" Bible reading is meant to clothe you in faith so that when either blessing or adversity (or the boringly mundane) confront you, you’ll be enabled to face them with courage and humility, remembering the story of how you’ve been loved throughout the ages. We don’t read the Bible to earn God’s blessing. We read it because his blessing is already ours. "

― Elyse M. Fitzpatrick , Finding the Love of Jesus from Genesis to Revelation