A 99-Year-Old from Tennesssee has read through the Bible 60 times. How’s your reading plan going?
The woman, known as “Miss Helen” to members of her congregation at The Church at Station Hill, in Spring Hill, Tenn., began reading through the Bible the 61st time after learning of a challenge by pastor Jay Strother, who urged church members to read through the Bible in one year.
Of her multiple times through the Bible Miss Helen says – “God shows me something new every time.”
The Baptist & Reflector recounted the inspiring story. The Bible-reading plan is part of Strother’s “The Whole Church in the Whole Word” challenge.
Miss Helen told Strother – “I’ve been through the Bible 60 times and I might as well make it 61.”
The U.S. was embroiled in World War II the first time she read through the Bible. The challenge that year was “Read the Bible through in ’42.”
Miss Helen still attends the Sunday morning 8 a.m. service, in person.
Strother told the Baptist & Reflector –“She said you’d think I’ve heard these stories, but every time I read it or hear it being read, I catch something new.”
Miss Helen’s commitment to reading Scripture, Strother said, should convict and inspire other Christians to read their Bible.
He said – “You could read the entire Bible through out loud in about 72 hours,” he said. “So in just a little more in the time that people usually watch TV – the typical American in two weeks – you could read the Bible through.”
More than 550 others signed up for the challenge after Miss Helen committed to read through the Bible again.
Miss Helen turns 100 in March.