The Spear

There is a book that contains many other books and letters. It is a book full of fascinating historical facts and biographical accounts. It contains details of battles, giants, the sun being stopped in the middle of the sky for a day, the defeat of powerful kings by mere men, of death and people being raised from the dead. This book is a wild ride of adventure and intrigue, mystery and revelation. This book is the compiled 66 books of the Bible.  I used to feel that reading the Bible was a feat that was overwhelming and unsurmountable. I would begin to read from Genesis and wouldn’t make it much further than the genealogies or levitical dietary laws. Another source of discouragement was when I was part of group Bible studies where there would be a set timeline for reading a passage of scripture, or a commentary book to read along with the scripture.  I would make it part of the way through, and then fall off track.  When growing up, I thought the Bible was mainly to read ...