A few years back my brother Steve and I were having one of our "catch-up" conversations.  We don't see each other or talk to each other very often, although we live pretty much in the same town, because we're both busy with work and our families so every few months or so, we have what I call "catch-up" conversations where we talk for a couple of hours and catch up on all our news.  This one particular time I remember somehow we started talking about our Granny Vickers, our mother's mother.  I was just a baby when she died, so I never got to know her.  I hate that I missed out on getting to know her and love her.  From what I understand, she was a very sweet, loving lady who helped anybody any way she could.  There are pictures of us together, but I was too young to remember her.  Any way, Steve seems to rely on his faith more as he gets older.  I see that most of his Facebook posts are mostly religious in nature.  Not a bad thing of course.  It just got me to thinking recently about what he told me about Granny.  He said that she told him(and others I'm sure) that whenever something was bothering her or worrying her, she would go to the Bible, open it, and just start reading.  Usually,if not always, whatever concern was on her mind would be answered in the scripture she read.  He said he had tried it several times, and Granny was right.  Any time something was plaguing his mind, he would go to the Bible, open it up, and start reading.  God's word comforts him.  Now, I consider myself a Christian.  I am a Lutheran.  I've been baptized.  However, I'm not so up to date on my Bible reading, and I admit a lot of times I don't act like a Christian.  I've never attended a Bible study.  I have attended a whole cycle of GriefShare classes, and in doing my homework, I have probably read more of the Bible than I have in a very long time, or ever.  Just in doing the homework exercises, I have found that a lot of the scriptures were most fitting at a time I needed to read them the most.  That got me to thinking...Hmmm....I wonder if for 7 consecutive days, when something was on my mind, I opened the Bible and read it, if the word would be helpful and fitting to me at that time? So I have decided starting tomorrow, Sunday, May 3, 2015, I am going to try it out.  I'll post my results next weekend. 

I challenge YOU, yes, YOU, to a 7 day Bible challenge.  I'd be interested to know how it works out for you.  :)