New Testament

Just five minutes ago, I completed my goal of listening to the New Testament!  I thought, "Hey!  I did it!  Who can I tell!"  :0)  So I thought I would blog about it! 

At church, the bishop had challenged us to read the New Testament in 100 days starting January 1, 2011.  I started late (of course) and that 100 days came and went with me about mid-way through the New Testament.  However, on my own schedule, I did complete it (albeit listening not reading) within 100 days.

Last year, for the LV Stake challenge of reading the Book of Mormon in 100 days, I listened to some of it and felt that I was "hearing" it and understanding it in a new way from my times of reading and re-reading it.

 So when the challenge came to read the New Testament, I decided I would "hear" it.  Probably my predominant thought from my listening to the New Testament has been to reflect time and again on the centuries of confusion the New Testament has caused.  It is not hard to see why.   At the same time, I also enjoyed hearing many, many familiar verses being "read to me."

Now, I think I am going to try tackling the Old Testament by listening to it, too.  I have only read it cover to cover once.  Whew.  It is a fairly ponderous tome.  No guarantees on any "100 days" but we'll see how things go.  I decided that if I wrote about that goal on this blog, it would commit me to do it.  :o) 

Here is the link for the Bible and LDS scriptures I have been using:   http://lds.org/scriptures?lang=eng.  Maybe you will join me in the volume of your choice?

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