SPAM Prep

For those of you who don't know, last year I did something called SPAM, which stands for Spiritual Preparation and Meditation. You can read about it here.

Last Saturday, I spent four hours trying to read through all the Minor Prophets. I started in Hosea and got through Nahum. Then after failing to find a ride to church on Sunday, I spent that morning finishing Habakkuk through Malachi. So today I decided to try to read through Paul's letters, Romans through Philemon. I failed. Really badly. But what came from that failure probably benefited me more than I could have hoped.

I started in Romans, but after five chapters of mind-blowing grammar and heavy preaching, I decided I couldn't keep going the way I was moving. It was obvious that simply reading through Paul's letters was going to get me nowhere, so I started over. I went back to the beginning of Romans, and this time I took notes. I only got through Romans 1:15, but I felt like I got much more out of that time than I would have if I had just continued plowing ahead with no regard for what the words meant. Quality over quantity.

So now I have a new plan. After two Saturdays of spending four hours reading the Bible, I've decided to make Saturday my SPAM prep day. Since early last semester, I've been planning to start SPAM shortly before spring break—the Freshley mission trip to Jamaica. But I feel like that's too far away. It feels like a short time until the trip, but it seems like SPAM is a long way off. So as a way to bring SPAM around early, I want to devote four hours each Saturday to reading and studying the Bible. Those four hours will be completely devoid of "unnecessary use of technology." It's less than a month away, so three Saturdays shouldn't be a problem.

So... yeah. I don't have anything else to say. If anyone would like to help me stick to this plan and keep me accountable, that would be great. Thanks.