A Groundbreaking Breakthrough
[The following is an excerpt from the upcoming FMU Success Prep Study Guide, TOP10 Marriage Tips For Smart Singles: Part 2, due out February. However, Part 1 is available NOW right here.]
I have always struggled with goal-setting because I can be a real “all-or-nothing” type person. As a result of this proclivity, I made many a New Year’s resolution to read through the entire Bible in a year. (Ever since I was a teenager, I remember my mom doing that each year. Her Bible was so marked up with highlighters and colored pens it looked like a coloring book.)
Unfortunately, for me, somewhere in the middle of Leviticus or Numbers, my resolve would dissolve. Even if I made it past the Pentateuch, I’d lose it somewhere in the middle of one of the gloom-and-doom prophets. If I fell behind a day or two, it wasn’t that big a deal to catch up, but once I fell more than two days behind, it became a heinous undertaking to get back on board. And eventually I’d stop trying.
But then I stumbled upon an ingenious intellectual invention; a capital idea; a ground-breaking breakthrough. I decided to read all the way through the Bible once every two years. Did you catch that – that’s all the way through the Bible; not in 12 months, but in 24. No – not 24 hours, but 24 months.
This resulted in a remarkable thing – I now had only half as much reading to accomplish each day. (Who’d have ever guessed?!?!) Now I could fall behind and still never get that far behind. Suddenly reading all the way through the Bible wasn’t an impossibility. It took me twice as long as my Mom (and I used less colors), but at least I made it through.
Perhaps this could work for you? Perhaps you just need to delve in depth into the New Testament; or even a particular book. Perhaps you could read through the whole Bible in three years; or four. Don’t be all-or-nothing about it. More often than not, something is way better than nothing. And in the case of God’s word, that’s positively the case.
Bottom line, if you know you need to get in the word more and you have the desire to do it, then prayerfully make a plan!
[Check back weekly for more excerpts of the FMU Success Prep Study Guide, TOP10 Marriage Tips For Smart Singles: Part 2, or check out Part 1 right here
If you've had your own groundbreaking breakthrough in this area, share it here! You might have the answer someone else is looking for!
MJ
I have always struggled with goal-setting because I can be a real “all-or-nothing” type person. As a result of this proclivity, I made many a New Year’s resolution to read through the entire Bible in a year. (Ever since I was a teenager, I remember my mom doing that each year. Her Bible was so marked up with highlighters and colored pens it looked like a coloring book.)
Unfortunately, for me, somewhere in the middle of Leviticus or Numbers, my resolve would dissolve. Even if I made it past the Pentateuch, I’d lose it somewhere in the middle of one of the gloom-and-doom prophets. If I fell behind a day or two, it wasn’t that big a deal to catch up, but once I fell more than two days behind, it became a heinous undertaking to get back on board. And eventually I’d stop trying.
But then I stumbled upon an ingenious intellectual invention; a capital idea; a ground-breaking breakthrough. I decided to read all the way through the Bible once every two years. Did you catch that – that’s all the way through the Bible; not in 12 months, but in 24. No – not 24 hours, but 24 months.
This resulted in a remarkable thing – I now had only half as much reading to accomplish each day. (Who’d have ever guessed?!?!) Now I could fall behind and still never get that far behind. Suddenly reading all the way through the Bible wasn’t an impossibility. It took me twice as long as my Mom (and I used less colors), but at least I made it through.
Perhaps this could work for you? Perhaps you just need to delve in depth into the New Testament; or even a particular book. Perhaps you could read through the whole Bible in three years; or four. Don’t be all-or-nothing about it. More often than not, something is way better than nothing. And in the case of God’s word, that’s positively the case.
Bottom line, if you know you need to get in the word more and you have the desire to do it, then prayerfully make a plan!
[Check back weekly for more excerpts of the FMU Success Prep Study Guide, TOP10 Marriage Tips For Smart Singles: Part 2, or check out Part 1 right here
If you've had your own groundbreaking breakthrough in this area, share it here! You might have the answer someone else is looking for!
MJ
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