Introduction

I decided towards  the beginning of 2011 that I wanted to read the bible cover to cover. I have not gotten around to it, mostly because of school, laziness, and other things going on(and that I wanted to read). but now I have graduated and have a whole summer with nothing to do, and a whole year in China with no TV in English and limited movies(limited to DVDs on my laptop) and so I will have time some time, after my teaching job, and relationships work, to do plenty of reading. I know the bible probably was not meant to be read from cover to cover as a cohesive story, but I still think it will help me, especially since there are lots of books and letters that are not very focused on in church or in bible studies. plus, I just really want to! :) :)
My goal is to get through the Old Testament by the end of the summer, and finish the entire bible by January, and then in January I can start the reading plan that my color-coded bible came with, to read the whole bible in a year starting January 1. I'm excited. I read Genesis 1 yesterday and I had some good thoughts. I don't have a specific plan in terms of the posts. sometimes I'll write about a chapter, other times about a whole book, other times about a specific verse, other times  I'll write about where I'm at, what the story is looking like to me up to the point I'm at, etc.
the title for this blog comes from me, and inspired a little by Richard Foster because in his "Life with God" book he said that the bible is God's story of being with us from the beginning. I believe that and I'm looking forward to reading God's story. it is His story, we are merely players and actors and characters in it. He wrote it, He's the author. I'll do a blog post about Genesis 1(and maybe 2) soon!stay tuned! I do want people to stay tuned to this blog and comment on my thoughts, give their opinions, etc.