Read my Bible more

I’ve been trying to “explore” different parts of the Bible on a daily basis, for the past week or so I have been working on reading a chapter from 1 Samuel each day. Today I am on 1 Samuel 17, the story of David and Goliath, which is a story I really enjoy. Its interesting how I can apply what I read to my daily life, which can be difficult with the Old Testament, at least for me.

In addition to that, yesterday I read about the 9 Fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) and each day I am trying to work on a different fruit. Yesterday was love. Which for me, entailed being kinder and more caring towards my mom, being friendly to everyone, trying to express Christ’s love simply by smiling. Today’s fruit is joy. It will be interesting to see how I can apply that today.

Two weeks ago we had a bible study for the youth at our church, and I was surprised to find I knew more than everyone else there. The adults were surprised too, because I stopped going to Sunday School when I was like 9. It was funny how although all the other kids went to Sunday School, I still knew way more than they did, because I took time to read it on my own. And after the bible study, I realized how much I enjoy reading The Bible, its a really relaxing way to end the day, and I’m tired of my own excuses not to read it! :)

This is such a huge challenge for me…. I think I need a new Bible. A good study bible, because the one I have now is for 8 year olds. Maybe then I will be more interested.