Forever Young?

I have discovered yet another reason why I love teaching children's Sunday School. It is my students' inability to determine an adult's true age.
After class yesterday, one of my 3rd grade boys asked me, "Miss Sherrie, how old are you?"
"44," I responded.
With a puzzled look on his face he said, "Wow, I thought you were 26."
Gotta love it.

Hiding God's Word in our Hearts

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.