SSMT 2013!

Hey y'all, I'm just hopping on to share my very first memory verse for 2013 :)


It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.
Psalm 18:32 (NIV)



(And now, back to your regularly-scheduled Holiday...)

Trust

Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,

for I am trusting you.

Show me where to walk...

...for I give myself to you.

(Psalm 143:8)

Happy Sunday!

Halfway!

Teach me Your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness;

give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your Name.

 

We are now at the halfway point of my 2011 Scripture memory commitment!


But y'all I'm just keeping it real here when I confess to you that I am struggling in the whole learning-a-new-memory-verse-twice-a-month venture.  I'm kinda/sorta hanging in there, but for the last few weeks I've felt like the whole project is gaining some kind of odd momentum and I'm rapidly losing control.  May I just say, Yikes!

That being said, I have no intention of quitting.  I'm choosing my verses carefully so they reflect things God is teaching me.  And I'm going to focus very...intentionally...and specifically each day on reviewing them and see if I can regain some footing of a steadier nature.

If you prayed for me over these next couple of weeks I'm quite sure you wouldn't be wasting your time - and I surely would appreciate it :)

Teach me Your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness;

give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your Name.

I so want to have an undivided heart... 

And in the completely-off-topic department, Kari and I took her little charges to the playground today and I'm telling you there is no better therapy in all the world than exchanging messy hugs, sticky kisses, and sweet I-love-you's with tiny people. 

And listening to them singing Jesus' name over and again is perhaps the sweetest music to be found.


I'm just sayin'.

Happy Wednesday!

Reliable

The God that I love and on whom I rely did this...

Rely on the LORD!   Be strong and confident!   Rely on the Lord!

Psalm 27:14

Every Morning

Because of the LORD’s great love for us

we are not consumed,

for His compassions never fail.

They are new every morning.

Great is your faithfulness.

(Lamentations 3:22-23)



Happy Tuesday!

Renee

Isaiah 42:8

I am the LORD; that is my name! 

I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.

Isaiah 42:8

 

It's time for me to begin a new verse.  I have already memorized five more Scripture verses in 2011 than I have in the last few years! 

I'm feeling encouraged about the whole one-step-at-a-time thing :)

I want so badly to remember all throughout my day that my God is the one and only LORD, and only He should be receiving my devotion...my praise...my worship!

This was my sky yesterday.  I surely hope you're enjoying a sunny, SPRINGY day in your neighborhood this morning :)

Happy Wednesday!

Renee

Ephesians 5:15-16

“Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise,

making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”

Time goes by so quickly, and I feel like I waste so much of it. 

As I mentioned earlier, I'm trying to refocus in 2011...to be completely intentional in how I am spending this year, my life. 

One of the ways I'm refocusing is to pick up my long-abandoned practice of committing scripture to memory...and it's time for verse number four! 

I'm doing fairly well so far.  My recall is fairly decent, but I'm not gonna lie, I'm still struggling a bit with it.  I will say it seems to be getting a little easier...maybe that memory muscle is loosening up at bit?  I hope so! 

I love Beth's suggestion to keep the verses in a spiral notebook of index cards.  I write the verses on one side and the reference on the other side so I can quiz myself.  That way I can flip through them as I go along, so even though I'm beginning a new one I'm not moving away from the previous verses.

I have to say, so far so good :)

The above is my next selection.  If you wanted to pray for me as I work on this I would surely appreciate it!

Renee