I am (almost) a month into my summer goal of reading through the Bible in 90 days (currently in 1 Kings), and I thought it was time for an update. With the exception of a nasty migraine which rendered me useless for an entire day (I had to use one of my 2 allotted “grace days!â€) – it has been an easy plan to keep up with.Â
My friend Sheri said that this was like sprinting a marathon at first, and I have to agree with her observation! The pace is much faster than any of the reading plans I have done in the past (AWANA, college, one-year Bible, etc.). But, once you get used to it, and get over the idea that you must remember every single detail, it becomes a comfortable pace. And, I love getting a better grasp on the “flow,†both of individual books, since they only about 2-3 days (a little more for some of the longer books!) to complete, as well as how they connect as a whole. There is alot of information coming at you extremely quickly, and while it can be overwhelming, it has also made it much easier to remember names, dates, and events, and â€connect-the-dotsâ€Â as I go along.
I do miss some aspects of a more in-depth study, but I already have a list – a few of them, actually! – of things (passages, topics, characters) that I want to come back to, and study more carefully in the future.  But, recently I have been thinking that I would like to do another 90-day cycle immediately following this one. Theoretically, you could read through the Bible 4 times a year using this plan!! I don’t know if I will go that far (this time), but I do think a second read-through would help to clarify the timeline of people and events, and make the connections (especially between Old and New Testaments!) even stronger.