"Let me hear your Bible verse," I ask CJ.
"Let the little children come to me. Luke 18:16," he replies happily, doing hand motions that he's made up with the verse.
My heart gets warm and fuzzy when I hear my 3 year old — almost 4 year old — son memorize Scripture. It's because I want to be a good role model to him that I'm attempting for the umpteenth time to make the Bible more of a priority in my life. As a book lover, I think it would great to actually know God through reading the Bible.
So here I go again — I'm trying to read the Bible through in a year. As someone who named my blog Book Smart Mom and has loved books since I was a little girl, it totally mystifies me how I've never managed to read the Bible from cover to cover. You would think sometime in the 30 years that I've called myself a follower of Jesus that I could manage to read one book.
My inspirations for this journey are my little boy and a 7-year-old girl I've never met. Her mother, Kat, wrote on her blog Inspired to Action about her daughter reading the entire Bible. "I love that she just did it," Kat writes. "She didn’t talk about doing it. She didn’t list the reasons why she couldn’t. She just did it. One page at a time."
I've heard people compare the Bible to a library since it contains so many smaller books. All I know is that several times I've started reading the Bible through Genesis and Exodus only to get stuck in Leviticus.
Since I work best with a plan, I'm using Read Thru the Word with speaker and blogger Wendy Pope. Using a chronological version of the Bible, she guides people through the Bible in a year. Each day, she posts some main points and includes a 10-15 minute video of her thoughts about the reading.
So far, so good. I'm up to date with my readings and since it's in chronological order, I've already done the book of Job before starting on Exodus. We're on day 35 with 330 remaining, but who's counting?
"Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples,
'Let the children come to me. Don't stop them!
For the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'"
— Luke 18:16
One of my favorite memories of my now grown son is passing his room at night and seeing him having his daily devotions. Sounds like CJ is off to a great start.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet memory! I pray that CJ will continue to grow in his faith.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it powerful when our children inspire us? You can do it!
ReplyDeleteKat ~ I'm a little behind this week, but I'm actually enjoying reading Exodus. Thanks for your affirming words.
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