30 Days with the Word

by Thomas May

What would God be able to do in your life if you spent 30 days in a row with His Word? Would your attitude change? Would you be more patient with your children? Would you be more attentive to your spouse? Would you be more committed to your church? Would you be more likely to give of your time, your talents, your money to help serve the needy?

30 Days with the Word offers you a flexible way to be consistently involved in connecting with the Bible. Meditation upon the message of the Bible can be a lamp for your feet, a light to your way.

30 Days with the Word allows for the hectic nature of many schedules. If all you can do is find four or five minutes a day, use the focused verse of Scripture that is connected with each lesson. You will get an introductory peek at the importance of Bible study and the inspiration it can make upon your life.

If you have 15 minutes or so, read the Scripture and the devotion for each day. The devotion will reinforce a truth within the passage of Scripture, perhaps helping you focus in a renewed and energized way. 30 Days with the Word will offer you a chance to pause, consider and reflect.

If you have a little more time, you can read the entire chapter surrounding the selected verse for the day. In addition to the devotional, you can also read and reflect on the “Take Time to Think” section at the end of each day’s thoughts. This section can provide a springboard for discussion if you are using this study with a small group. 30 Days with the Word can be the tool to take you a step deeper into God’s Word.

Your heart will be saturated with message of the Bible. It will be like showers of blessings on a dusty, barren land.

Let it rain.

213 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 21, 2015

About the author

Apart from playing trombone in the school band and the usual radio pap, I discovered music in a serious way at a relatively late age – when I was around 12. That was around the time I went crazy over an abandoned piano and thought I could learn to play all the Ludwig van Beethoven sonatas in a year or so “if I applied myself.” At least I didn’t lack for foolhardy ideas about how music actually works. A year or so later I began my first attempt to compose a symphony — to “prepare the way” for the opera on "King Lear" for which posterity had destined me — when I discovered with horror that my main theme in E major had been stolen by Anton Bruckner. But I’ve been trying to make up for lost time ever since, and music is a passion inseparably bound to my love of theater, fiction, poetry, film, and the other arts.
After starting my writing career as a freelancer for "The Washington Post" under Tim Page, I was lured to resettle on the West Coast when I was hired as part of the first team of music editors at Amazon.com. Nowadays I’m a full-time freelance writer focusing on music. My interests are voracious, from early music to Nico Muhly, and I have a serious passion for exploring how contemporary composers are transforming the legacy of “classical music” (imploring indulgence for the quotation marks: it’s just that I’ve found they’re the most efficient way to deal with that burden of a misnomer).
These days I write for the online newspaper crosscut.com, Listen magazine, and Gramophone; I also regularly contribute to the program books of some of the leading institutions in the music world. Since 2009 I’ve served as the English writer and program editor for the Lucerne Festival; I also translate German for the Lucerne Festival and other institutions.