The Un-devotional

So we had a pretty good day. The weather was beautiful. I managed to sit outside for a few minutes and read while Bella was napping. The only problem was after a few minutes of reading in the quiet I wanted to take a nap too! I started to read the Bible from cover to cover. I have tried different reading plans and quickly failed. I don't get to read everyday, but it's coming along. I have 5 more chapters to finish and then I'll be all done with the book of Genesis. After that, it might get a little tricker with some of the following books! Reading through in order should help me see the cohesiveness of the Bible and all the random stories I know that are in there. Then I can see the big picture that God has drawn out for us. Once I told Jacob that I felt kinda bad because I can never stick to a daily devotional plan. He said "doing devotionals is not just a little thing you read and you're done. It's growing in Christ in all sorts of ways. It's living in Him." I thought this was so well put. So, now I don't stress out about it too much. I try to read the Bible, but mostly I try to live how Christ would want me to live. I have all these little ideas of things that I would like to do sometimes (scrapbooking,reading, cooking, cleaning, going on a date with my husband) but I can't fully devote myself to much of anything right now. But I'm actually okay with that. This time is precious and goes by too quick. So, I'm just enjoying the ride.