Creed

This is my bible.

There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My bible is my best friend.

It is my life.

I must master it as I must master my life.

Without me, my bible is useless.

Without my bible, I am useless.

I must study my bible, it is truth.

I must be smarter than my enemy who is trying to kill me.

I must love him even though he hates me.

I will …

My bible and I know that what counts in war is not

the rounds we fire,

the noise of our burst,

nor the smoke we make.

We know that it is the truth that counts.

We will speak truth …

My bible is alive, even as I.

Thus, I will learn it as a brother.

I will learn its weaknesses,

its strength,

its parts,

its chapters,

its words and

its truths.

I will keep my bible clean and ready,

even as I am clean and ready.

We will become part of each other.

We will …

Before God, I swear this creed.

My bible and I are the defenders of my faith.

We are the masters of our enemy.

So be it, until victory belongs to Jesus and there is no enemy, but peace!