One of my goals for the year is to start reading the Bible more, right? My first plan of attack was to sign up for YouVersion to email me the reading plan each day. But it didn’t seem to be working (I’m not so great with technology) so I decided to go lo-fi and crack open my long neglected paperback One Year Bible. I planned to read every morning first thing when I woke up. I even found a reading buddy in the amazing Africankelli.
But, I gotta tell you – getting into this habit is really hard. I realize as a pastor’s wife people probably think that I am a Bible-readin’ fool. But sadly, I’ve really gotten out of the habit. I had a pretty good start to the year, but I totally fell of the wagon last week. Crazy mornings, busy at work… I can give a million excuses but they don’t really matter.
Around the same time, YouVersion decided it was time to start emailing my reading plan every day. You’d think maybe I’d take it as a positive sign and just start reading it? But no – that email just started feeling like a daily scolding… not fun. And it makes me even less motivated to actually DO what I’m trying to DO.
Argh…
But I’m not giving up. Try, try, try again. The emails are now turned off and I’m trying a new time of day for my reading. Giddy up.




