Bible Reading Challenge - January Update

YES!! I made it!! - 1 month down, 11 to go!

For those of you already in the habit of reading your Bible everyday, this may not be much of an achievement, but for me, it's been great! Admittedly, there was one day I forgot about it, but our pastors are not expecting perfection and have given us the weekends for catch-up, review, etc.

Ok, seriously, how sad is that - there was one day I forgot. I forgot to spend a few minutes listening to what my Lord and Savior had to say to me that day through His word. And there were other days where I was reading the words, but not really "hearing" or digesting them. Sarah Markley had a great blog post a few days ago titled "Living Like He's There". I encourage you to read it (Sarah - my friend - pointed it out to me to make sure I didn't miss it). Anyway, this post uses the illustration of a married couple spending the day in a theme park but being so distracted by keeping track of the kids, conversations with others, etc. that they spent the entire day together but where never really "with" each other. She relates this to the days when we are living in God's presence, but not really acknowledging Him. I have been guilty of that this month. Now that I'm aware of it, let's see what next month holds...