Nine years ago, I gave a copy of The Message bible to my in-laws. I don’t know if they liked it. When we’re visiting, I will usually read a few passages out of it. Then eight years after I gave it to them, the same copy I gave them became a prop in this video when Ryan Orlanda filmed at my in-laws. I don’t know if this is a fulfillment of Isaiah 55:11 about God’s word not coming back void, but it makes a nice intro story for the video: