Milk, Meat, & Honey

About 2 1/2 weeks ago, Ryan and I began a Bible reading program called Milk, Meat, and Honey. You can read Ryan's comments about it here.

Daily Bible reading has been a struggle for me personally since I was baptized at 15 years old. It is something I have always "known" was necessary and beneficial, but actually sitting down and doing it on a regular basis has been another story. In the past, I have read the Chronological Bible in one year, reading about 3 chapters a day. Ryan and I faithfully read a family Bible one year. Another time, we got up early and listened to the Bible on CD.............although we found we weren't very good listeners that early in the morn. And, periodically, we have engaged in some workbook type studies together, although I don't think we ever finished one completely. Over the past several months, I have found myself wanting to read scripture before I go to sleep at night, and have just randomly picked a passage to read.

Our preacher, D.C., tells how he remembers his mother faithfully studying her Bible every day when he was growing up. I want to be remembered that way.

Milk, Meat, and Honey has been so..........filling. Pardon my analogy, but the way the study is set up has really satisfied my soul with God's word. Every day, you read one verse from Psalm 119, 2 chapters of OT History or Prophets, 1 chapter of Job, Ecclesiastes, or Songs of Solomon, 1 chapter of Psalms, 1 chapter of Proverbs, 1 chapter from the Gospels, 1 chapter from Acts, 1 chapter from the Letters, and 1 chapter from I, II Timothy, or Titus.

It's A LOT...............but it only takes about 30 minutes. When I first looked at the program, I thought that it was strange that it skipped around so much every day. But after a few days, I could tell that it was going to be something EXTREMELY beneficial for me. Imagine, every day of the year, reading in so many wonderful parts of God's word. I especially like the fact that I will be reading Proverbs and Acts 12 times a year! And the Gospels 3 or 4 times a year!

I know God is faithful and that he has made me to feed on his word. It is so encouraging to know that only good will come from this study. I hope you will consider trying it for yourself. It can be found here.

Manda

Looking further...........Mommy style

No matter how committed you think you are to the Lord, nothing changes your outlook and philosophy of life like becoming a mother. I used to think (pre-Jacob era) that being a parent was about giving a child everything the world has to offer so that they could live the good life. You know that mentality, "My child is going to have all the things I could never have; do all the things I never got to do..........." And now, my sweet baby is almost 3 years old, and all I can think about is how I want Jacob to spend eternity with the Father and how I want him to be a light who shines the love of Jesus to others.

To me, Looking Further is seeing Jacob's future in terms of eternity and knowing that the way Ryan and I raise him will be a huge part of who he becomes...........and I know only God can provide the wisdom needed to accomplish what I hope for Jacob's future.

I don't know exactly what this blog will be.......but I hope it will allow me to reflect on my goals for myself and my family. I hope it will allow people to "keep up" with the Parsons. I hope it will offer encouragement to other moms (I hope other moms will encourage me!!).

Manda

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