michelleponders

I am not sure where this came from. Maybe it was the influence in and around me during a huge part of my adult life. Maybe it was the struggles I have had in how it applies to us today. Maybe it was because I have always struggled with comprehension. I really can not pinpoint why I thought the way I did. But most of my life I have always believed the Old Testament was just history to show us how man fell, the way of offerings to God before Christ’s death on the cross, and how God still used fallen men and women for His work. Another confession, I have never read the Bible cover to cover as well.

I am so ashamed to admit this. I was raised in church. My grandfather was a deacon in the church until his age finally made him step down. My grandmother was huge in Women’s Ministry Union aka WMU. The New Testament has always been some of my favorite reading. But the Old Testament has always been a struggle. Now, like most people, I have always enjoyed the Psalms and Proverbs. I know the big characters of the OT such Adam, Eve, Noah, David, and Samuel. But I have never done deep dives or completely read the books they are in or even wrote. I know that God will show us scripture when we need to read them. And we may be led to certain scripture several times through the years as God shows us what we need to learn for whatever season we are in. I have tried to read the Bible cover to cover. But I have always gotten so bogged down in the process of reading the OT. So being the very flawed human that I am, I just gave up. I am really good at excuses.

So I have made up my mind to no longer make excuses. I will read the Bible cover to cover. Will I get it done in a year? Probably not. I am already behind if that was the course. But that is OK. I will not give up. I have made it a goal. I will also get threw the Old Testament. I have a pretty good Bible study software I am using called LOGOS. It has already helped me so there is that. So I encourage anyone reading this to the same thing this new year. Find a reading plan that fits your life and how you learn and jump right in. Blessings for a new year!