Today is the day 2 me of reading the bible. Like I did yesterday, I read the Bible the moment I woke, making it the first thing I did.

Unlike yesterday's reading, today's was a bit more interesting. It felt like I understood something as I read.

Did I understand anything?

Nothing “stood out” for me. A few texts came to life for a few seconds but that was it - a few seconds of Rhema.

I'm not trying to find Rhema. I just want to stay consistent in reading God's word. I think it was Joseph Prince who taught about how “looking for Rhema in the word of God” robs us off the beauty of God's word.

I know that the more I read the word, the better I'll get at understanding it, and the deeper my knowledge of the truth will be.

I also tried with the meditation thing. It was hard. Today's meditation was extremely difficult because I couldn't keep my mind still. Yesterday's saw me sleep more than still my mind; today's was more chaotic.

I shut my eyes, tried to will my mind to stay silent, but they couldn't. Thoughts kept flying from pole to pole, incoherent. The scatterbrained nature of the thoughts didn't surprise me (many of us have madhouses for minds). What left gobsmacked was my inability to quiet the mind for a few seconds. It was hard. I felt like I was an outside observer, watching thoughts I didn't like or permit skitter across my mind with reckless abandon. It was strange to know how much nonsense goes through my mind daily

And to think it was in the morning. I wonder how crowded the mind would be in the middle of a busy day.