($2.00).

Here’s what I did:

1. I used a plastic bottle, and cut a strip out of it. About 1″ x 4″.

2. Then, I drilled four holes in a square shape at the top of the plastic strip.

3. Then, I cut four strips of ribbon about one and a half times of the height of my bible.

4. I tied each ribbon on each of the four holes that were drilled.

5. I used the lighter to just barely melt the ends of each of the ribbons so that they wouldn’t melt.

6. Finally, I slipped on the un-drilled end of the plastic down into the spine of the bible leaving the ribbons hanging out the top.

Now the bible has five ribbons, including the one that it came with. I know this might seem like an awful lot of trouble to go through just for some bookmarks that are attached to the bible, but I can honestly say, they’ve enriched my spiritual life.

…Okay, maybe I won’t go that far, but they have been more convenient that I had first anticipated. Give it a try! It only takes 10 minutes!