Well one of the directions on the Bible reading schedule was that if you got stuck or life caught up with you to just pick up where you left off and since tomorrow is February 1st, I am starting from scratch!!! I dont mind though. No harm ever came from reading the Bible over and over again!
So here is the deal...you keep me up to date on how your reading is going and I will keep you up to date on how mine is going! Yeah, I figured you would agree to that! :)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
The Joys of iTunes
A couple months ago, I decided to check out my library's downloadable audio books and see what I could find. I love to read and have decided to get back into reading. The challenge I have is that Noah doesn't let me. I have found that he loves to watch things and he loves to really concentrate on things but he doesn't like to be sung to or read to. He starts to cry. I really didn't thing my singing was that bad but ya never know. Either way, I wanted to find a way to read.
I decided that an audiobook was a great way to "read" without reading. I downloaded the software needed to download and transfer the audiobook and within a couple hours (yeah it takes a bit to transfer to the iPod) had 3 audiobooks on my iPod. I listened to the first one. Then the second. It was awesome to be able to "read" while doing laundry or cooking or something.
It was during this time that I was adding some Christmas music to my iPod but for some strange reason, it wouldn't sync. I checked to make sure everything was being added properly and it was but it still wouldn't sync. I found some support sites and sent emails, but no one could tell me why my iPod wouldn't sync. I did find out that iTunes 9 was having issues with the iPod Classics so I assumed that was it. I finally called Best Buy and the Geek Squad guy there told me to uninstall iTunes and then reinstall it. So I did. It didn't work. It still wouldn't sync. I opened up iTunes and decided to do a little investigating. Thats when I found that the tick box to manually manage music and videos was checked off which was fine; but the other tick box to sync only checked music and videos was grayed out. I clicked on the music tab and the tick box to sync music was NOT checked off. Hmm....Curiosity got the best of me so I decided to uncheck the box to manually manage music and then check off the box to sync checked music. That worked! YAY! And then the new problem. Because I had uninstalled then reinstalled iTunes, I now had a pop up telling me that my iPod was synced with a previous library which meant many of the music I had I now had to find and then re-add. I did that. I decided to download another audiobook and realized after putting it on my iPod that having the audiobook requires the user to manually manage music which automatically unchecks the option to sync checked music. I ended up going through that whole deal of re-adding music again.
Last night I had an idea. I went through my music file and found that I had an iTunes folder within an iTunes folder. Today I plugged in my external drive and then decided to completely organize my music. I made a folder for all the music I wanted on my iPod and then categorized it by Gospel, Christmas, Classical, Family, etc and then I went through my music folder and moved the selections to the proper category. After I made sure ALL my music was on my external, I deleted the iTunes folder that was within the iTunes folder and then I deleted ALL the music on my iPod. I also made sure that any music deleted off of my iPod would also be deleted from the iTunes folder. Amazingly after doing this, I now had 13 GB additional free space on my hard drive. Unfortunately, I still had to add back all the music to my iPod. I got alot of it transferred but I still have a lot to go through and add. Main reason is that my music on the external drive is mp3 and iTunes has to covert it to mp4. Tedious but it does the job. The exciting part is now that I have done this, I can add audiobooks without having to worry about the unit not syncing and when I do sync it, I wont have to add music back.
With that said, I am very tired and headed to bed now. Good night!
I decided that an audiobook was a great way to "read" without reading. I downloaded the software needed to download and transfer the audiobook and within a couple hours (yeah it takes a bit to transfer to the iPod) had 3 audiobooks on my iPod. I listened to the first one. Then the second. It was awesome to be able to "read" while doing laundry or cooking or something.
It was during this time that I was adding some Christmas music to my iPod but for some strange reason, it wouldn't sync. I checked to make sure everything was being added properly and it was but it still wouldn't sync. I found some support sites and sent emails, but no one could tell me why my iPod wouldn't sync. I did find out that iTunes 9 was having issues with the iPod Classics so I assumed that was it. I finally called Best Buy and the Geek Squad guy there told me to uninstall iTunes and then reinstall it. So I did. It didn't work. It still wouldn't sync. I opened up iTunes and decided to do a little investigating. Thats when I found that the tick box to manually manage music and videos was checked off which was fine; but the other tick box to sync only checked music and videos was grayed out. I clicked on the music tab and the tick box to sync music was NOT checked off. Hmm....Curiosity got the best of me so I decided to uncheck the box to manually manage music and then check off the box to sync checked music. That worked! YAY! And then the new problem. Because I had uninstalled then reinstalled iTunes, I now had a pop up telling me that my iPod was synced with a previous library which meant many of the music I had I now had to find and then re-add. I did that. I decided to download another audiobook and realized after putting it on my iPod that having the audiobook requires the user to manually manage music which automatically unchecks the option to sync checked music. I ended up going through that whole deal of re-adding music again.
