Thursday, January 03, 2013
today was a day well spent! dont think i will be encountering such days too often, but im glad for today (:
i spent the entire day at home, and i feel refreshed! i spent today sleeping, reading the bible and watching tv hehe.. i honestly love a lazy day, so im sure i'll be enjoying my retirement years! haha
i think i read a record number of chapters of the bible that i have ever done in my entire life!! :D perhaps its cos i was reading Job, so its a relatively easy book to read. it flows like a story! and it kept me wondering what are his friends gonna say next, and how Job is gonna react. haha.
i started on this chronological bible reading plan to read through the whole bible in 1 year. i somehow think that it will be more successful than my previous attempt years back to read the bible in 3 years. i think back then, i didnt love God's word as i ought to because i didnt understand it! so even if it was one chapter a day, it was really difficult. like reading greek and trying to understand it haha.
but this time, i have april's trusty esv study bible, and i think uni has caused me to question and find answers to many questions, and thus understand God's purposes a little more. i didnt want to read only one chapt a day, cos i wanted to get an overview of the whole bible... so i decided to take up this plan. its interesting as it is not in the same order of the books of the bible (as it is chronological) (:
this sem is an important sem for me, because the grades will determine what type of architecture i will be majoring in.. i want to be able to say that despite whatever result, God was with me and helped me through! its not a time to spend less time on the bible so that i can have more time for improving my work, but it is the opposite really! i dont want to do really well, but neglect everything that i care for, like YF and quiet time with God. its really a pointless thing to do, and im sure i would look back in regret if i did..
i hope that i will be able to say (like Job)
"But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food." - Job 23:8-12
may God help me (:
avoid the aliens;
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