2025 March Bible Reading Plan

This month is known for Spring and a season of new growth in which so much beauty blossoms. As God's children, we’re called to grow & with growth comes change. The more time we spend seeking God and studying the ways of Jesus, we begin to change & blossom into the person He calls us to be. We reflect more of His nature and things become more clear of what we should prune out in our life such as behaviors or habits that do not reflect God’s heart for us. He wants us to produce good fruit and bear witness to others of who He is. 

This month’s theme is about being clothed in God’s Grace. We will learn some characteristics of the Lord and if there is anything that speaks to you and calls your attention for change, don’t feel bad about it. Instead praise God for revelation and ask Him to keep showing you what it’s like to live under His grace. Anytime you feel corrected let it be a reminder of His great love to you. The Bible says He disciplines those He loves. We are not meant to stay the same. We should be growing and learning to love others as Christ died for and yes even those difficult people.

I’ll be the first to tell you that I recently failed my test in God’s grace for myself and for others. The other day, my coworkers and I gathered for lunch at a local restaurant. There was nowhere else to sit but at the bar section, so we sat there as time was running out and we had to be back at work. I was the last one to arrive because I went to pick up a gift for my coworker so I chose the seat next to her which was also next to a man who was enjoying himself at the bar if you know what I mean 🤭 As I pulled the chair out, he told me that the chair was for rent and basically was joking that I needed to pay to sit there I laughed it off and said I couldn’t afford to pay today and I continued to sit down. He then said aggressively “get off my chair.” Actually he said “my F**king chair” 🙃 and at this moment, I couldn’t tell if he was actually even playing with me to begin with or if he had too many of the drink specials 👀 I told him jokingly “Don’t mess with me I come with this army”…and I pointed to my coworkers and he said “well that’s between you and Jesus” and y’all let me tell you I felt my body instantly flush with anger and embarrassment (I was like where is my husband right now to protect me forgetting, that God was with me haha) I turned away, ignoring him and thought “what does he know about Jesus?” I didn’t respond after that as I didn’t know if he would get physical or continue to get louder but I sure had my negative opinion about him. For a little bit, I sat and thought what has this man gone through to be like this.

I’m not going to share what I was thinking, but I’ll just say that the Holy Spirit later convicted me that I could’ve just prayed for him silently instead of judging bad things about him. I don’t think I could’ve answered him with a soft response and I do think I did the right thing of not saying anything back because I really wanted to. He was being loud and rude. The old me would’ve definitely let him know his margarita talk didn’t scare me (I used to be a big liquor kinda gal no of those sweet drinks for me) but yeah I was annoyed with how disrespectful he was to another human being and a lady at that unless I looked like a man that day with no makeup on 🥴 there were two other ladies at the bar that he was talking loud too also and by that time I didn’t pay much attention to what he was saying to them but I could hear him still cursing and saying “that’s between you and Jesus.” 

I’d forgotten that some of my coworkers aren’t as open about their faith like I am maybe perhaps they are trying to learn, but they know me as a believer and they could be watching my life but how can I be setting an example and they see me react in frustration to this man that obviously God sent Jesus to die for as well. 2 of my coworkers being also good friends of mine saw that I was irritated and changed spots with me and very shortly later, we were able to move to a table and away from a possible bar fight haha.

While waiting for our food, I began to replay the whole thing & remembered how the night before I went to revival night of course the enemy wanted to see me get out of character 😏 After lunch with my coworkers I made my way to my vehicle where I repented and asked the Lord to bless him. I wish I could say that I did better in the heat of the moment, but I didn’t and I’m so glad that the Holy Spirit reminded me and corrected me about what His words says for us to be like. God isn’t angry with us. He loves us and wants to help us to have his character inside of us. Because when we have his character, we get to walk into His blessings and open amazing doors that He has for us. We get to be God’s hands and feet in this broken world, and He uses us as vessels to draw his children to Him. How cool is that! The Creator of the Universe chooses to dwell inside of us and reach souls for His kingdom 😀 I hope you enjoy this month’s Bible reading plan. Share your thoughts in the comments we would love to hear from you!

💗-Iris owner of SheLovesMuch.com