It’s happening again! Amy at Mom’s Toolbox is hosting another Bible in 90 Days challenge, beginning July 5 and ending on October 2, 2010.  Amy asked those of us who completed the last challenge (Jan-March) to write about why we had decided to join in.

For me, I didn’t have a huge desire to do it. Originally when I first heard about it, I complained to OTHERS on Twitter that reading the Bible like that was way too fast.  And I said it to quite a few people. And of course all of my followers saw it.  About a month later, I got to eat a little crow as I began the challenge myself.

I decided that even though it seemed to be a really fast pace, it would be a way to actually accomplish reading the entire Bible.  How many people can actually say that? I’m a bit of a history buff too. I love to see how all of the pieces fit together.  What better way to understand the Bible in it’s context than to read the whole thing, as I have so many times read novels, unable to put them down even for a minute?  It just made so much sense to read it like that.

In the beginning, it was easy. The reading was interesting, and events happened at a good pace. A bit further in, when we hit the Books of the Law, I was trudging. Leviticus was NOT fun.  NOT easy.  NOT what I wanted to do.  But God is good, and it was around Leviticus that I began to lean heavily on the Lord to get me through it. I had some context then, and came through the Law with this amazing understanding—and thankfulness—for my salvation!

Did I always keep up?  No. I was 2 days behind off and on for probably half of the time.  Weekends are bad for me because I often work Sat/Sun evenings… meaning that if I don’t get up early and get all the reading for the day done, there is no catch-up time later.  I would read sometimes at work on my iPod, but my job doesn’t really allow me much time.  Still, even with being a couple days behind, I was able to catch up each week and get right back on schedule.  If I can do it, you can do it too!

And a word about the 90-Day Bible itself. I don’t own one. I did consider buying one, but then I thought, why? I have my own Bible.  And NOW?  I have my own Bible with tons of highlights, underlines, and notes written in the margins. I have a treasure, in my own Bible, knowing that I have read every single page.  I also marked the end of each day’s reading so that when I want to do it again, the stopping points are already there.

Would I do it again?  Definitely.  I plan to, not this time around but next January I will, and this time I plan to involve my kids.  We will take turns reading out loud in the mornings. I loved this experience. It was so absolutely worth it!