I can't help but feel like I'm living on borrowed time.
As I recall, this world was supposed to be destroyed a couple of weeks ago by some cheesed-off Mayans. Maybe they took the holidays off, a sign of poor planning on their ancestors' part. Maybe we're getting "added time," a concept I learned back in 2010 when I decided I'd rather watch the World Cup than study Systematic Theology.
Regardless, I feel like I need to clean my slate before approaching those pearly gates. I never did Bible Drills. My mom was a pageant-mother when it came to church choir, but she didn't seem to give two-shakes about taking us to church two hours early for Bible Drills. Maybe that might explain my affinity for CCM and my inability to remember the location of the Scriptures I occasionally drop in conversation.
So I've made the decision (as I normally do this time of year) to read the Bible through. I'm a week away from 27 and I've been in church since my first Sunday alive, so I'm always a little perturbed that I've never been able to finish the book that I base my life and decisions upon.
As previously mentioned, I've tried (many times) to accomplish this goal. I've bought (3 distinct) bibles strictly for this purpose. I've downloaded plans, gone through programs at church, etc. In the same way that I treatment plan with my clients, I will detail below my method.
Goals:
-To read the entire Bible through within the course of 2013.
-To create 52 posts documenting my progress.
Objectives (how I will accomplish this goal): -I have downloaded the "Bible" app by LifeChurch.tv (youversion) on my phone and subscribed to The One Year Bible plan. I will read the Old and New Testament sections of this plan using The Message (because it's readable, new and my mind won't wash over words I've already read) and the Psalms and Proverbs sections in the NIV (because that's how I recognize them and like them).
-I will take brief notes on various concepts I see in the scripture that relate to my contemporary life, questions I have or general observations.
-I will do a weekly recap of these notes on this here [as-yet-untitled] blog.
I always tell my clients that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results - so here's something different. The necessary note-taking will keep me from just skimming over each night's reading and the accountability of you folks knowing what I'm attempting will hopefully hold me to my goal. So we'll see where this takes us.
**EDIT: Props to Michael "Juiceface" Steinmetz for the title.
