Redeeming Time

Random recommendation

The solitary writer of this blog quietly sneaks out of her hiatus in order to type up this post so her excitement over it will not diminish before her triumphant return in March . . .

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See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

— Ephesians 5:15-16 KJV

We’re pretty bad at this today, aren’t we? With our smartphones always in close reach, wasting time on social media and video games is increasingly becoming a habit.

Let me offer you a solution: the app Redeeming Time. This app is meant to turn the time we often waste doom scrolling on our phone into meaningful moments in God’s Word.

I just found this app this week, and am loving it!

Why? Because this year, I committed to reading the Bible through in a year, but I already quit my reading plan. I honestly hate read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year plans. The way they break up passages often causes me to lose the train of thought in the whole passage. Moreover, cramming all the different passages from different genres — which often don’t even address the same topic — into one reading makes meditating on the Word even less comprehensive.

So, I decided to just read the Bible without a guided plan, and found it’s actually not that hard. In fact, I remember hearing one of my teachers when I was a lot younger say that if you read the Bible without breaks at an average reading speed, you could finish the Bible in about three days! Impressive, huh? (Obviously, though, you should not do this as it is bad for your physical health.)

But sometimes, it is hard to find the time. That’s where this app comes in handy.

It’s really quite simple.

A) Tell It How Much Time You Have.

B) Read The Passage Through.

C) Meditate On The Passage, Then Hit Finish.

That’s all there is to it! You can pick from KJV, ESV (UK), ESV, NIV (UK), or NIV for reading.

I love how it gives you an entire Book or Psalm to read, instead of breaking them up into small passages. Especially the Epistles, which were originally meant to be read all the way through. In fact, it only shows chapter numbers, but not verse numbers.

The app also has reading plans. This feature allows you to to tell it how much time you have per day, and it will give you a Book to read with that timeframe in mind. (I haven’t used this feature yet, but I’m thinking it will be helpful with some of the narrative literature and major prophets.)

Anyway, that is my recommendation for the month. You can click the button below to find the free app on Google Play.

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. . . the writer fades back into her hiatus, waiting to make her triumphant return in March.

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