I first read the Bible in a year back in 2007. At the time I was following a calendar schedule that mostly went from front to back, but occasionally mixed it up with the New Testament. This time I decided to read it chronologically. The OCD in me thought she would like that better. She does not.
In the beginning I was reading 3 chapters a day. And then Chronicles and Psalms got involved. It's been a little distracting moving around so much. Chronicles is basically repeating what I just read.
Another thing that is driving me crazy is jumping around within a book.
Today is 173 and I have kept it up. The only day that I missed was my Marathon and I made up for it the next day.
I will probably read the Bible in a calendar year again next year, but I will not do it chronologically...for my sanity.
The struggles I am having is that it isn't making me want to read. I get frustrated at the jumping around. That's not how reading the Bible should be. I should be eager to jump in and get started. The first time I read it in a year I was excited every day to read the Word.
I will finish what I started and try not to complain. It's a personal thing and I do my best to get past that and really focus on what I am reading, but sometimes I lose that battle.
I have learned so much from the Bible and I have read it every day for almost 9 years. I will never stop that. Sometimes I get more out of it when I focus on smaller amounts though and really soak it in. Perhaps my problem is that I haven't been able to carve out long periods of time to sit and absorb what I am reading daily. I will try to do better.
That's why I like Bible Studies. I do like summer, but I am ready for fall and for my studies to start up again.
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For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
-Romand 15:4
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