Getting started

Well, here I am entering the world of blogging! I never imagined I would do this :) but here I go!

I've been following a couple of blogs over the last little while and think it's cool the way you can connect with others and get encouragement along the way for a journey or a challenge. I thought that I would tackle my ongoing desire to read the whole Bible ... inspired by Dawne's blog "365 days to a new me!" ... 365 days through the Bible. But I have failed at that a couple of times. Plus, the fact is, I don't want to rush through. So then I thought I would attempt just the New Testament ... beginning at the beginning with Matthew. I am finding though, that even just one book is going to take a while and so I am choosing not to rush but to savour the time to reflect upon God's word throughout the day, throughout the night even and to focus, for now, on Matthew.

I have a dream that perhaps, one day, this might become a devotional book. I have looked for a devotional book that would cover one biblical book and haven't found one. Has anyone? As a mom with little kids and now a mom (equally busy) with bigger kids I find time to sit and reflect is a rare commodity. Time to really study and dig deep into the Word is rarer still. And so I'd love to create something that provides this - short daily devotionals that dig deep, give food for thought, and take the reader through a Bible book so that they feel they have accomplished something ... and so that they get the benefit of the overall message of the book.

I must confess I'm a little nervous ... will I follow through? what is it like to have your words available for others to read? But as I start I am praying that God will use this 'project' to speak His message into my life, to speak it into yours, as we journey through the book of Matthew.

Here we go! :)