Resolutions Revisited 2

Today marked the last day of my second read-through of the Bible this year.  Two down, one to go!!
The last time for this year, I'm going to use this plan (Plan), but condense it down for two months. To do that, I'm going to read 6 sections a day.  As I have a few days left in October, I should be done ahead of schedule, but we'll see, it might just be enough time, should life get in the way! 

This time round, nothing REALLY stuck out to me.  I think it was because of how I attempted to read it - it was broken down into a different kind of literature in the Bible every day - but, but the time Monday rolled around again, the continuity and flow was completely broken. I was going from Psalms to prophecy to epistles and back again. It was too much for my brain to take it. Once I stopped that and just read each section until it was finished, it was much better. 

I came away this time grateful. Grateful for God's Word, that I have the ability to sit down with it every day and pour over it! I am grateful to have a different version to give a tiny bit of a different perspective on 'too familiar' passages.  (This next time I'm going to use the Message, which I've never even cracked open before!) I'm grateful that God's word has been preserved and translated so well.

My other resolution, which I haven't talked about on this blog, but would like to now, is also going well.  I had resolved to not 'like' anything on Facebook without also commenting or otherwise engaging with the photo, comment, etc.  I have often felt like just liking something lets us off of the relational hook far too easy. It's much easier to hit a button that has little actual meaning than to type out that we appreciate something, or even WHY we appreciate something.  The times I do just use the like button is when I do not know the person I am 'liking' - like if they had a great comment that I agree with, or if they posted a photo of someone I know (though, I usually comment on those too) or if there is a humongous thread of comments and the one I wanted to affirm was waaaaay at the beginning.

It's really eye opening to me how I've changed in my use of Facebook. I actually have to stop and think before I move on to the next status or picture or even a blog post. It is also humbling, because, often, I feel like we gauge how well we, personally, are liked by the amount of button clicks there are on a certain post or whatever have you. I think it's crazy! Wouldn't a comment or an actual face to face conversation about that same thing be much more meaningful?  It's pushed me to start those conversations, and I like that.


Have you been working on your resolutions?  Have you started thinking about the upcoming year's resolutions you want to take on?  Wanna pray with me as I consider mine?

XO,
J

Soli Deo Gloria!