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Some-Kinda-Blog-Stop The Bible in One Year
Some-Kinda-Blog-Stop The Bible in One Year | The Bible in One Year |
| Friday, 10 October 2008 | |
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Wearing my pair of pajamas and Scooby-Doo socks, I went out of bed at around 10am today. It is my first time not to set the alarm expecting no activity for the day since my SIL should get enough sleep and be ready for her night-shift job. These are the days that I don't want to make any noise around here-- like mowing the lawn and pounding on every jutting nails on the logs for our bulky-waste disposal (the things that I look forward to). These are the days that I would just wipe the furniture or sweep the floor (no vacuum-cleaning, of course). These are the days that I would just confine myself inside my room and try to read some materials (for career advancement, according to my employer-- I am into Anti-Money Laundering right now-- a 440-page reviewer) and some books that I fancy reading (like a pocketbook for a ten-year old and Naruto comic books). These are the days that I would try to tip-toe from my room to the pantry and munch on whatever I fancy eating. *hehehe* Kidding! Not. I just love opening the pantry where I'd discover boxes of chocolates, biscuits, chips, and more chocolates (my fave right now is the M&M's cute dispenser, hence, I am munching on M&M's as if they were chips!). Today, after my breakfast of cereal and milk, pan de sal with butter and cheese, and coffee, and after watching a groundhog nibble on some cherries under our cherry tree (I am always on a look-out for nibbling groundhogs and squirrels-- they're funny and cute and I just have to see any of them each day), I went to the cellar and tried to open a cabinet that's full of books. I needed to put some under my bedside lamp to make it a little higher and make my reading before bedtime more comfortable. I got four thick books and found a different kind of Bible. Different in a way that it is a self-pronouncing edition-- proper names were divided into syllables, accented and marked with the vowel sounds showing how they should be pronounced (according to my SIL, one of the last people who lived here was a priest). I have two books that I am planning to finish reading in my lifetime: one is the Bulfinch's Mythology that I have been trying to finish reading since high school days, and which I have left at home by the way, which means I have to get another mythology book soon (if not someday), and two is the Holy Bible. Did you know that to be able to read the Bible in a year, from cover to cover, you have to read at least three chapters a day and five on Sundays? Well, that is according to the Bible that I found today. Hmmm... how did the Bible know that I was targeting to read the whole Book in a span of one year? Coincidence? Anyway, I am not taking it as a challenge but as a commitment. I don't know how I'd do it since the only time that I get to read now is when I am sitting on the john (okay, too much info here!) where I am currently reading October 2008's National Geographic Magazine. But I guess, now that my bedside lamp is better, I have no excuse not to read His published work. If only Bible(s) could help us in our chosen career, huh? If only It could provide food on our table each day and money on our bank accounts. If only reading and understanding It could make us a CEO. Right. How come I make time to read a boring AML book and not the Bible? But I am a fool if I do not know why one should read (or listen to) His words. Joshua 1:8
Don't stop reading this book of the Law, but day and night think of what it says, so you can be careful to do everything written in it; then you will prosper and succeed. Matthew 4:4 But Jesus told him, "No! The Scriptures say, 'People need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every word of God.' " John 6:63 It is not the flesh that gives a person life. It is the spirit that gives life. The words I told you are spirit, and so they give life. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right. It is God's way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants us to do. READ IT TO BE WISE, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.
IT IS THE TRAVELER'S MAP, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian's charter. Here, too, heaven is opened, and the gates of hell disclosed. What will I become after reading It? And will I be able to really finish It in a year? We'll see. I may or I may not. But if one could watch me grow and falter, and one is watching me closely each passing day, then let one see an imperfect soul being molded to fit in to His perfect will... in His perfect time. With His words in my mind and hopefully, in my heart. Let the one-year journey begin. |
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