If you know me very well, you know I love to read. It is one of my very favorite things to do. You also should know how much I love God. So you would think that I have read the Bible. Oh, I read it. I try to have my “quiet time” every day and I usually do pretty well with that. But I have a habit of reading my favorite things over and over. I like all of the New Testament and I love the Psalms.
I have read all of the New Testament, but I have not read the Old. I have read parts of it, whole certain chapters, know lots of the stories, but I have not read the whole thing.
I have started the “Bible in a Year” plans a couple of times, but honestly never even made it a whole week. I get too distracted to read what it tells me to. I doubt that I can finish it, so I don’t try very hard. So that is why my Bible study for PWOC this session is kind of surprising. I chose, Read the Bible in 90 Days. The whole entire thing, every word. 90 days.
I love it!!
The idea that I can read the whole Bible by reading only 12 pages a day is great for me. And the accountability of going to the class every week makes me stick to it. And 90 days is nothing, so I consider it easier to stick to something for only 90 days, instead of a whole year. Also, Luke will be home around that time so it is a goal to shoot for before he gets home (or soon after).
So far it is going very well and I am so excited to be doing it. The Bible is so important to me that it is a little shameful to think I have not read it all. I am kind of proud of myself for doing it. And it is exciting me to read things I have never read before, and even to read the old stories all the way through and get all of it, not just what I remember being preached.
Some of it has been very hard—I can’t lie about that. Leviticus and Deuteronomy kept making me sleepy. And the wars and killing are hard to read. But the grace of God is amazing to read about. Right now I am in 2 Kings—and I AM about 2 days behind where I need to be for class but I will catch up. I will have to keep you updated on the blog as some more accountability!
It is awesome reading. And how pitiful am I that I never knew my son’s name was in the Bible??? Have you read it all? I would love to know, leave me a comment!
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hey Stephanie its Tommy and I think its great that you are reading the whole bible in 90 days. You can do it I know you can. Hope all is well. We miss you guys. Much love and prayers to you all.
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