I decided this year, at the end of the summer, that I would read the entire bible stright through without skipping around. I have tried this a lot, and can't even count how many times I have read about the first 10 chapters of Genesis. But this time I was serious. I have read Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and I am about halfway through Numbers. It is probably one the hardest things I have ever done, but this is amazing how God keeps me doing it...
So I read about 20 minutes a night, besides doing whatever is in that EC magazine thing, and whatever other book I am reading for school or whatever. I put aside at least 20 minutes just for this. Sometimes it is so boring, and I can't concentrate at all. Right as I start to drift off or stop reading, God shows me something amazing I had never noticed. A verse that applies to something I have been dealing with, an SAT word that we are learning in College Bound english at school, or most recently my own last name in a list of "son of's". There have been a lot of recent conversations about things where what I read the night before is a direct reference to what we were talking about or doing. Its amazing, and I can't wait to read more, and have more instances where what I read, God shows me in another area of my life. Its great.
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- normalisboring (aka tanya t) said...
Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:01:00 PMyou are cool. i like you a lot. almost as much as i like katy russell.- Meagan Ruff said...
Monday, October 02, 2006 5:39:00 PMalmost??- Farah said...
Monday, October 02, 2006 7:37:00 PMI'm so glad you are sticking with it. It can get hilarious!!!!!!!!- Katy said...
Monday, October 02, 2006 9:33:00 PMyeah. almost. i'm the best.- Amanda Otis said...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:03:00 PMI am doing the same thing! Although I am still trying to stick with it cause it is hard. Buuut God does show you amazing things in the process that keep you going! I love you!