40 days of Reading the Bible by a Clueless, Wandering, Wannabe Christian

February 21, Day 8: St Luke 11: 29-32 I'll admit I got a bit lazy to write my thoughts down, and other things took priority as I had a writing deadline looming as well. Could have managed my time a little bit better to fit this in, but hoping to catch up real soon. But I find that it almost works better if I wait a day or two before I write. Reading the Bible is pretty intense... they don't seem like words on paper anymore. Because there have been things that have been popping out in the middle of the day when I've been going out my daily things which have surprised me! Little realizations about what I've read. Or ideas that click and fit together when they didn't make sense before. It's changing my behaviour too. For instance: There was an incident when a person said something hurtful (unknowingly) and my first reaction was to say something sarcastic or hurtful in return  - jibe for jibe sort of a thing. But I held back and thought: If this is my re...

February 18, Day 5: Mark 1: 12-15 I was reluctant to write today as I just don't want to face the resident feeling of inner yuck-iness. I feel like I've undone whatever good or learning that came from the last 4 days which makes me feel quite useless overall.  In short, the whole weekend was bit of a party as we had friends over. I sealed my fate (dramatic, much?) by staying up with everyone (most of who were pretty drunk) until 4 am. And of course, toddler woke me up just a few hours later (and by now I was really regretting it as I had managed to ignore the inner warning bells! :/) Result: I woke up achy-bodied, sleepless and snappy (coz' of the first two) and this smog of uselessness followed  me around like a raincloud for the rest of the day. Let's move on to the verse of the day from Mark 1:12-15 "The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel." Thoughts: No major analysis required here. It is what is. Speaks directly to my...

15 February - Day 2: Luke 9: 22-25 So today, I didn't struggle to wake up or anything, but I did feel quite distracted in the morning and all over the place and numb! I felt like a fraud and forced to be "good" Floated downstairs like a ghost, and then a bit later, I started my session which my my  morning music  (shared by a close friend - Gospel music is not something I usually gravitate towards). As usual, the music helped me gather myself to listen, but I had to struggle to remind myself why I was doing this.  I was groggy, displeased with my weak morning coffee, and was very aware of hunger-induced tummy rumblings. (The last of which, I always give huge importance to!) Feeling  more like a CWWC than ever, I picked up the Bible and forced myself to read the words from Luke 9: 22-2 5, and this line jumped out: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me". --------------- Thoughts: Again, I...

First, let me explain what this little project about.  It's pretty basic.  Just me, a CWWC, writing a daily log of observations or reactions or takeaways from the Bible verse of the day.  Over 40 days. Coz' it seems a sweet amount of time. Pretty long and weighty, without being forever. Coz' its Lent. It's time I started to bother about it. #adulting An attempt at purposeful living. Probably way better than spending my time on all fours, trying to sweep up the remains of leftover  crumbly bits from two weeks ago. Or googling Indian recipes for Kale and/or wondering why eating leaves was even introduced as a thing. Or watching some idiot travelling the the world and eating exotic foods and wishing hard that it was me. So here goes. 14 February - Day 1: Mathew 6:1-6, 16-18 I figured the only time I can get the mindspace and uninterrupted time to read the Bible would be first thing in the morning I set the alarm for 5:30 am, hoping that that w...