I started my annual read through of The Message, a translation of the Bible by Eugene Peterson on November 22nd and I finished the Old Testament this morning - that's 10 weeks and two days. O my!This version is very easy to read and because the translation is so straight forward I can honestly say that I rarely stop and think to myself, "Self, what did that mean?" Also, I have taught myself to speed read by the Evelyn Wood Speed Reading Method and I am probably reading around 450-500 words a minute with comprehension.
Here are some of my 30k foot level thoughts of this read through:
- God has a plan.
- He loves his people unconditionally
- His mercy is not exclusive
- He honors those who honor him
- Like our earthly fathers, God has his way of getting our attention when we step out of line
- God responds to prayer
- God is absolutely sovereign
- He still responds to prayer even though he is sovereign
- He promised to redeem Israel (this happened through Jesus)
- He promised restoration and peace in the land (this is yet to come)
That is just some of my observations of this lightspeed read through. I can't wait to get to the New Testament tomorrow morning! Tye out.
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