Psalm 18:30 (NLT)
God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s promises prove true.
He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
This is a psalm written by David after being rescued from
his enemies. David realizes God’s ways are perfect and true. He protected
David, not by human demands but by God’s own desire.
Timothy Larsen, Carolyn and Fred McManis Chair of
Christian Thought at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, reflects on the
importance—and difficulty in today's age—of Scripture memorization:
A few particularly rewarding, compact, and potent
[biblical] texts are worthy of not only deep reading but even memorization.
This is the most counterintuitive of practices for my students. Why memorize a
text that you can access electronically any time you wish? This attitude
indicates a failure to grasp the way in which a text can permanently inhabit
one's inner life. Ask yourself: If you were stranded, what resources would you
have by heart to sustain you? Who are you without Google?
When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was
assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy was able to address a shocked nation promptly
and off-the-cuff, quoting Aeschylus from memory: "In our sleep, pain which
cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our despair, against
our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." I wonder which of
today's public figures have such rich and resonant resources within them.
Increasingly, therefore, I am trying intentionally to
practice two countercultural habits: first, reading long, substantive books;
and second, memorizing short but weighty texts.
[Timothy Larsen, "Who Are You Without Google?"
FaithandLeadership.com (viewed 6-17-10)]
Throughout my life I have memorized many Bible
scriptures. There are times the scriptures just pop into my mind and they are
very comforting. God has given many promises that hold true, we just need to
know them and hold onto them in moments of trouble.
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