Two years ago today we started nightly family scripture reading (Book of Mormon). I can't really call it study...because we don't. Occasionally, we talk about something we read, but that's pretty rare. We each read a verse and split the really long ones in half for the girls.
We take our scriptures with us when we travel and only miss (skip) if we have a really late bedtime. If only one parent is home at bedtime, the other one leads the riot. I think that in the two years we've been doing this, we've missed a month's worth or less of reading. When we started, Nathan and Leah had their verses read for them to repeat. Rebekah wasn't talking yet. Now Nathan reads his own and Leah and Rebekah repeat theirs. (Joseph pretty much wanders the room and tries to get everyone in trouble...sometimes he's fairly successful).
So we are very good about doing it, and very bad about making it meaningful. Admittedly, we have some work to do.
You may be wondering how far you can get by only reading 4 - 6 verses a night. You can't get out of Alma. We finished Alma Chapter 35 tonight. Two years! Sheesh. I'm glad we didn't start with the Old Testament.
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