It’s been over four years since my last post on this site, but after multiple years of reading through the Bible each year I needed a break. It actually pains me to say I needed a break from scripture. To clarify, I didn’t need a break from scripture itself, what I needed was a break from the grind of reading through scripture with little to no desire to absorb what God wanted to say to me through His word. I learned that reading without study bears no fruit, and I was tired of reading words and not taking the time to study and try to understand what those words had to say to me.

So, I took a break… a 4 year break. To be honest, I have no plans to post every single day and I have no plans to try and cram reading every word in the Bible into a 365 (366 this year) day year. My plan is to simply pick a different books in the Bible (right now I am in Matthew) and spend real time each morning (most) and read and study the notes until I feel like stopping for the day. Some days I will read chapters, and some days I will read a few verses… and that will have to be enough.

I will also be honest about something. I was not planning on restarting this blog. I was planning on leaving it alone. It was originally intended as a way for me to connect with others as we worked our way through the Bible. But in the end, as others dropped off, I was left with filling daily devotionals (Daili “Daily” Devotion “D”… get it? 😉) on my own. I felt that if nothing else my kids could one day go back and read my rambling thoughts. But in the end, it was simply a grind as I input half-hearted posts just to get it done each day. It benefited no one, least of all me.

I hope it is different this time around. I have already read through the middle of Matthew 4 and I was tempted to go back and write devotional posts for each of the day’s readings so far, but instead, I won’t. This post will serve as a “catch-up” for the restart of DailiD (Daily Devotion), and hopefully that’s ok. For me, it is just a place to jot down thoughts about what I have read and understood, and if anyone comes along, feel free to drop a comment. I really enjoy the interactions about scriptures with others. Let’s see where it takes us.

That’s it for now. See you next time.

— Dino