The program kicked my butt this weekend, and I almost fell behind. By the grace of God, I’m back on track.
I fell asleep mid-sentence reading Deuteronomy Friday night, so Saturday morning I was 20 chapters behind schedule. I squeezed in reading when I could Saturday to catch up, but by Sunday I had finished Friday’s but was behind on Saturday’s. Thankfully, my afternoon was free and there was no AWANA recreation last night, so I had some extra hours to read and meditate. It’s nice to be on schedule and know that I’m about 20% finished.
Please don’t be mistaken. I’m not doing this for any self-glory, but for several other reasons.
- To get in the grove of getting up early enough to spend at least an hour with God.
- To grow in my sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.
- To read all of the Bible (Which I can’t say that I’ve done before. I think only lack some OT Books.)
- To encourage those around me who struggle with having time set aside for Jesus. (Not motivate, Jesus should be the motive.)
- To complete a challenge. I like challenges.
Note to self, get a notebook. There’s a lot of stuff I need to write down and even more I need to revisit with help. However, one thing I’m sure I don’t need to look up is “ephah”. I can confidently say that an ephah is about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters. I wonder if the people who put together the ESV got tired of putting that footnote in…
Some thoughts on the reading:
Israel can be very disappointing and very helpful in seeing your own sins of idolotry. Judges was awesome, Ruth was sweet, and 1 Samuel could be a movie and they all point to Jesus Christ.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Moleskines seem to be pretty popular. I’ve been thinking about getting them for that purpose.