New Years...Bible reading?

I was impressed the other day in our local newspaper (yes, I still read it!) that a reporter went into center city Philly and interviewed several people about resolutions for the new year. My amazement was that two young women, independent of each other, responded by saying they were going to read their Bible more or entirely during the new year. I was pleasantly surprised at their responses, even more surprised that the reported recorded it, the editor passed it and it got published! My heartfelt congrats go these young women, may their tribe increase. (My then 10 year old grandson informed me last year that he had a goal of reading through the Bible as well. I check with him from time to time: his response is, "It's hard work!) Along a similar line, our church elders have discussed what it would mean to have a new (renewed) emphasis on Bible reading and study. After prayerful consideration, we're going to take a break in the Gospel of John and take a few months to review the Bible. Set some goals about reading, memorizing and studying it. I look forward to seeing what our congregation's response may be. As I read the biography's of various saints of church history, I'm impressed with number who not only emphasized the importance of the reading of the Word of God, many gave their lives to scholarship and defense of it's maintenance and preservation. So, whatever else you might have planned for this new year, gave some healthy thought to renewing your quest of reading the Bible. It wouldn't hoit!