Hello beautiful Nicki here from crazy simple truth and hey someone requested
that I do a video on hardcover Bibles vs. softcover Bibles and what I like and
dislike about both and which one I think you should get so that's what we're
gonna do today so I have got my a single column journaling viable ESV this is
actually my prayer journal if you watch my channel i journaled prayers in here
to God and so I don't use this one at church but I just wanted to show you how
it lays do you see how floppy and soft it is it's very lightweight it's very
easy to carry around and it would be very great to take to church now let me
show you the difference in this hardcover so this one I use to study and
do buy the journaling ins and um well you can see that I've completely weighed
it down with paper but I never realized I've always had a soft cover I never
realized the difference between the two and there is a huge difference so first
of all this one could break really easily I feel like it's like not very
durable for as much information as I have in it
you may not have like artwork to your Bible or you know like a bunch of tapes
and stickers and things like that and so your yours may not be as heavy but do
you see the difference like I mean it's just like it feels like it's gonna break
almost you just don't feel like you can like throw it around and I don't know if
you throw your Bible around but sometimes I drop mine so okay so here is
this one this is my Study Bible for women and this if you're gonna do a
hardcover I like this a little bit smaller one do you see how it's not
quite as wide so it's easier to handle um and it's easier to write in on your
lap see how it's it folds open pretty good so if you wanted to do hardcover I
would suggest you do a little bit smaller one if you can now this one is a
soft cover but it's really heavy because it's a Study Bible so it's definitely
not one that I would take to church but um I'll tell you why I like the soft
cover because when you're a church and you you know you don't have you know
desk Church so like you know I put my leg up you know like what do you call
that I don't know when you put your leg up you know and you lay it flat and you
put your hook in your lap a softcover lays around your lap nicely and easier
and not quite so stiff feeling now on the other hand you may like that the
hardcover I don't I don't I prefer the softcover to take to church or to take
to a Bible study to take notes now if you're sitting at home and you're
watching one of my crazy simple videos you know when you're just following
along and you're at your desk or your kitchen table then a hardcover is great
hard covers are great because they look nice on your bookshelf they I think
they're less expensive and you know they work for that but if I had to pick
between the two I would definitely pick a softcover and if I had to pick between
a Study Bible or note-taking Bible to take to church I would prefer a
note-taking Bible and I would use my study Bible at home when I was doing
individual Bible study or if I went to a women's Bible study I would use it then
but I have a sweet sister in Christ that is mailing me a Bible for taking to
church and because this one I love but I this is my prayer journal this is not my
Bible for church so I journal prayers in this to God with artwork and
so it's not it's kind of pretty it's kind of meant to be a keepsake and it's
not something that I'm going to go to church and take notes in because when I
write in my Bible at church it's their stuff all over the place and it's low
messy so I've got you know little journaling things so she is getting me
one that's small and note-taking soft cover an NIV and when I get it I'm gonna
show it to you but that is my suggestion if you like to have it kind of fold out
on your lap I mean I'm telling you I've been through
some things in my life that I've slept with my Bible like all this fall sleep
gonna be laying there you know there's just something comforting about it like
you don't want to become an idol obviously you want God to be you know
what's important in his word to be important not the physical Bible but um
I just like to have it soft you know just like you can throw it in a bag and
um you don't have to worry about the corners getting bent yeah that's just
kind of my that's my thought on it is I really suggest that you go with a soft
cover Bible and if you can see if you don't have to have the little tiny I
mean the really really big words then the smaller the Bible better because
it's just easier to hang on to and carry around and I also love these note-taking
Bibles because they have lines for notes and even if you're afraid to write in
your Bible you can really easily put a post-it note there so let me show you in
this one where I put some post-it notes and so if you don't want to write in
your note-taking Bible you still should consider getting a note-taking Bible
because you can use post-it notes right here and washi tape and washi tape and
post-it notes come right out and they leave no damage to your Bible so if you
did that and you didn't like it just take it out um it's no big deal you
know and you can another thing you can do in your note-taking one is actually
just take notes on a piece of paper and then like maybe clip them in where the
note-taking column is that's another thing that you could do that would work
really well so that's my suggestion if it's for church make it a little bit
smaller make it lightweight soft cover and note-taking and if you are going to
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so that is my thoughts on hardcover a versus a softcover and I hope that was
helpful I'll see you later you're beautiful God
loves you so much if you have ideas for videos please let me know I love to have
the challenge of having an idea and and me going oh yeah okay I can do that I
can do that and thinking of how I want to do it so just let me know okay I love
to know and I will see you guys later you're beautiful bye