Well 2025 didn’t turn out as I expected!

My wife broke her leg in January and couldn’t weight-bear for a couple of months. After that the process of recovery is slow as muscles are brought back to strength.

So I became chief cook and bottle washer. I developed a cake-making skill, just about managed to keep us alive with cooking skills, and lost some weight. And for the first six weeks I had to give her an injection every day! I’d add that to my CV, but I don’t feel particularly called in that direction.

Looking back at my plans for the year, one thing I did do was to read the Bible all the way through. What did I learn? Several things. I probably wouldn’t use that plan again as there was a point where we were reading Isaiah alongside Jeremiah, which was not easy!

But in the positive side, it was a great blessing. To grasp the grand sweep of Scripture. To find those unexpected passages. To sense the presence of God in the Word of God every day.

And overall it spoke of the faithfulness, the goodness, the sovereignty and the holiness of God.

It finished only a few days ago, and I find I’m missing it. The plan included a weekly break which was helpful – even necessary!

So I’m starting another one for 2026. This one has five sets of readings per week. It looks thought out – day 1 was Genesis 1-2, Psalm 19 and Mark 1.

So here’s to 2026, and whatever it might hold!

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