The Plan~

Thanksgiving was fantastic as we headed out to my roots for 3 days with the kids.  The kids loved the farm, and my mom, as always, fed us until we were stuffed to the gills!  I am thankful for the quiet and the down time the break has given me.

Tomorrow starts Advent, and thus, our Bible in 365 Days Challenge.  Alex and I have both taken the challenge.  I'm not going to lie, I'm dreading this.  I think it will be sad, and I hate that it is "assigned."  I don't do well with assigned readings, but I'm hoping this will be so life changing that I will have no problem reading it nightly;-)

I'm posting our plan so that you can join me if you'd like.  It will be fun;-)

Day 1: Psalms 148, Genesis 1-2, Ephesians 1
Day 2: Genesis 3-4, Ephesians 2
Day 3: Genesis 5-6, Psalms 12, Ephesians 3
Day 4: Genesis 7-8, Ephesians 4
Day 5: Psalms 8, Genesis 9-10, Ephesians 5
Day 6: Genesis 11-13,  Ephesians 6
Day 7: Psalms 47, Genesis 14-15, Matthew 1
Day 8: Genesis 16-18, Matthew 2
Day 9: Psalms 11, Genesis 19-20, Matthew 3
Day 10: Genesis 21-23, Matthew 4
Day 11: Genesis 24, Matthew 5
Day 12: Genesis 25, Matthew 6, Psalms 127
Day 13: Genesis 26-27, Matthew 7
Day 14: Genesis 28-29, Matthew 8
Day 15: Genesis 30, Matthew 9
Day 16: Genesis 31, Matthew 10
Day 17: Genesis 32-33, Matthew 11, Psalms 131
Day 18: Genesis 34, Matthew 12, Psalms 64
Day 19: Genesis 35, Matthew 13
Day 20: Genesis 36, Matthew 14
Day 21: Genesis 37-38, Matthew 15
Day 22: Genesis 39-40, Matthew 16
Day 23: Genesis 41, Psalms 40, Matthew 17
Day 24: Genesis 42, Matthew 18
Day 25: Genesis 43-44, Matthew 19
Day 26: Genesis 45-46, Matthew 20
Day 27: Genesis 47, Matthew 21
Day 28: Genesis 48-49, Matthew 22
Day 29: Genesis 50, Exodus 1, Matthew 23
Day 30: Exodus 2-3; Matthew 24
Day 31: Exodus 4, Matthew 25

I'll check back with a followup on how it is going as well as the next month of reading.  That's the plan at least;-)

The Bible in 365 Days~

Our church, SWUMC, has placed a new challenge.  The task is to read the Bible in 365 days-seems lofty, huh?

I grew up a devout Catholic who attended Church every Sunday and prayed the rosary on many occasions, but a Bible reader, I was not.  It was simply never a major component of our religion or our daily life through my beginnings.

Now, at the age of 31 and a Methodist, I am still not a regular Bible reader.  I will pick it up off and on and skim through the parts I know about, but I know there is a great deal of this story that I have no clue about!  I blame time for part of the problem for why I don't read the Bible, but I also blame the story itself.  You see, I really prefer to surround myself with stories of inspiration and happy endings.  I have a feeling over the next 365 days, I am going to read more than one story that does not leave me feeling good about it.   But I may be wrong.  I hope I am surprised;-)

Pastor Maria has created a guide, and it seems manageable, so I'm excited to see what I have been missing out on. Alex signed up too, so I'm hoping the accountability between the two of us will really help us both, and I will be able to say, "I've read the Bible!"