I have been reading my devotionals out of the One Year Bible (NIV) that was my Father’s in the last two years of his life for the last few years. It has his handwriting in the margins: the year he had read a reading, next to the reading header, little feet drawings by verses about the way you should walk, vigorous underlines on verses he felt convicted on (he had a lot of the same besetting sins I do, judging by his underlines) , sometimes questions, and oddly, the words "meeting day" written in his handwriting by the date that he would die on. He was in a coma for a few days before he died at home in his hospital chair, (Mom had arranged hospice care) How did he know?
But My Mom was talking about how interesting her daily reading was using a chronological scheme, and she’d like to have Dad’s Bible back. When I saw on the Christianity Today Blog that the ESV had an RSS feed, I knew I’d found my chronological set up. Such convenience; several different ways to organize the readings, and platforms to receive them on, even cell phones – are devotionals supposed to be convenient? Anyhow, I can even listen to the portion if I want to. Chronologically, we are in Leviticus, so far I’ve only skipped a few lists. I guess if I’d been donating those golden bowls and stuff to make the tabernacle, it would have been riveting. If I did Lent, I guess I’d give up skipping repetitious bits and genealogies, meanwhile, I think we get into some smiting soon, it should liven up.
Do you zone out on lists in devotional reading too?