The Word

I'm going to be honest. I've never read through the whole Bible. I've wanted to, and I've tried, but I've never succeeded. This may surprise some of you because I LOVE reading. But I just found it hard to pick up my bible and read through the genealogies and through things like Ecclesiastes and be excited to read further.
This last summer I asked my pastor's wife to mentor me. It was phenomenal! We studied Proverbs together, and the Wife of Noble Character (ch. 31) in depth and it was such a great experience.
During this study we decided to read a chapter every day (based on what day in the month it was : 17th read chapter 17 and so on) and we'd focus in depth 2 verses per week from the 31st chapter. So I was reading a chapter everyday.
It was hard for the first few weeks. There were weeks when I'd go to Starbucks, order a drink, and read 7 chapters to get caught up. But as the summer progressed I got into a routine and I really enjoyed setting aside time to ignore everything going on in my life and read the bible.
So at the end of the summer I looked at the books of the bible and put in order what books I wanted to read. Then I went into iCal on my laptop and put in everyday which chapter of which book I would read. Seriously. It took me a really long time because I filled it in for 4 months. Hahaha
But since I've come back down to APU I've kept up with it. And the crazy thing is, if I went a day without reading, by the end of the day I could tell. I feel unfocused...if that makes any sense.

Honestly, I don't know how I've kept up with it still. Well, I do. And it's God. Duh. But I remember my first few years at school praying desperately to God asking Him to give me a love for His word and a passion to read it....and it never happened. Little did I know all I had to do was sit down and just DO it, and it would all come naturally.