Week 40
I was aiming to finish the gospel of John on September 30 but didn’t. I only got as far as the Lazarus story in chapter eleven.
It’s not like I needed to finish John today. It just seemed a bit tidier to me – an arriving-at-the-end-of-the-book at the same time as I arrived-at-the-end-of-the-month kind of thing.
If I had to blame anyone I’d blame John – he’s pretty demanding and he’s really slowed me down. Some days I’ve only read a chapter or two.
None of the gospels are exactly like reading the Medicine Hat News. They’re all doing some deep mining. But I think John drills down deepest of the four. So I’m taking some time, trying to make sense as I go, trying to fit pieces.
I think that lots of people figure the NT is an easier read than the OT. I don’t totally agree with that. There aren’t a lot of places in the NT where I can zoom along at highway speed. Reading the NT I’m feeling like the prairies are behind me now and I’m heading west into some mountain driving.
I looked at my numbers today. I need to read 1730 pages by December 31 and so far I’ve read 1492. The year is 75% gone; reading is 86.24% finished.
That seems good, and I feel like I’m in pretty good shape. But in a cautious not-counting-my-chickens sort of way.