A few days ago . . . well, 10 to be exact, I decided to try the Bible in 90 days reading challenge. I printed off a schedule from Zondervan and got going! With the amount of time the kids I nanny spend napping, I could probably read the Bible in 60 days, so getting in my reading has been easy-peasy.
I absolutely love how much my understanding of Scripture has increased, even in just 10 days. I've read Genesis, Exodus, and today I finished Leviticus and started into Numbers. I am a little excited to get out of the Books of the Law and into the History books. It's not very exciting to me to read about the different offerings that must be made for different sins and what animals you can and cannot eat. It did really make me appreciate that we are no longer under those rules anymore though. Can you imagine?
Genesis has definitely been my favorite by far. I love reading the Creation account, and about the promises God made to Abraham and Israel. Reading so much of it in one sitting gave me a much better perspective on things. I'm certainly not the greatest Biblical scholar in the world, but my understanding of God and His great and perfect plan for our universe makes so much more sense to me. I understand Him more fully in just the few days I have been reading than I think I ever have before. There is certainly a time and a place for studying small portions of Scripture, but I think often we focus on that too much and miss the bigger picture sometimes. Even reading the Bible in a year would give you a smaller perspective on things, in my opinion. (Although, I will be the first to admit that I have never read through the Bible in a year.)
Overall, I have loved this Bible reading challenge. I am so excited to finish it and just sit there and realize how much I have learned and how much I don't know and take pride in the fact that I read a 1,000+ page book in 90 days. (Let's face it, it's not always going to be easy to get in so many chapters in one day!)
If you have ever considered reading the Bible in 90 days, I would highly, highly recommend it! It definitely is a time commitment, but honestly, most of the reading can be done in 45 minutes or less, so that's basically Bible reading instead of TV. And it is soooo worth it!
I absolutely love how much my understanding of Scripture has increased, even in just 10 days. I've read Genesis, Exodus, and today I finished Leviticus and started into Numbers. I am a little excited to get out of the Books of the Law and into the History books. It's not very exciting to me to read about the different offerings that must be made for different sins and what animals you can and cannot eat. It did really make me appreciate that we are no longer under those rules anymore though. Can you imagine?
Genesis has definitely been my favorite by far. I love reading the Creation account, and about the promises God made to Abraham and Israel. Reading so much of it in one sitting gave me a much better perspective on things. I'm certainly not the greatest Biblical scholar in the world, but my understanding of God and His great and perfect plan for our universe makes so much more sense to me. I understand Him more fully in just the few days I have been reading than I think I ever have before. There is certainly a time and a place for studying small portions of Scripture, but I think often we focus on that too much and miss the bigger picture sometimes. Even reading the Bible in a year would give you a smaller perspective on things, in my opinion. (Although, I will be the first to admit that I have never read through the Bible in a year.)
Overall, I have loved this Bible reading challenge. I am so excited to finish it and just sit there and realize how much I have learned and how much I don't know and take pride in the fact that I read a 1,000+ page book in 90 days. (Let's face it, it's not always going to be easy to get in so many chapters in one day!)
If you have ever considered reading the Bible in 90 days, I would highly, highly recommend it! It definitely is a time commitment, but honestly, most of the reading can be done in 45 minutes or less, so that's basically Bible reading instead of TV. And it is soooo worth it!
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