Neglect my blog for over a year? Well, yes, there's that too, but...
Actually what I was thinking of is that once again, I have finished reading through the Bible in a year. Though I haven't really been keeping track, my best guess is that 2015 is the 20th year in a row that I have read the Bible through during the year. It might just be 19 and it could be 21, but 20 seems like a good round number.
It's a discipline that I'm glad I've been able to maintain over the years. Each year there are passages that, of course, I've read many times before and yet they seem new and fresh when I read them again. As Hebrews 4:12 says, the word of God truly is alive.
Now, it's your turn. I challenge you to read the Bible in a year with me in 2016. It works out to be 3 or 4 chapters a day. There's plenty of reading plans to choose from. Bible Gateway has a few. If you're like me, the Bible app(s) on your phone have some to choose from too. You can go from front to back. You can read chronologically (e.g., with some Psalms intertwined in Exodus). You can choose a plan that has some Old Testament and some New Testament each day. I recommend the later. It really doesn't matter which plan you choose, it's good to do it.
Will you join me in 2016/ as I read the Bible through in a year?
