When I was a student in Bible College, one of my professors encouraged us to read through the Psalms and the Proverbs each month. I listened to his wisdom and for most of the last 35 years I have read 5 Psalms and 1 chapter of Proverbs each day. As I have read the Psalms and the Proverbs, they have become treasured friends and a wonderful source of encouragement, direction, and strength. I love David’s heart for his God and Solomon’s concise wisdom for the day. I am in awe of the power of the words of David and Solomon inspired by God 3000 years ago to touch my heart today. I would encourage you to read through the Psalms and the Proverbs and see how God touches and changes your heart.
I am also reading through the Bible this year from a chronological Bible. This is a different format than I have used before and I am looking forward to the adventure of reading the complete consolidated story of the Bible.
What Bible reading plans have you used for yourself or your congregation? What did you like or not like. What worked or did not work?
I started my 2012 reading plan late, in March, but am still sticking to a 52 week plan. Anyway, I am finishing up with a Chronological plan and it has been really nice. So many parts of the Bible overlap each other, I was having difficultly lining them up in my head, not that I have it all nailed down now. But there are many parts of the Chronology that is speculation (like Job). When I finish this, I plan to read the JPS Tanakh and the NRSV for the Apocrapha and NT.