June 6, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, June 6.
Today is opening day for Vacation Bible School at my church. It’s going to be busy! It’s going to be blessed! And of all the VBS activities, perhaps the one that’s the biggest blessing... is scripture memorization. I have no doubt that some of the verses that are firmly implanted in my brain were ones that I learned, as a child, at Vacation Bible School.
Is scripture memorization part of your spiritual journey? It should be. It’s a blessing for the soul and for the mind. A spiritual work-out. Mental calisthenics. And like any exercise regimen, you need to start slowly. First, pick a verse that you’re fairly familiar with. And then Read, Write, Repeat.
Read it through several times. Be sure to pick a translation that you're comfortable reading. Then write it down. Now you’re using a slightly different part of your brain and that’s good reinforcement. Write it in a journal. Write it on post-it-notes and put them on your bathroom mirror or on your refrigerator. Speak the verse out loud. Listen to the verse. Websites like Bible Gateway have audio features. Use a variety of tools. And then repeat, repeat, repeat.
Every day, in our modern culture, we're bombarded with information. Much of it is frivolous and trivial. Some of it is negative and harmful. Why not spend a little time memorizing His Word? Time well spent!
Proverbs 3:3. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
