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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

How Is Your 90 Day Bible Reading Going?

I haven't been posting regularly about my 90 Day Bible Reading, but I hope you've still been reading!  I got a few days behind when I went out of town last month, and I haven't managed to make up all the days yet.  I actually took my 90 Day Bible with me on the trip and read it on the flight to San Francisco and on the flight back.  The problem, though, was when I got back home.  I was so tired from the trip that I was pretty useless for several days.  Several times I tried to read and literally found myself falling asleep before I'd gotten very far. 

Finally I decided that I would take a rest for a few days and get "back to normal" before trying to catch back up.  That was about a month ago now, and I haven't caught back up yet!!  I think the most important thing, though, is to keep reading every day.  I did miss a few days altogether when I was so tired, but I can forgive myself for that.  :)  I got discouraged trying to catch up on the "extra" days, so I decided it might be better to just keep doing one reading each day rather than getting bogged down and feeling like I "had" to do two reading a day to make up for what I missed. 

Are any of you who are reading along with me having any trouble?  Are you doing great?  I'd love to hear how you're doing! 

When I first looked into the possibility of doing the 90-day reading, I remember reading that part of the benefit of reading the whole Bible in 90 days is that it allows the reader to see the "big picture" and how one event leads to another, etc.  It has been really neat reading and seeing that for myself!  There are so many little details in the Bible too that we never learned about in Sunday School and probably never heard a sermon about.  It has been fun reading those little details, though, and finding a few brand-new-to-me things. 

A few weeks ago I finished reading a children's version of the Bible with my kids.  I may have mentioned it.  I began reading it to them 2 years ago during our morning Bible reading and family story reading time.  It was a version that was written more in a conversational tone, though, rather than a chapter-and-verse-type Bible.  Since beginning my own daily Bible reading, I think I'm going to start having each of the children read a chapter in his or her own Bible each morning too.  Since we finished reading the children's version all together, I think the next reasonable step would be to have them begin reading a little on their own each day. 

I'll let you know how it goes!  In the mean time, I hope you are still doing your reading and enjoying it!  Don't for get to leave me a comment!

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