My husband and I are going to read the entire Bible this year. I’m trying to think of the best way to go about this. I have started reaing in I Samuel, but I think that I want to start in Genesis and work my way through the Bible from beginning to end.
I think that is how I will do it read a few Chapters starting from the beginning and write a journal, with questions, what I am getting from the verses, how i feel like God wants me to interpret them for my own life. I believe that one verse to can mean something totally different to someone else, that is why i love the Bible. It is not like a novel. You can read a novel over and over and it still has the same meaning the same ending the same underlying issues. The Bible on the other hand you can read the same verse for a week and everyday that verse will probally mean something completly different to you than it did the other day.
I know that the devil will tempt me and put issues in my way to where I wont have time to open the Bible one day or i just may have that run down feeling. I have decided at this very moment, I am not, just not going to allow that to happen. One of the memories I have growing up as a child was my mother reading her Bible everyday, she would get up so early to read. I always thought to myself why is she up so early. I guess i understand now that I have a daughter and responsibilities, the day goes by so quickly, if you put if off it just won’t get done. Another reason I believe she done it was because it helped her live her Christian life day by day. My mother is an amazing woman, i would never be able to tell her that to her face, because i would just end of up in tears lol. I guess I need to get over showing those loving emotions.
I am a work in progress and i can’t wait till the end result. I am so thankful for the loving family that I have and I only want to be the best in return to them.
In the front of my Bible i am not sure who said it but it has stayed with me since I was younger. It is a statement “The Bible will keep you from sin or sin will keep you from the Bible.” That is so true. I want to be the best example for my daughter, I change that I am going to be the best example for my daughter. I am going to show her through my love of Christ how much I truly love her.
The Bible is not meant merely to inform, but to transform.
