Ms. Team (Memorizing Scripture): Third Post

Posted by Trudy

Yesterday I drove past the Asheville Airport and saw a dad and his 2 young boys in a parking lot watching the planes take off and land. With necks craned back I watched the excitement on their faces as the powerful roar of jet engines passed over them. It immediately took me back to my own childhood when my mother would take my brother and sister and I to the landing strip and we’d watch the jets come in, waiting for that extra special one that was piloted by my dad.

I’ll never forget the awe of it.

Or the simplicity of it.

In today’s fast moving culture where i-phones, i-pads and laptops are king and information drips into our minds like a constant leaky faucet, I find myself longing for quiet interludes of simple things.

A card game around the kitchen table with my family, a trip to cool off in the nearest waterfall, a backyard pickup game of volleyball.

Nothing fancy, complicated or expensive. Just simple things that have the capacity to enliven and renew.

I think that’s one reason why I treasure memorizing Scripture so much. It doesn’t take a commentary, the latest Bible software or any long complicated "how to" steps. You need no special devices dependent on charged batteries. Its just you and the Word and the simple act of repeating a passage over and over and over until it finally becomes a part of you.

Simple.

Yet profoundly deep.

And I know in my heart this one simple act opens the way to the unplumbed depths of God.

Nothing can be more invigorating than that.

Thanks for joining me in this journey!

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