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#AtoZChallenge: Letter N

4/17/2017

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Did you make a New Year's resolution 4 months ago to read the bible through this 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 next year in the poem below as the #AtoZChallenge continues with the Letter N.

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,
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 Four,
Maybe when the next year comes,
I’ll read a little more.
 
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.



From . . . And a Poem, Too by Kathy Mansfield

2 Comments
Nancy link
4/17/2017 02:05:50 pm

I LOVE the poem. So true! I love to start with the New Testament. It's an easier read! I have also enjoyed plans that have you read a couple of chapters from the Old Testament, a couple from the New and a Psalm or Proverb. Sometimes it helps to listen to some of the Old Testament books rather than read them.

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Kathy
4/17/2017 08:35:43 pm

Thanks, Nancy! I like the idea of listening to audio of the Old Testament books.

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