Sunday, July 26, 2009
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On June 1st I decided to begin the "Read the Bible Through in 90 Days" challenge put forth by: http://biblein90days.com/. I hate to admit it but I have never read the Bible cover to cover, I tend to read the "good parts"...the "feel good" parts. I have tried many times before but got bogged down in Leviticus and couldn't keep going. This time I'm doing it! The problem with "Reading the Bible through in One Year" is that you are in the "hard parts" WAY TOO LONG! When you read it through in 90 days you aren't in Leviticus but a few days. :-)
So, if you never have tried it this way, I totally recommend it. It is only 12 pages a day using the Bible in 90 Days NIV Bible. Nothing is cut from it, they have just done the math and marked the START/STOP pages for you...you can read your own Bible and do the math yourself.
I wish I had started this blog on day one to follow my thoughts through but I didn't so now there is catch up. Today is day 56 and I should be reading Jeremiah 23 - 32 but I got behind one week and didn't like that a little bit, catch up can be hard so I try to stay as far ahead as I can. So, today I'm reading Ezekiel 33+ ....
Can I just tell you, I had NO IDEA what the Old Testament was about! Shame on me! Here I am 55 years old and I just never knew. God's "chosen people" REALLY messed up! OH MY GOODNESS! Yes, I knew that part, but I didn't know that the whole Old Testament is the retelling of it over and over and over through different people. I keep asking God "Why??" (imagine that, right?) I haven't gotten the whole answer to that question yet but what I do know is that there is a reason, and whatever that reason I don't want to miss one tiny detail. Another thing I know is that God is GOD, first and foremost!
My favorite Bible quote is when Mary turns to the servants at the wedding feast in John 2 and says... "Whatever he says, do it." That says it all...that is my current view of the Old Testament...and life in general. Do that and you'll be OK.....you won't find yourself in the belly of a whale, or turned into a pillar of salt! After all He knows the end results of all our actions and wants us to walk in His peace....and know that He "longs to be gracious to us". (Isaiah 30:18
... another favor quote) But, probably even more important than that, you won't break the Lord's heart like the Israelites did in the Old Testament.
So, if you never have tried it this way, I totally recommend it. It is only 12 pages a day using the Bible in 90 Days NIV Bible. Nothing is cut from it, they have just done the math and marked the START/STOP pages for you...you can read your own Bible and do the math yourself.
I wish I had started this blog on day one to follow my thoughts through but I didn't so now there is catch up. Today is day 56 and I should be reading Jeremiah 23 - 32 but I got behind one week and didn't like that a little bit, catch up can be hard so I try to stay as far ahead as I can. So, today I'm reading Ezekiel 33+ ....
Can I just tell you, I had NO IDEA what the Old Testament was about! Shame on me! Here I am 55 years old and I just never knew. God's "chosen people" REALLY messed up! OH MY GOODNESS! Yes, I knew that part, but I didn't know that the whole Old Testament is the retelling of it over and over and over through different people. I keep asking God "Why??" (imagine that, right?) I haven't gotten the whole answer to that question yet but what I do know is that there is a reason, and whatever that reason I don't want to miss one tiny detail. Another thing I know is that God is GOD, first and foremost!
My favorite Bible quote is when Mary turns to the servants at the wedding feast in John 2 and says... "Whatever he says, do it." That says it all...that is my current view of the Old Testament...and life in general. Do that and you'll be OK.....you won't find yourself in the belly of a whale, or turned into a pillar of salt! After all He knows the end results of all our actions and wants us to walk in His peace....and know that He "longs to be gracious to us". (Isaiah 30:18
... another favor quote) But, probably even more important than that, you won't break the Lord's heart like the Israelites did in the Old Testament.