Too Much of a Good Thing?

At the beginning of February I was immersed in three (at one time four) Bible studies at the same time.

You Version App and Reading the Bible in 365 Days.

I Am Loved by Wendy Blight - Proverbs 31 OBS

Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst with the WW over 50 group on FB

Made to Crave 21 Day Challenge on YouVersion with Babette from DWLZ

My intentions were good.  But the time just wasn't there.

I tried.  I really did.  One morning during Week 3 of the OBS study I spent the entire morning at the table with my book and my Bible, trying to catch up on the previous week of study and be right where I needed to be.  And I haven't touched it since.

Reading the Bible in 365 Days has become a great habit.  I start the day with the devotion and reading the Psalm or Proverbs passage plus the scriptures from the Old and New Testaments.  So far we have studied Genesis and Exodus and just today started Leviticus.  The Gospel according to St. Matthew is finished and we are reading Mark now.  I have been enjoying it and learning much. I realize too that I could have become very bogged down and discouraged if I had been reading on my own.  Too many cubits for building structures and sacrifices of first born goat and cattle and lambs.....  I am so glad I am enjoying this study and thankful to Deb Sizemore for suggesting it.

 

Made to Crave I had read before and we finished the last chapters during the first week of February.  That wasn't hard to do.  I was really disappointed, however, that the person who suggested the study and created the plan did not participate, nor did most of the 35 other women who had signed up for the study group.  Only four of us from DWLZ actually participated - Karen F, Beth Z, Babette, and me.  We still interacted, but it was sad that others, including the leader, did not follow through.



That led into the 21 Day Challenge with Babette.  I needed the re-enforcement of the material that we had just studied.  However, the questions for discussion became rather routine - "What is God saying to you in this passage?" was the norm.  After I recalled that Jim always said that God was speaking to us through him and his message on Sunday mornings, I focused more on what Lysa had written and responded to her thoughts instead.  That worked for me, and I think it worked for Babette too.  That study ended on Feb. 21.

But the I Am Loved study?  I failed miserably with that one.  I tried.  I really did.  And it was the perfect organization for me.  I like commentary and Bible study where we really dig into the scriptures.  I just didn't have the effort to put into it for some reason.  I also enjoyed the messages from Wendy as well.  I have to admit that her gray frizzy hair did bother me a bit and I thought it made her look so old (and when one video showed her with straightened brown hair she looked SO much younger!  but it was only in one video!)  But her messages were superb. 



Maybe I will work on it another time.  I hope I do finish it because I did like it.  Everything was just so overwhelming and I just quit. 

A new study is starting later this spring and i signed up for it.  This FB group was great and I enjoyed the daily prompts and the interaction.  Maybe the new study will find me in a place where I can participate more.

At any rate I have become a Bible Study girl of sorts.  That in itself is a step in the right direction!!