How many of you thrive on memory work every day? Well, let me encourage you to try a method that not only gives you and your kids insight into a verse of scripture every day, but teaches them to dwell on scripture, sucking the life out of it until it reveals itself in its utter fullness until it becomes a part of your whole being. (No, I'm not kidding.)
Many of us have tried weekly Bible verses or a passage a day. This is a great way to familiarize yourself with a large random sampling of what God has spoken through his word. Let's broaden our goals a bit and look at it not as memory work but as as life-changing experience that you can include in the beginning of every day, very simply with only a few minutes of effort. Now, I'm going to warn you that it will be hard not to TALK about these verses and to refer back to them, and you may even choose to use them as your copy work, perhaps reinforcing spelling or English grammar. What I'm suggesting is that you choose a larger chunk of scripture, say John 1:1-18, and read it daily, aloud, together - for a month. Now, don't panic that your kids are only going to learn a limited section of scripture and that they're not covering enough. Focus ladies! Focus! The GOAL is to teach your children to read, absorb and allow God's word to become part of them. If you feel the need to stop and discuss what you've discovered about God from one particular line that day, you have my permission to stop and do that after you've read it all. Together, as you meditate daily on what you read, God will continue to reveal what He's talking about here. Now, you may be one of those "quick" moms who think you can get it in a week, but let it be said, that the Holy Spirit has a special love for perseverance and for a heart that longs to suck the full meaning, the global context, the BIG PICTURE out of that section, and the reward will be an insight you may never have had nor ever would have had if you didn't read that SAME section for one month.
In light of my background and education in marketing, I know that gaining loyalty to a new method or practice requires fighting all the other things you are now doing for your precious and valuable time, especially since I'm suggesting that you do this right after your morning coffee and for 30 days. My plan is simple, my subject matter is life changing and the Source of my text is infallible. Begin your day with my "Chunky Memory" and plant seeds that will grow faith and understanding that tower over the largest oaks.
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