Study the Word!

December 28, 2018

 Hello!

A couple of years ago, I decided to start a blog to read through the entire Bible in one year. And, no, it was really not me that decided it. This has definitely been a nudge from God. An ongoing nudge. And yes, I do realize that it’s taken me a couple of years to organize the project! Hopefully, I’m not the only person that delays, and does the start and stop thing. But, God just would not let me forget about this project. I’d ignore it for a while, and then come back to it. Work on it every day for weeks at a time, and then get side-tracked. A few months ago, I knew this was the right time to get it finished and launched. God has been with me the entire time I’ve been working on this and I know that He has dictated when this blog should be published. (Please note that yesterday, when I planned to post this, we had the great Century Link/Verizon internet outage of 2018! Evidently, I was not supposed to post this yesterday.)

When, as an adult, I decided to read the Bible in its entirety, I would read some every morning before I got out of bed. I’m not sure how long it took me to get through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, but it was certainly more than a year.

I’ve known, since I first got the idea to compile this blog, I would need to be able to post my first entry at the end of a year, going into a new year. I’d like to spend a few days talking about this project and talking about the Bible, itself. Then we can start at the beginning of the Bible on January 1, 2019.

So, it’s finally organized. I’ve broken the entire Bible down into 365 days. One of the reasons that I wanted to do this, is because other, “the Bible in a year” books that I’ve seen, don’t really include the entire Bible. They seem to leave out sections and parts. I’m sure there are some out there that do include the entire book, it’s just that I haven’t seen them. (Although I’m hoping to hear from people that read this blog, you really don’t need to send me a list of other, complete, Bible in a year books or blogs!)

And I understand why some parts are left out. There are parts that are difficult to read. The genealogies that go on and on… It’s not easy. But, breaking it down, day by day, does make it easier. It is still a lot, but the time and effort is definitely worth it. The entire Bible is important. Every single word. It would not be included in the Bible if it were not important. I’d really like to encourage you to read this every day and not give up!

Reading the Bible is reading history, poetry, a self-help book, wisdom, and prophecy all in one place. It tells of love, betrayal, and war. It’s a guide on how to live. It tells how not to live. Most importantly, it tells of a love that is beyond understanding. Please join me as we go through the Bible in a year.