I don't mean this in an overly-pious way, but I have come to love my morning devotions time. In fact as 2007 came to a close I couldn't wait to pick out my 2008 materials. I have linked them off to the right for future reference.
I am doing a Bible read through program again, but changing up the translation and the plan...
Heather got me the ESV Journaling Bible as a Christmas gift. Way cool in my opinion. It has lined margins in which to write your notes and is sort of fashioned after a Moleskine. As for the reading plan I am following the one outlined in D.A. Carson's book, For the Love of God. It will take me through the OT once, the NT twice and the Psalms twice. Plus he gives a page of commentary on one of the passages. Very cool set up.
I have also chosen two devotionals. One is compilations of quotes and selected writings from C.S. Lewis for each day. The other is a book that gives a short history of someone in Christian history. All of the selections correspond to the month and day they occurred. Some are well known, others more obscure. All point to the sovereign work of God in all situations, cultures and time periods.
And because I'm a big dork, I couldn't use just any pen that might bleed through my new Bible pages. So I bought this.
Regardless of what you use, I hope you are intentional in 2008 about pursuing your journey with Christ. Devotions are not the end all, and they certainly can become rote and mechanical, but I have found this time as a whole to be extremely beneficial.
Peace.
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