Christmas Blessings...

January

There are many choices when looking to begin reading the Bible chronologically. There are one year chronological Bibles, the new chronological study Bible and countless lists of specific readings. I am using Read Through the Bible in a Year by John R. Kohlenberger III for 2009. This way I will be able to use my own Bible all year long and keep the notes in it for future reference.

So here we go:

January 1: Genesis 1-3

January 2: Genesis 4:1-6:8

January 3: Genesis 6:9-9:29

January 4: Genesis 10-11

January 5: Genesis 12-14

January 6: Genesis 15-17

January 7: Genesis 18-19

January 8: Genesis 20-22

January 9: Genesis 23-24

January 10: Genesis 25-26

January 11: Genesis 27-28

January 12: Genesis 29-30

January 13: Genesis 31-32

January 14: Genesis 33-35

January 15: Genesis 36-37

January 16: Genesis 38-40

January 17: Genesis 41-42

January 18: Genesis 43-45

January 19: Genesis 46-47

January 20: Genesis 48-50

January 21: Job 1-3

January 22: Job 4-7

January 23: Job 8-11

January 24: Job 12-15

January 25: Job 16-19

January 26: Job 20-22

January 27: Job 23-28

January 28: Job 29-31

January 29: Job 32-34

January 30: Job 35-37

January 31: Job 38-42

Why am I here?

Well, it's a year long story.

In November of 2007, I had surgery. While the surgery itself was successful, I had a little issue afterwards with internal bleeding. This little issue kept me off my feet for much longer than I had intended. I originally wanted to take a winter bible study at my church but since I was having difficulty working more than four or five hours a day, I didn't see any way that I could add anything else to my schedule. Then, one of the blogs that I read mentioned two different online bible studies that were going to be starting in January of 2008. One of the studies was a chronological reading through the Bible. I decided that this was something I could handle and purchased a chronological Bible. And God moved. In mighty and miraculous ways.

Now we are at the end of 2008 and I feel led to do it again in 2009. I can't wait to see what He wants me to see this upcoming year. (I know I missed so much and yet I know I learned to much!)

And so, a new blog is born. Basically, at this point and time, this blog will have the month's readings listed and I suppose it might contain any other thoughts that we might have on the journey. (I'm hoping that others join me. Mary Jane, now would be a really good time for you to start posting regularly.)