March 15, 2010

Census 2010: Personal Spiritual Growth - Monday

Filed under: Census 2010 — Flatland Research Team @ 5:00 am

Bible Reading
2Timothy 3:16-17

Our life and our culture surrounds us, inundates us, flooding us with voices demanding to be heard, to be listened to.  We have spouses and children to whom we need to listen, we have bosses and jobs who demand our attention and time, the media screams at us that must listen, the Internet is jammed with voices telling us what they think about just about everything under the sun and you have this e-mail popping up in your in-box every week.  All are making demands on our time, our thoughts and our energy and emotions.  How easy is it for the Bible to become just another voice in the crowd, another item on our to-do list that may or may not get done.  After all, does it really make a difference whether or not I read the Bible?  Is reading the Bible important enough to clear dedicated time in my already crowded schedule to do it?

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