We Did It!

Read the whole Bible

in one year!

This was such a fun way to do it. 

We did it together.

This bible is arranged in chronological order

according to the timeline of events.

It really helped make things fall into place. 

When you read a story and then 3 books later read the same story

you don't have to wonder if they are the same or just very similar.

The stories will appear right next to each other. 

That was very handy in the Old Testament when

reading about all the kings and their exploits.

I am convinced that if you took all the repetition

out of the Bible, it would be about a third of the size.

But there are also some very strong warnings about 

messing with, as in adding or taking away from, 

the Bible so I'm cool with the repetition. 

Mike was way better at staying on top of the daily readings. 

I had a few weeks where I had to do 

multiple days in one day to get back on track.

And I'll be honest, some of the time I wondered what

the heck I was reading about so I would bust out my

student bible for some clarification.

That counts as extra credit, right?

It also made me realize that while reading the Bible is

a great accomplishment, 

studying it, 

being guided through it,

and

understanding it, 

are the best ways for me to 

live my life through it.