A Monumental Undertaking!

Matthew brought up something to me a few weeks ago that he was thinking about doing, and as he was telling me about it and how he felt led to do it, I felt the desire to join him in this monumental undertaking. Different circumstances and things we've been reading and hearing lately have encouraged this decision. What we've decided to do is to write our own Bible. Now, don't fall out of your chair....I don't mean our own version, I simply mean to each write our own copy. We know this isn't a simple or quick task, and we've estimated it will realistically take 10 years for us to each copy the entire Bible.

There are several reasons we want to do this. One being that as we write we can slow down and let the Word of God speak to us, instead of reading over things quickly like we tend to do. Another reason is so that we can leave them to our kids one day. (We've thought about writing notes to them along the way along with our copies when we come to verses that we have prayed over them, or those that have spoken to us about them.) What a great gift and legacy for our kids!

So, my task has begun! Today I wrote the first chapter of Galatians. We're not necessarily going in order because starting in the Old Testament would probably burn us out pretty quick! So, I'll keep you updated along the way about how things are going. We pray this will continue to be an exciting and life-changing endeavor!!