Shaking it up

I shook up the routine this morning.  For the past 7 or 8 months I’ve been reading through the New Testament in the ESV every morning.  This morning I shook it up and threw down devo-style in The Message.  Since The Message reads so smoothly, I just went ahead and read through Ecclesiastes.

Total different experience, going from New Testament to Old Testament, and from a more literal translation to a paraphrase.  It was refreshing.  I remember reading in one of Mark Batterson’s books how one of the best things to do once you get your routine down, is to change it.  It really helps to keep things fresh, and to keep yourself from viewing whatever it is as the same old thing you do every day.

Try it.

P. S.    If the Sooners can catch the football, and not just a couple of completions every quarter than Texas will be going down.  However, if they drop every pass like last week, we better pray the defense is ready to do-work.