What's all this?

Have you ever seen Mary Poppins?  Of course you have.  ANYWAY, George Banks walks in to his home to find a bunch of jumping, happy, soot-covered chimney sweeps creating a havoc all over his home.  His children are black as night, and George's first exclamation is "What's all this?!?!?"  to which the chimney sweeps begin, in a unified chorus "What's all this!  What's all this?"  It's quite hilarious.  If you haven't, then.. oh well.

I'm more than happy to walk ANYONE through the Bible and here is a good place to start.  You can have the Daily Lectionary (from the Anglican BCP - that is Book of Common Prayer) emailed directly to you, and all you have to do is open your email every day, which you might be more inclined to do than to lift the Holy Word of God (I know, because I've been there).  It takes work to do get yourself on schedule with doing work.

Reading the Bible is like working out.  It doesn't say "fun-fun-fun for me" the same way that parties, video games, and going to Disneyworld would.  Yet, the rewards for getting exercise are having a healthy mind and body.  I've been more inclined to read a newsfeed on facebook than to spend time learning about God!  Why is that?

The Bible is full of challenging stuff!  You can't just read Psalm 23 every day and feel about yourself.  You have to read Psalm 73.... a revelation about us feeling small when everyone else seems to have it made.  We can't read the gifts of the Spirit in Galatians without confronting the sins that have passed down from Genesis.  We cannot be pickers and choosers when it comes to knowing the Bible.  You can't focus on one scene from a film to be an expert.  You can't study the corner of a painting - we all need to engage with the entire picture.

If we want to be do'ers of God's word, enabling transformation and healing for the world, while exposing the beauty of God's love and the power of God's kingdom, we have to know the Bible.  The funny thing is... there are Bibles just floating all over (even in CYBERSPACE).  Get yours!

God be with you and bless you, no matter where you are in life.