Reading Through the Bible

I have just started reading once again the Book of Revelation. When I finish, it means that I will have had three complete readings of the Bible. This is not to brag. Far from it. I have never been a hugely avid reader, one who always has to have a book going, but I have spent plenty of time reading novels, biographies, self-help books and such. Somewhere in the previous century, while I was wasting my time with a contemporary novel, I thought...when I get to Heaven, will God ask me if I read His book? At first it seemed like a daunting undertaking, but I began, reading at my own pace. I didn't plow through it wanting to see what happened at the end nor did I set up any particular expectations for myself except to do it. Sometimes I read daily, but other times I did not resume my self-assigned reading for weeks. Another good thing about having an individual pursuit was that if there was a part that was really speaking to me, or a passage I was particularly awed by, I could spend time with it and let it soak in without rushing on. I have found that the more I read the Bible, the more pertinent and fresh it seems. After I finish this third round, I am sure I will delve into another fascinating reading before too long.