I've heard a lot about Cristian mystics such as St. John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila. I'm interested in reading more about them. I haven't dived deeply into the bible yet though. Should I read the Bible from beginning to end first before I go on and read such mystics? Will I get confused by reading them if I'm not familiar enough with the Bible? Or is there no harm in reading their works without having read the Bible much?
Let me give an example.:-
Someone has left school, they've done well, good grades etc etc. Does the result of high school studies equal the result of university studies?
You are a young Christian with poor knowledge of the bible and of theology.
Please learn what and why you believe, before investigate some of the more difficult teaching.
Suggestion, apart from your use of things like,'every day with Jesus', start reading whole chapters of the bible. If you are going to read through it in a year that is roughly four chapters a day.
Have a notebook for your reading of chapters, record which book and what chapters you read each day and note, what passages struck you, why and what did it cause you to pray about.
organisations like the Navigators have good schemes for memorising scripture. try them.
get involved in your church.
All these help one grow in knowledge and experience of Jesus.