A New Approach to Reading the Bible All the Way Through This Year

Did you make a New Year's resolution to read the Bible through last year? Did you bog down somewhere around Leviticus? You aren't the only one! Others feel your struggle, too. Read about a different approach for this year in the poem below.

A New Year's Resolution

My New Year’s resolution
Was to read the Bible through,
Both Old and New Testaments –
Maps, concordance, too.
 
Day one went really well –
The story of creation,
Followed by the ark,
All in my best translation.
 
In those first few weeks
I read of Moses and the Law,
The Ten Commandment tablets
And the blessings Israel saw.
 
But, along about day thirty,
Leviticus came in view,
All those rules and sacrifices
And offering guidance, too.
 
Instead of easy stories,
I was faced with rules of old,
And my New Year’s reading challenge
Started growing pretty cold.
 
So, here I am, once again,
Stalled before Book Five,
So maybe when the next year comes,
I’ll jump in and take the dive.
 
But, here will be my plan
From day one of that new year:
Start with Revelation
And work backward from the rear.
 
And maybe I might see
By looking at the end
The value of Leviticus
And the message that it sends.

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