Chronological Reading Plan

Hello everyone! I hope your 2020 has gotten off to a great start!

I remembered that I forgot to mention the reading plan I was doing this year, and I wanted to share it.

This year, I've decided to read the Bible in chronological order. If you remember, in 2018, I read it in order from beginning to end. I did this using the Bible app on my phone, Bible Gateway. I'm using this app for my reading again this year, and I'm sure most Bible apps will have this option. But if you don't have an app that offers the chronological option, or just don't like to use a Bible app for your daily reading, I wanted to offer a list of the readings in chronological order.

I'm not going to do a blog post for my readings this time. I'm still in school to get my Masters in Library Science, and I just got a full-time position at my library, so I won't have time to post every day, but I do hope to be able to post quite a bit, and I'm still working on the eternity series I mentioned.

So, this list is correct to the best of my knowledge, but I have just started the reading.

https://www.biblegateway.com/reading-plans/chronological/next

Please let me know in the comments if you find any errors, or if you have a preferred Bible app or reading plan, and why.

I look forward to sharing more with you this year as well.

Worship Wednesday: Tell Your Heart to Beat Again

Happy new year, everyone! I hope 2020 is filled with amazing things for you as you continue or begin your walk with God.

Last night, my church held a new year's service beginning at 11:30pm and going to 12:30am. It was absolutely amazing, and I'm so glad I went. It was a wonderful way to start the new year - praising God.

And so on that note, I wanted to start my 2020 blog that way too. And it's Wednesday, so that worked out perfectly.

Welcome to the first Worship Wednesday of 2020!

This song came on the radio Monday as I got to work and I knew I had to share it with all of you. Then it repeated as I was driving home from work yesterday, and I realized I would be able to post it on January 1, 2020 because it falls in line perfectly for the first Worship Wednesday.

So, a quick question for you:

What happened in 2019? What was the year like? Was it good? Bad? A mix of both? Were there things that hindered your walk with God? Were there also things that strengthened your walk with God?

I had a mix of both. I have a story I'm going to share with you all at some point about one of the things that hindered my walk with God that I was able to throw off last year, but not today. Today is just for the music.

But keep that thought in mind. What were you able to throw off in 2019 that was hindering your walk? Did you accidentally pick up something new? Or was it an old struggle that kept coming back to bother you and trip you up?

Well, I've got good news. Not only is today a new day, but it's a new year! Does anyone else know that wonderful Anne of Green Gables quote? "Tomorrow is fresh, with no mistakes in it." That's especially true with God. He takes our mistakes and He redeems them. We don't have to keep holding onto them anymore. 

So, as you listen to this song, I encourage you to let go of what was holding you back in 2019. Ask God to help you. And remember, yesterday doesn't have a hold on you anymore, because today is a new day with God, and his mercies are new every morning.

My favorite part of the song is this verse:

Let every heartbreak

And every scar

Be a picture that reminds you

Who has carried you this far

'Cause love sees farther than you ever could

In this moment heaven's working

Everything for your good

Sometimes we get hurt. Sometimes there are heartbreaks and scars, but we don't have to carry them into the next day. We can give them over to God, and He will carry them for us.

There were some heartbreaks for me in 2019, and some things that left scars on me, but God blessed me so much that my joy overflowed into worship.

May God bless you this year with so many wonderful blessings that you don't know how to contain your joy!