In 2005 I was thinking about ways to enhance time I spent in God’s Word. Through the years I had read the Bible in various translations, used different devotional guides, etc. I felt that rather than reading several pages each day that I needed to slow down and reflect more on what I was reading.<\/p>\n
Writing has always been a way for me to think through things. As I prepare sermons I don’t write a manuscript, but I do a lot of writing which helps me organize my thoughts. I decided I would read my Bible each day until something caught my attention. At that point I would stop reading and write my thoughts about it.<\/p>\n
At first, these were strictly personal thoughts and I had no intention of making them public. However, I ultimately decided that by posting them online I would not only be sharing my thoughts but I would have a thumb in my back to keep writing. I ended up posting the devotionals to not only my blog but to Facebook and Twitter as well.<\/p>\n
A few years later, I self published my devotionals, ultimately in four volumes. I basically gave them away, setting the prices at the minimum allowed. Several have bought the books, but many more read them daily online.<\/p>\n
When I finally came to the end of Revelation I decided to go back to Genesis, repeating the devotionals day by day, sometimes editing them for clarity or just to fix a typo. I think all my devotionals have now been published on a daily basis four times.<\/p>\n
On the online version of my devotionals I’ve added a photo, taken during our travels, to each day’s devotional.\u00a0 I think I’ll republish the daily devotionals again, starting in Genesis, because people are just finding them.<\/p>\n
Thanks to all who have read, made occasional comments, and clicked on Facebook “like.” Your words of encouragement are a real blessing to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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