Finally, I'm making my first entry. I didn't feel adequate to start this process until I had finished something very important first. And yesterday, July 3, 2009, I finally did just that. I finished reading the entire Bible--cover-to-cover!!!
This was big for me because it was one of those things I wanted to do before I died, and PRAISE GOD, He was gracious enough to let me live long enough to do it! I hope He'll give me a little longer now to use this knowledge to reach the ones I love for Him too. But, it's good to know that if I stand before Him by today's end, I can proudly know I took the time to read His Holy Word!
It's something I hope you do for yourself too one day! It's so important not to just take someone else's word for what the Bible says, but truly get in there and read it for yourself!
You'll find some really interesting things, some funny things, some shocking things, and some very inspiring words. Yeah, I'll admit, it has its share of boring in there, particularly when they go over all the procedures for the Holy Temple or the geneologies. But there is way more cool stuff to learn. And when you couple that reading with some good Biblical commentaries and you start learning the deeper history and meanings to the verses, you can't help but get hooked in!
Anyway, this first entry has gotten a little longer than expected (I get that way, you'll see!).
The main thing that I wanted to add was that years ago I read in the book "Life's Little Book of Lessons" one of the most significant statements for me, and it pushed my drive to read the whole Bible. It said, "Read the Bible like a letter from your best friend."
It hit home for me! How much more important is God? We know that we would definitely want to read every word written to US by a valued friend. Well, that's EXACTLY what the Bible is!!!
Think about it!!!
Love,
Jenn
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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