So I've been learning a lot about myself from this 40 day fast from Facebook. It has been a very exciting experience, but some things that I have learned have not been so exciting...
I've learned that I am too dependent on electronics. Even without Facebook, I find myself consumed in my phone playing games or looking at YouTube or whatever. So I've tried really hard to break away from that. Even if I haven't been able to break completely free from it, I have made progress. And I have made time most every night to read and go through devotionals. One thing that was brought to my attention through my Sister's blog, however... Has been that I depend too much on devotional books instead of consuming myself in the Bible.
Why is that so hard???
I don't know why, but I know what my thoughts are on it so get ready...
We get so consumed when reading the Bible about not being able to understand exactly what God means by things that we depend on Devotionals and Commentaries to make sense of all of the depth in the Bible. What IF, we decided to ONLY read the Bible and pray that God would allow us to find the understanding in it. For God to join us in our Bible study and learn what God really wanted to teach us, instead of depending on other people to tell us... Who better to learn from than the Holy Spirit himself!?
Maybe I'm wrong, but it sounds like a fun experiment. We'll see how it goes :)
Yeah, I think that would be a legit experiment, try it! I've been thinking about going a week or so without reading any books except the Bible.
ReplyDeleteAlso, don't feel like you have to understand every word. The Bible should be read alone and processed alone to see what God wants to teach YOU specifically, but I think alot of the understanding comes from Community, like Church. Maybe try reading a book of the Bible with Kyle? But take your own time to be with God away from Kyle too... I don't know. Just some thoughts.