I'm reading through the Bible again. I've used those "read through the Bible in a year" schedules before, but I don't think I got as much out of it as I should have, because my goal was not to spend time with God or learn more about who I am in Him, but to read through the Bible in a year. I did the reading so I could check off the little box next to that day's date. If I got behind, I stressed about it and rushed through it to catch up.
In Community Bible Study this spring, we studied Genesis. When it ended in May, I wanted to keep reading. Often in the summer, without the structure of CBS, I get lost. I read here and there, or sometimes not at all. But this summer I continued on from Genesis, reading at least a chapter a day, sometimes more, with no pressure of fabricated schedules and deadlines. I'm up to Deuteronomy 21. Sometimes I can sense God telling me something through the reading. God woke me up at 2:00 a.m. and reminded me that I should be writing it down so I don't forget. I tried to go back to sleep and tell Him I'd do it later, so here I am at 3:40 a.m., finally obeying.
So now my blog will contain the usual drivel, and occasionally some notes about what God is revealing to me as I read through the Bible. If that freaks out any of the five of you who read my blog, I hope you'll get over it. The next two posts will be about my reading, but that's just because I'm catching up. Don't worry; I don't have lots to say every day, and many days, I don't have anything.
4 comments:
We love your drivel. :)
i'm excited about the new notes! this must have been when you let jason out.
You make me smile.
I totally agree with you about the schedule thing. When I just go for the read, I get so much more out of it. Recently I read some of it in the living bible, just so I could feel like it was more of a story - I really enjoyed going about it that way.
Keep driveling. We love it and it's much better than dribbling.
~ j
Or drooling. We wouldn't want to see you drool. ;)
~Sue
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