Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Memorizing scripture. We tend to push this aside when we come across verses that are a little more complicated or difficult because we don't want to take the time to commit them to memory. Most Christians know John 3:16, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Jeremiah 29:11 and probably John 11:35, even if they don't know the references. Those are wonderful verses and I love them myself, but what about all the others that are so full of the Truth that God has given us.
I am so grateful for the Christian education that I received as a child. I grew up in a Christian home and went to church and Sunday School every Sunday. I was also blessed to be able to attend a Christian school from kindergarten to grade 8. Every morning at school we would come into our classroom, stand and sing Oh Canada along with the music coming over the P.A. system, listen to the announcements for the day, and then we would sit down and begin our lessons for the day with Bible. We would learn about the passage we had been studying and then we would look over the verse we were to memorize for the week. Thanks to this education that my parents sacrificed for me to have, I am able to say that I have a small amount of Scripture memorized.
Though the Christian education gave me a firm standing and taught me a lot of Scripture, I didn't continue learning verses on my own. I know that it is a good thing to do, as David states: "I will hide Your word in my heart that I may not sin against You." Psalm 119:11 but I still find myself struggling to practice it in my own life. I know that it is good to have the Word memorized so that I am always "...prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks [me] to give the reason for the hope that [I] have." 1 Peter 3:15 and yet, I still struggle to do this on a regular basis.
I think the key is to be deliberate about anything you do to be more like God. We need to deliberately set time aside to spend time meditating on His word everyday. We need to deliberately plan out how we are going to memorize scripture, not just single verses, but entire passages. We need to deliberately take time to stop the hectic pace of our lives for a time to talk with the One who loves us more than any other person ever can. Jesus sacrificed His all for our salvation, can we not sacrifice some time for Him?
-Meg
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12:12
A verse with so much truth. It's such a great reminder to be rejoiceful, to be patient not only in tribulation but always, and to pray often. I guess I have I admit I don't pray as often as I should. I kind of forget to do it, it's something I really have to work on doing more often.
-Tiff
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