Eating your peas

Tonight we had our young adults bible study. In the month of June we looked at how the public reading of scripture has been devalued over the last few hundred years. I would argue, especially in evangelical christian circles. Long story short, we decided to make the point of coming together tonight, reading. This may not sound like the ideal bible study. In fact, it was equated to "eating your peas" (or whatever vegetable you hated as a child). So For about 25 minutes we read 7 chapters in 1 Corinthians. Honestly, I was a bit nervous. I thought I was going to fight boredom, sleep, drifting thoughts and so on. Really I don't know why I am so surprised that I didn't. I don't know why I didn't have faith that the Holy Spirit would work through us reading the Holy word of God. In some countries, just having a bible in your possession will get you killed. Think about what is actually happening in reading the word of God-we are proclaiming a totally different lifestyle. We are telling the world that we believe in the one true God just as the 1st century church did. It may take a while for the church to realize that the public reading of scripture, in my opinion, is just as important as the sermon or singing. It may be that we have to "eat our peas" for a little while. And maybe just maybe, we might grow to like them. Peas anyone?