Joyful Bedtime

Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor
   and sing for joy on their beds. Psalm 149:5

I'm reading Psalms backwards, and today I read Psalm 149.  I read the verse above twice, a verse I would usually probably just scan and pass over, but it made me think: When we lay down in bed at night with our spouses, by ourselves, are we singing for joy? Or are we talking and thinking about the burdens of our days, grumbling about the things that didn't go just quite right, or so busy making plans for tomorrow? What an awesome opportunity each night to lie in bed and rejoice in what God has done that day and who He is! Something I am going to try out tonight!

On the Radio

I caught the end of something while heading back to work from my lunch break this afternoon. I was bummed I didn't get to catch the whole thing, but I know I tuned it at just the right time to hear this:

Three Things to Do Every Morning
1. Get Up
2. Ask Jesus what He is doing (not what He is doing in you, for you, just what He is doing)
3. Ask if you can be apart of it

Hmmm. Just seems perfect doesnt it?

Reading Goals

Somewhere, somehow, I fell off track of reading my Bible everyday.  And not just reading it, but desiring to read it, desiring to find what knowledge God could impart to me, desiring to see more of God's character and desiring to see how I could really work on myself.  It's been something I've been struggling to get back to but somehow I let life's "responsibilities" get in the way, as well as sleeping in, getting on Facebook, and whatever other excuses I have.

Anyways, as posted on my family blog, I really dont like resolutions at all, but have purposed myself to get into a daily Bible reading schedule again. Right now, my goal is to read a Psalm every morning before I go to work, and at least one chapter in whatever book I am studying at the moment before I go to bed that night. Right now, that book happens to be Romans.

I do enjoy reading my Bible and I do love to see what God has to say to me through His word, and I am really looking forward to this "schedule" bringing more joy into my time with God, more desire on my part to carve aside that time everyday instead of making time for it.

What does your Bible reading life look like? Do you have a set place, set schedule that you stick with?

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