all romans 12.
November 21, 2010
Nothing has changed more in the last two years than my “quiet time.”
With a 2 year-old and an 8 month-old there is little actually quiet moments, and those that do occur are taken up by work or Blake and I laying and staring blankly at the ceiling trying to regain our sanity! But somewhere in there, I’ve always seemed to steal away a little time to read and pray. But my old method (from the last ten or so years) is no longer fruitful. What was this time-tested method? … Read through the bible in a year, every year. An average of 4 chapters a day and you’re golden!
But lately “reading” those chapters has been more like “running my eyes over the words and retaining nothing.” I think a lot of this has to do with anticipating the child-enduced ending of that quiet time at any moment! So I have to get done what I can!! But I think God has led me to something different..
I’m going to read Romans chapter 12 all year.
There is something about narrowing myself down on one key chapter in the Bible that feels liberating. And Romans 12 is right where I am at right now. It’s about the Church, unity in diverse giftings, and just succinct tidbits of Godly wisdom that I find super helpful these days! Now, I’ll probably throw other scriptures in there and read other books etc. but the meat of my “quiet time” will now be in Romans 12. I’ll probably post some of my thoughts as I go along on here…
