My New Blog/Introduction about me

Hi I am Melissa!! and well this is my New Blog. Now I say new blog because this is my second time Blogging. I have Blogged before on my space a few years ago, but I just did not feel that I was ready to make the commitment to have a blog that I do once per day. Let's get a few things straight, number 1-- I am a Christian, so if you are looking for something that is in the non religious view of things you are looking in the wrong place. Number 2--This Blog is to entail over the course of the next year, how reading and Applying the word of God, does into my life. Number 3-- I come from a broken family. My mother and father are divorced, this affects me very very deeply and there may be times where some of my blogs might be of a frustration because of them, and if you get offended, then I need to apologize right now. But THEN AGAIN...Its my blog, so if you don't like it, then you know where you can go! (smile Aunt VICKI, you know what I am talking about!)

Now the reason for the Blog: As I have said before I am a Christian. I go to Christ Community Church in Omaha, Nebraska. (home to one big city, the Cornhuskers and LOTS of CORN, Hence the term Cornhuskers). Anyway, so we as a church body have been challenged by Pastor Mark, to read the Bible in a year, hence 2012. That's Right: the WHOLE BIBLE Cover to Cover in ONE YEAR!!! I have felt that I in order to grow my relationship with Christ Jesus, I must go through on this challenge. I felt that blogging about it, will keep me responsible but would also give my "followers" a perception of what my life is really like, through my words. I feel that I am, a person that has a passion. But I also feel lost in the middle of finding that passion. I hope that with this upcoming year I will find that fire so that I can find my passion. 

Now, I know what you are thinking "If the actual blogging, starts on January 1, why are you starting your blog now?" Very Good question, the intent of starting the blog 6 weeks early is to give me practice, so that by the time that January 1 rolls around (in 41 days) then I will be ready to take on the challenge head on. So it does not feel like I have to do this, for the sake of the followers and quit by January 31st (which I am sure that there are some out there that will bet that I will quit by then). After all you don't run a marathon without preparing for it first (especially when your out of shape!!!) So for the next six weeks, after a couple of introductory blogs that I will be writing about will most likely cover Psalms, but it might possibly cover Proverbs, Song of Solomon or maybe a gospel. (we have to wait and see where the Lord points me too, over the course of the next 6 weeks.) 

OK, next question: how are we going to know what you are even talking about? Well I will be applying the S.O.A.P Method (and no it is not for sticking a bar of soap in my mouth). For those of you who don't know this is what it stands for S is for Scripture, this is where I would read the scripture or a passage of the Scripture. Then I would write it down in my Journal/Blog. Or when reading a large passage i will be writing down the "gem" passage. O is for Observation, this is where I would I explain the Scripture as if I was teaching it to someone else. In other words, it will be mostly written in my own words. A is for Application, This is where I would Meditate of the Scripture and tell what it means to me. P is for Prayer, this is for God to give me and you the understand of how He wants to use this scripture in my heart and life. Now don't worry, if you think that you are going to lose track on what each one means I will tell what each means at least for the next six weeks and possibly for a couple of weeks into the Challenge. and you can always refer back to the Introduction if you need too. But I think that my Christian Family will know pretty much instantaneously what the symbols mean (Thank God for Spell CHECK). 

I think that I have pretty much covered everything in the introduction as I can, without getting on to the blogging. So come and Join me on this journey through the Next year, it might be a rough and bumpy ride, but it would not be a worthy ride, if there were not some pot holes along the way!! ;)

To a Fresh start in a New Blog!

In Christ, 

Melissa