Last night I had an idea. I went through my music file and found that I had an iTunes folder within an iTunes folder. Today I plugged in my external drive and then decided to completely organize my music. I made a folder for all the music I wanted on my iPod and then categorized it by Gospel, Christmas, Classical, Family, etc and then I went through my music folder and moved the selections to the proper category. After I made sure ALL my music was on my external, I deleted the iTunes folder that was within the iTunes folder and then I deleted ALL the music on my iPod. I also made sure that any music deleted off of my iPod would also be deleted from the iTunes folder. Amazingly after doing this, I now had 13 GB additional free space on my hard drive. Unfortunately, I still had to add back all the music to my iPod. I got alot of it transferred but I still have a lot to go through and add. Main reason is that my music on the external drive is mp3 and iTunes has to covert it to mp4. Tedious but it does the job. The exciting part is now that I have done this, I can add audiobooks without having to worry about the unit not syncing and when I do sync it, I wont have to add music back.
With that said, I am very tired and headed to bed now. Good night!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Going good so far...how could it not?
Well my reading of "the Lists" is going very well. I am amazed when I stop to think that as of this morning, I have read 80 chapters of the Bible! 80! Isn't that incredible! And it just takes a few minutes a day!
On the 5th of January, I read the 5th chapter of Genesis. This chapter never ceases to amaze me and I think I can honestly say its one of my favorite chapters. It focuses on the line of Adam and Adam's son, Seth, and his son and so on and it ends with Noah. What is incredible about this chapter is that it is more than just the genealogy of Adam through Noah. It is the message in the names that once realized, will send chills up and down the spine.
Many people simply believe the Bible to just be a "good book." I believe the Bible to be the true Word of God. This Book is the words of God himself so clearly there must be messages in the words that God wants to give to us. Chuck Missler wrote in an article that you can read here http://www.khouse.org/articles/1996/44/ that the Bible is a "message system." He even writes in his article that the Bible even tells us that "one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." This is found in Matthew 5:18. Genesis 5 is a great example of this. The message is in the names! Most people know that the name Adam means man. The name Seth means appointed which is interesting because Adam and Eve were appointed another son after Cain killed Abel. So each name has a meaning: not just to have a meaning but that meaning itself means something. Take the name of Methuselah for example. his name is a combination of meanings but as a whole basically means "his death shall bring." It is interesting to note that upon his death, the flood came. So his death brought the flood. Those of his time would know that the death of Methuselah would bring something although they may not have known exactly what that was. His father did as he was given a prophecy but many others may not have known. It is when all the meanings of the names are put together that a person understands the true divineness of God!
Here is a list taken from the site above, on the meaning of the names that are mentioned in Genesis 5:
Adam- Man
Seth- Appointed
Enos- Mortal
Cainaan- Sorrow
Mahalalel- The Blessed God
Jared- Shall come down
Enoch- Teaching
Methuselah- His death shall bring
Lamech- The despairing
Noah- Rest or comfort
You can make a sentence out of these meanings:
Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing rest.
As Chuck Missler puts it: "Here's the Gospel hidden within a genealogy in Genesis!"
All I can say is WOW!
On the 5th of January, I read the 5th chapter of Genesis. This chapter never ceases to amaze me and I think I can honestly say its one of my favorite chapters. It focuses on the line of Adam and Adam's son, Seth, and his son and so on and it ends with Noah. What is incredible about this chapter is that it is more than just the genealogy of Adam through Noah. It is the message in the names that once realized, will send chills up and down the spine.
Many people simply believe the Bible to just be a "good book." I believe the Bible to be the true Word of God. This Book is the words of God himself so clearly there must be messages in the words that God wants to give to us. Chuck Missler wrote in an article that you can read here http://www.khouse.org/articles/1996/44/ that the Bible is a "message system." He even writes in his article that the Bible even tells us that "one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." This is found in Matthew 5:18. Genesis 5 is a great example of this. The message is in the names! Most people know that the name Adam means man. The name Seth means appointed which is interesting because Adam and Eve were appointed another son after Cain killed Abel. So each name has a meaning: not just to have a meaning but that meaning itself means something. Take the name of Methuselah for example. his name is a combination of meanings but as a whole basically means "his death shall bring." It is interesting to note that upon his death, the flood came. So his death brought the flood. Those of his time would know that the death of Methuselah would bring something although they may not have known exactly what that was. His father did as he was given a prophecy but many others may not have known. It is when all the meanings of the names are put together that a person understands the true divineness of God!
