Why I keep reading

Proverbs 3:1
    "1 My child,t never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart."

As I was reading my Bible this morning I saw this verse in Proverbs and it, of course, stopped me. Never forget the things I've taught you. That's not the easiest thing to do. I've found myself skimming through my Bible times and not really digesting what I've read, or even worse; this morning when I was reading I thought I'd use a verse for my blog and couldn't remember if I had blogged about it last year or not. I've now read through my "read it in a year" Bible 8 times and one would think that some of things would be sticking by now right? I promise, they are, but it's amazing what I find new each year. I have discovered that what I'm going through in my personal life will dictate what sticks out to me in my daily readings; but I've also discovered that as I read and reread the Bible every year, I make it past the "John 3:16"'s and start to get into more of the meat that I've been missing the last 30 or so years. Don't get me wrong, all those common verses are so wonderful and that's why we are taught them from birth; but what about the rest of the Bible? I'm finding that it's wonderful as well! I have had people tell me that 8 times through the bible is a lot and it is, but it's not near enough for me.

Let me give you this example. What is your favorite movie of all time? I can't even begin to narrow that one down, but let's say it's something like Lion King. So Lion King is your favorite movie of all time, how many times have you watched it? How much of the movie can you quote? I'm guessing the answer to both of those answers is "a lot" and if I'm right on that, are you board with the movie yet? Nope, and why is that? We aren't board with it yet because it's our favorite and every time we watch it, we see something new or learn another line from it that makes us smile. That's how I feel about reading the Bible every year. Although I do have to admit that I get confused with the order of the books because of the way my Bible is set up, but I am learning more and more of God's word though my constant re readings and I'm even starting to memorize more of it too.

So as my journey continues through this, my ninth time through the Bible, (that sure doesn't seem like a lot compared to my nearly 32 years of life) I'm looking to store as much of His commands into my heart as I can, and remember the many things He's taught me! I'm so thankful for whomever invented this blog thing, because it's just one more tool that I have to remember. I can go back and read everything I've written and see what lessons I've learned and which ones I need to continue learning. When I was checking to see if I'd used that other verse last year, I discovered there are several lessons that I need to revisit and relearn from this last year. Wish me luck!