For the past three years our family has been memorizing Scripture verses following the Simply Charlotte Mason Scripture Memory System, and what a blessing it has been. Recently however, the Lord has placed on my heart a strong desire to begin memorizing much larger portions of Scripture (books even) in their entirety. I was particularly inspired by Ryan Ferguson and others like him.
This upcoming homeschool year we will be studying the Gospels. So to coincide with these studies, we have decided to memorize Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7. (Actually, we started memorizing it this week to get a jump start on it!) Memorizing two verses a week, we hope to have it completed in a year.
Here's the interesting part, and what convinces me this is of the Lord...we have never been so excited about Scripture memory as we are with this project. In fact, we find ourselves practicing our verses throughout the day with real enthusiasm, and without any prompting. This has never happened before.
I truly believe this is a turning point in our lives that will draw us even closer to the Lord, and I am excited about it.
That is great Sherrie! We memorize larger portions of Scripture too. Personally I've tried memorizing the Sermon on the Mount in the recent past, but my ole brain doesn't memorize as well as it use to. I will take this as a personal challange and try again. I'm happy for your family's enthusiasm for memorizing God's Word.
ReplyDeleteI am currently memorizing the Sermon on the Mount as well. Hope all is going well with your time, as my time in it has been a great blessing.
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for you guys! I know we are capable of so much more memorizing than we usually shoot for!
ReplyDeleteWe are going to use the SCM system this time around, so I'm glad to hear you guys liked it!
Thanks for your encouragement everyone. I pray we all finish well in our Scripture memory endeavors!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear how it goes! Not sure why big chunks always scare me, but I'm encouraged to try something a little longer now. We have used SCM system for a few years and LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteThis is motivating. Right now we are just trying to memorize Psalm 91...but it is slow going. Never used Charlotte Mason's system before...I think it involved a file system if I remember correctly?
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