you see jimmy what happened to me is I had a hard time reading the king James bible. Than this year I was foolish enough to take my highschools advanced placement lit class and I started to read Shakespeare daily. suddenly it didn't matter what I read I understood everything. so thats the key, just start reading Shakespeare, and stay away from all sharp objects
.but in all seriousness the most important thing for a new Christian to do is to read the bible, no matter what translation, heck I started off with the good news translation, it doesn't get much more watered down than that. like I said I suggest that you read the King James, but I more strongly suggest that you just read a bible, and get lost in Gods word.your brother in christRyan Fitz