Good Afternoon sisters.
How is day 2 of this new year going for you?
Other than a toddler not napping, we have rocked this Saturday as a family.
Last night we painted our dining nook, and in fact will paint 2 walls of our living room over the next two evenings. We are making strides to update our home some. We have been here 8 1/2 years, and have maintained it well. Now we are moving forward with some updates.
So now friend, I want to talk to you about you and your time. I have struggled today (and the past few years) with managing being mom and being me. Me wants to read, color, paint, sew, cross stitch, and garden. Those are things I love to do. But motherhood doesn't always allow that. Now my husband did inform our children to give me some time and space while the toddler "naps" so I can have so "me-time." So I worked on our planner for 2021, and I did read some on gardening. This year we are putting in a raised bed, and I want to make it successful! So I enjoyed reading those few chapters.
While all those things I want to do above are good, they are not the better. I will be honest, when I am not actively engaged in a weekly Bible study, I struggle to read scripture. Now I can read a verse or two, or a small passage about scripture without problem. But to be dedicated in reading a few chapters, it can be hard for me. So I am aspiring to read through my Bible this year. When we changed churches last year, in the welcome packet we were given there is a Bible reading plan for a year. I found it yesterday when organizing our files, and I am going to follow it. I know I will have days I have to play catch up and all that, but I am not going to stop, I am going to keep on reading.
I challenge you to do the same. Read a Psalm a day, or a Proverb. Find a reading plan, find an app. But read The Word Every. Single. Day.
We as a church will be better if we root ourselves in God's Word more routinely, and less flippantly.
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