Here is a list taken from the site above, on the meaning of the names that are mentioned in Genesis 5:
Adam- Man
Seth- Appointed
Enos- Mortal
Cainaan- Sorrow
Mahalalel- The Blessed God
Jared- Shall come down
Enoch- Teaching
Methuselah- His death shall bring
Lamech- The despairing
Noah- Rest or comfort
You can make a sentence out of these meanings:
Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing rest.
As Chuck Missler puts it: "Here's the Gospel hidden within a genealogy in Genesis!"
All I can say is WOW!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
The Lists
So when the new year arrives, most people try to have some kind of resolution. There are the usual lose weight, stop eating sugar that sort of thing. For me, my resolution isn't really a resolution at all but something that I should be doing anyway. My goal is to get on a daily Bible reading schedule. I also want to be able to read through the Bible in a year. I dont want something that I just read through and dont learn anything from because I want to be able to have more Bible memorization as well.
I was thinking about it one day and I decided to check out a website of a friend, Pastor Dave Most. He has a Bible reading system posted on his site. This system is not his own but the system of Professor Grant Horner. This system is very unusual but from what I read about it, it is very effective. It is called, The Ten Lists Bible Reading System. You can find it here: www.fggmm.com under Bible reading system. On this particular page, Prof. Horner challenges people to try it for just one month and see what happens. I tried it myself and shame on me for getting busy and falling asleep and telling myself " I will catch up tomorrow." I can say that reading 10 chapters of the Bible each day is quite productive and it was astonishing to realize that after 10 days, I had read 100 chapters of the Bible. By the end of the year, you will have read through the Bible more than once.
I am going to do this study. It is my goal as a Christian and as a mother to study God's Word so that I may better be an example to my children and teach them God's way and I need to start by being the example when it comes to my own Bible reading.
Please check out www.fggmm.com and read the page on the Bible reading system. Follow Prof. Horner's suggestions such as pick one Bible for your reading and use just that one. Get some bookmarks so you always know which chapter to read next.
Also, Pastor Most has live webcasts as well so if you ever find yourself home on a Thursday night, feel free to tune in. If you find you are unable to attend a webcast, Pastor Most has many sermons posted at www.sermonaudio.com. These sermons are free to download. All they request is that you enter your email address. Pretty easy request in my opinion, and all sermons are FREE! I have been blessed by these sermons and it is one of Pastor Mosts that influenced my decision to not listen to rock music anymore and I have indeed been blessed by that. Its refreshing to listen to praises to the Lord and not a song about worldly things. Not only is it refreshing but I find myself in a better mood.
Again, I am challenging myself to this Bible reading system but I would also like to challenge you. Keep me updated! If you start this system even for a week, please leave a comment on how its working for you! I would love to hear about it!
2 Timothy 2:15
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
I was thinking about it one day and I decided to check out a website of a friend, Pastor Dave Most. He has a Bible reading system posted on his site. This system is not his own but the system of Professor Grant Horner. This system is very unusual but from what I read about it, it is very effective. It is called, The Ten Lists Bible Reading System. You can find it here: www.fggmm.com under Bible reading system. On this particular page, Prof. Horner challenges people to try it for just one month and see what happens. I tried it myself and shame on me for getting busy and falling asleep and telling myself " I will catch up tomorrow." I can say that reading 10 chapters of the Bible each day is quite productive and it was astonishing to realize that after 10 days, I had read 100 chapters of the Bible. By the end of the year, you will have read through the Bible more than once.
I am going to do this study. It is my goal as a Christian and as a mother to study God's Word so that I may better be an example to my children and teach them God's way and I need to start by being the example when it comes to my own Bible reading.
Please check out www.fggmm.com and read the page on the Bible reading system. Follow Prof. Horner's suggestions such as pick one Bible for your reading and use just that one. Get some bookmarks so you always know which chapter to read next.
Also, Pastor Most has live webcasts as well so if you ever find yourself home on a Thursday night, feel free to tune in. If you find you are unable to attend a webcast, Pastor Most has many sermons posted at www.sermonaudio.com. These sermons are free to download. All they request is that you enter your email address. Pretty easy request in my opinion, and all sermons are FREE! I have been blessed by these sermons and it is one of Pastor Mosts that influenced my decision to not listen to rock music anymore and I have indeed been blessed by that. Its refreshing to listen to praises to the Lord and not a song about worldly things. Not only is it refreshing but I find myself in a better mood.
Again, I am challenging myself to this Bible reading system but I would also like to challenge you. Keep me updated! If you start this system even for a week, please leave a comment on how its working for you! I would love to hear about it!
2 Timothy 2:15
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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