Reading the Bible

I've been extremely slack over the past couple of months where reading the bible is concerned.  I actually haven't been reading it at all over the past year really.  It's not very good of me and to be honest, I'm at the stage now where I just need to read it because I need that peace, the sense of security that comes with reading God's word.  I'm a tad stressed and tired at the moment and I ended up in my room after a bit of a disagreement with a family member tonight and I was lying on my couch in my room trying to figure out what is making me so scared and anxious.  Just gradually, I felt like I needed that peace that I get from reading the bible.  But for some reason I was hesitant.  I didn't know where to start and this, my friends, is what has been my problem for the past year.  I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START!  To be honest, I think most Christians struggle with this.  We get told that we have to read the bible every day because this is a way that God speaks to us and this is just another connection that we have to him, BUT that's where our instruction stops. We sit there and think 'Hang on, so I'm ment to read the bible, but where do I start?'  And then we get encouraged to write with our bible reading and do some sort of devotion with it, but if you're anything like me, it stops happening after a few weeks.

When I got my urge  to go and read the bible tonight, I also got a thought, some encouragement from God, that went along the lines of 'Maybe God just wants you to read it.' So I opened my bible to the Psalms.  I found peace in Psalm 121.  This is the one where it starts off 'I lift my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from?'  I love this Psalm.  For me, it brings me great comfort and peace.

So.  I would like to encourage you just to pick up your bible and read.  It doesn't matter where it is or how long the passage is, just read.  And then do the same tomorrow and then the day after and then the next day, until it becomes a habit.  I'm going to try this and I'm sure I'll let you know how it's going sometime in the future.

Until next time,
God bless and happy reading,

Sophie.

P.S. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!