Jason and I have finished 27 days of our 40 days of reading The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren, and we're developing some action plans for the kinds of behaviors we want to make habits of. Jason and I have each started daily Bible-reading plans, and he's blogging his thoughts, so I thought I would change my blog settings and use mine similarly.
I always enjoyed journaling but haven't done much of that in several years. I'll have to work on finding time to regularly blog, but once we finish the book, we won't be blogging there anymore. I like writing down my thoughts because it forces me to try to make sense of things that confuse me.
My Bible-reading plan is to work through the New Testament in about 3 months. In addition to reading the scripture itself, I also want to read some commentary to give me an expanded perspective. Today I read Matthew Henry, but I don't want to continue with him. Jason found John Wesley's commentary at crosswalk.com, so I think I'll look for it.
I read matthew 1-3 today in The Message translation and enjoyed the fresh look at Jesus' geneology, birth, and baptism. One thing that really stood out for me was how trusting and obedient Joseph was. I'm sure he had friends and family members who advised him not to marry Mary, but he trusted that his dream was truly from God. I wonder how often he doubted himself, and I wonder how much he and Mary talked about all of that. We tend to think of them as wooden characters who just did what was appointed to them, but they were real people with fears and doubts and questions. They were no different from anyone else whom God gives a job to. I want to develop that kind of trusting and obedient nature.
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