A New Year's Diet Plan

It's been a long time since I've written on this blog.  Some would say too long, yet I've learned that I cannot push myself to write.  Writing comes from deep within, from some place within myself I cannot fully understand or reach on my own. 

I've been thinking: why has it been so hard, impossible really, for me to write over these last several months?  I don't have a clear answer.  My life has been busy and hectic, my heart honestly overwhelmed with many things I must do or accomplish and places I must go.  For an introverted soul, the pace of life can be exhausting.  I wonder if I have been fearful of what would happen, what others would think, if I did not do all that was expected of me.  To be able to become quiet, peaceful, and at rest to write is an increasing challenge in our chaotic culture and busy lives.

But anyways...a new year, new goals.  I want to share with you one of my goals...to read the entire Bible in 2013.

To help me with this goal, I started a new Bible reading plan that I absolutely love.  Daily in the early morning quiet I get to dig in to both the New and Old Testaments, and daily I am amazed at God. 
He is the God that called to Abraham.
He wrestled with Jacob.
He healed and fed many below the notice of society in Matthew.
He sent his son to choose to die on the Cross.
He sent ten plagues and gave ten commandments.
He is abounding in the incredible grace Paul describes in Romans.

And that's only six weeks in!  I really love how this plans combines both Testaments, how it helps me see the forest from the trees, how it allows me the grace to miss days when life is difficult.  However, I don't want to miss.  I am so hungry for more.  The Bible fills my heart and my soul so much more than I ever realized possible, that I realize I can never be hungry once it is in my hands and abiding in my heart.  This is the true diet we each need for fulfillment and 'a better me' in the new year.

I am not sharing this to make you feel guilty that you can't read the Bible early in the morning, or to feel bad about the time you spend with God.  Believe me, if someone had told me five years ago they had this reading plan, I would have thought they were totally crazy and probably should be locked up.  But see, God's grace is greater than any of us, and He can redeem any heart, even mine, even yours. 

So this is to encourage you to seek God in 2013, to find the 'diet' that is truly worth following in 2013 and every year after, and maybe for a little accountability on my part.  We all need community to follow through with the calling God places on each of our hearts, and I am honored you are a part of my community. :)