Bibeli Mimo

(That means Holy Bible in my Native language)

In church last Sunday I sat next to somone who didn't come with a Bible; maybe she did but she didn't have it with her during the service. I looked at my cute pink Bible and I had all these yellow marking (highlightings) all over my Bible, and to anyone generally, it would have looked like a real Bible-reader's Bible.
As the service went on, the pastor mentioned some Bible verses that I had heard of before, but I wasn't able to remember the verses, or even the books of the Bible that they were taken from. And then I asked my no-Bible friend, and she knew the exact verse!
I'm sure you're thinking "fine; big deal" - sarcastically, but it actual fact, it really IS a big deal because what that taught me was that it is not about how colorfully marked my Bible is but how well I learn it. Am I reading just for an opportunity to mark my Bible or do I plan to commit what I read to memory?
Sometimes, highlighting may simply function to let others know - "YES, I read my Bible". It should be way more significant than that.