But the big thing is that He is there, Jesus, by His Holy Spirit, His other self. And you sit in His presence, and sing Him a bit of song when you don't want to ask Him for anything, and you thank Him for His presence. Ah, that is the fragrance, that is the power of the quiet time and the quiet place. Prayer needs a place. Then give the Book its place in prayer .
Bible reading is the listening side of prayer.
Some of us are a little old-fashioned about this Book of God. They used to burn the Book up. We are more refined now. We would not burn it. But whether burned or cut the old Book itself remains, without the smell of smoke on its pages, or the mark of the knife on its leaves.