Wow! Can you believe how much of the Bible you have already read?<\/p>\n
If you are reading with us, by the end of today you should have read to page 264 in the Bible in 90 Days Bible or to 2Samuel 12:10. I know that some of you might be a bit (or a lot) behind and feeling a little frustrated or maybe even defeated right now. I want you to know that you CAN catch up. No matter how far back you are you can still catch up, join us and read the entire Bible with us by October 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Last time I was contacted by a reader a full month after the rest of us began reading. She wanted to be listed as a reader even though she knew should would finish a month after the rest of us. I wasn’t sure how to encourage her, but I was game to try.<\/p>\n Then an amazing thing happened… she read and read and read and then caught up with the rest of us! She caught up a full 3o days all while still continuing to live her very full life<\/strong>. And now she is on our mentor team helping others read.<\/p>\n How did she do it? I’ll let her tell you more about it…<\/p>\n So, you\u2019ve fallen behind. A little bit? A lot?\u00a0 Let me tell you a story that may be a little bit of encouragement to you.<\/p>\n Last January 31, I decided I wanted to read the Bible in 90 days\u2014saw Amy\u2019s website \u201cadvertising\u201d it, and thought it would be a great challenge for me in the \u201cnew year.\u201d So I began, only to discover I\u2019d started 30 days AFTER Amy\u2019s group had started. But that didn\u2019t matter; I was determined to finish in MY 90 days. When I started getting toward 45 days, I began to really want to finish with the other group\u2014but how do you catch up when you are behind 30 days?\u00a0 (That\u2019s a LOT of pages!! And right now, some of you who are behind 5 or 10 days are not feelin\u2019 so bad.)<\/em><\/p>\n At first, I just read a few extra pages a day\u2026.and that caught me up 5 more days at the end of a week. But I was still behind 25 days and they were finishing in 10! So I asked the Lord to help me do this. Amazingly<\/em><\/strong>, He did. (Why are we always so surprised?!?)<\/em><\/p>\n In a matter of 16 days, I read and read and read and read\u2026He cleared my days, He cleared my schedule, He provided space and quiet and time (and attention span) for me, and I finished with the rest of the gang. I read it in 66 days\u2026.and if I (a home school mom of 2 kids in middle and high school, a piano teacher, a wife and a swim team coach)<\/em> can do it—anyone can!<\/p>\n I\u2019ve written down some tips here for getting it done, and for catching up. Take what suits you, leave the rest\u2026.I really want you to succeed in this. \u00a0(In fact, there is a whole group of people who want you to succeed. The mentors have been praying and helping and loving on you\u2014we want you to LOVE the Word\u2026and to finish this going strong! These tips come from all of us, who\u2019ve been there before\u2026)<\/p>\n Reading the whole Bible in such a short period of time literally changed my life, changed my perspective, changed my outlook, and changed my heart. I want that for you too!<\/p>\n I realize that not everyone who signed up for this 90 day challenge is a born and bred Christian. I know that some of us haven\u2019t known about God for very long. I know that some of us (myself included) don\u2019t have a local church they attend or a local group to fellowship with. I know all of this, yet it doesn\u2019t matter one bit. Why? Because we are all a fellowship now. <\/strong>Right here online. It\u2019s the craziest thing, but all 500+ of us that signed up are in this together.<\/strong> So if you have a question, or need some help or want to vent, or are frustrated, email Amy\u2026.she\u2019ll get you in touch with someone who will become your ally in and through this.<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth it, I promise. (God promises it, too… it’s in there.) Now GO READ!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n But first let us know how you are doing in the reading.<\/p>\n Like Kari said, there won’t be any judgment, just encouragement and love. Please scroll down and leave us a comment with how you are doing. If you are a blogger and wrote a post about your progress this week, please enter your link in the linky. Don’t forget to include a link in your post to this post so your readers can learn more about the challenge.<\/p>\n If you’re all caught up and want to read more about Kari, she blogs at Bits of Yarn<\/a>.<\/p>\n And if you need a few more tips on getting ahead, another of our mentors, Beth at Adjunctmom, has a great top ten list of ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hope to ‘see’ ya tonight on Twitter from 8-9 CST using the #B90Days hashtag!<\/p>\n Now, on with the check in:<\/p>\n
\n(You can access the full reading schedule here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n