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Katy McKenna Raymond
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Read The New Testament In 90 Days! An Update…
Thanks to the inspiration of many of you, perhaps most especially Robin Lee Hatcher, I took the bait again this year.
Only instead of the Read Through the Bible in One Year challenge (which I always start and never finish), the ante has been upped considerably. Now there’s an even more ambitious reading schedule out there, and its participants are dedicated to read the entire Bible in 90 days.
Doug and I decided to bite off a much smaller chunk, but we’re getting so motivated by our progress in the NT, that we might spend the rest of the year in the Old.
As of last night, we’ve finished the books of Matthew and Mark, and Dr. Luke awaits. It’s been great, you guys! I’m noticing things I’d never keyed into before, and the Holy Spirit is calling things to my attention that need…um…my attention.
Reading the Bible in a disciplined way is kind of like going on a diet. We start out wholeheartedly, writing out our goals for how much we plan to lose in the next month, week, day, and hour.
But then we step on the scale after the first hour, and if we’re not miraculously skinny, we give up. The thing is, if we got right on that bandwagon again (even and especially after “cheating”), in a month’s time we could look back on wonderful success and fabulous progress. In a year’s time, we could be changed people entirely.
The trick with weightloss, as with Bible reading, is to keep on starting over when you feel like you’ve failed. Because eventually, you’ll get the hang of it, and you’ll regret the years you let those feelings of failure hold you back.
If you’ve been thinking about getting more committed to Bible reading, don’t wait! Just jump right in with whatever you can do—three chapters per day will get you through the NT in three months.
After that, who knows? Even the “begats” might start to look good!
- It reminds me of what you said about New Year's resolutions. If it weren't so important, what would it matter if we just gave up. Thanks for your comments today, and for this post. I love this blog!
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