Sometime last year I read where only a tiny fraction of Christians had ever read through the entire Bible. That bothered me because I know it’s God’s personal letter to each of us. I’ve studied Scripture, and even taught from it, but was embarrassed to admit I’d only read my Bible from cover to cover one time.

So I stocked up on highlighters and began reading in chunks. I highlighted everything that grabbed my attention…a place I’d been, a funny name, a concept that took my breath away, or a sentence that made me cry and say, “Thank you, Jesus”.

I love words and playing with them to paint word pictures; and repeatedly mulled over one of God’s names, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. Whenever he showed up, amazing things were about to happen.

The more I read, the more awed I was that that very same LORD has given me an open door invitation to spend time alone with him.

“I am the LORD, and I do not change…”

(Malachi 3:6)

And I love that about him, but the funny thing is…the more time I spend with him, the more he changes me.