It's only the fourth day of our reading-the-Bible-in-a-year resolution and I've already messed up. Last night I opened my Bible to Genesis 12 and read the four chapters I thought I was supposed to read for January 4 plus an extra one because I got to the part about Hagar and Ishmael and couldn't just stop without reading that chapter, too. I didn't actually go check to make sure it was the right reading for the day, but just started where Jonathan and I had left off the day before and read five chapters, which I assumed was more than the allotted reading for the day. I was feeling pretty good about how well I have kept up with this project so far and mentioned to Jonathan this evening that I'd even done a little extra reading in Genesis last night. "Ali, the reading for yesterday was the first five chapters of Job," he set me straight. "Job? Already? Man, here I thought I was ahead and now I find out that not only am I behind by a day's reading, but I already have to start the book of Job?" I questioned, watching him nod as I finished my mini-rant.
I've read Job once. Several years ago, likely when I was still in high school, I read the book in one sitting when I decided to read through several books of the Bible on a Sabbath afternoon. I wasn't impressed with much of the book after the first two chapters. This time around I'm going to try to keep a more open mind so I can learn from Job's conversations with God and the dialogue between Job and his three friends. Besides Job was included in the Bible so that must mean there's something (probably a lot of things) I can gain from my second time reading through the book.
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