Hope Continually -- Psalm 71:14

Near the end of November, I finished reading the Bible through which makes twice for 2017.  The first time I read it through in one month.  The second time was on a three month plan.  As I did for my first time, I thought I would share my thoughts. The three month plan is my favorite time frame so far!   Many, many years, I have read the Bible through in one year.  It equals out to about four chapters a day.  In fact, I remember the first time I read the entire Bible through.  I was a teenager - I don't remember how old exactly.  I do remember it being Christmas vacation and I was a little behind on my plan and I wanted to finish so badly - I read and caught up and made my goal.  I read my Bible through for the first time. It was a big thing to me.  I had a spiritual goal and I completed it - on my own! After that year, I read it through the year many times.  Not every year but many.  Then this year, I made m...

OK, so I'm going to tease my husband a bit.  We recently went to Oregon to spend some time with my sister and brother-in-law.  You know how it is when sisters are together...there is a lot to talk about! :)  Well, anytime that my husband couldn't hear what we were talking about, he thought we were whispering about them.  We teased him about it and pretended like we were talking about them when we really weren't.  Just to give him a hard time. But, how many times have we all felt the same way?  I have!  I can be constantly and excessively worrying about what others are saying or doing ...which leads to being paranoid and self conscious...which leads to untrue accusations and anger...which leads to broken relationships.  All because of a feeling. I am probably not the one who should be writing about this because I struggle greatly with it. I'm trying hard to grow.   So, how does one handle this feeling, worrying about what oth...