For the last few weeks I've been working on using some of my driving time to and from work for memorizing Scripture. I was a little skeptical that my sluggish brain could actually do it, but guess what?! It's working!! And is so, so very rewarding to have time to really focus on God's Word and let it seep deep in my brain. So far I've memorized my favorite passage - Acts 17:24-27 - and Romans 3:21-26.
Then Mary....
....decided she wanted to memorize the WHOLE BOOK of Ephesians! Yi-yi-yi! What a girl! She was greatly challenged at a recent youth retreat she attended and came back saying she loved the book of Ephesians and would really like to commit it all to memory. So, being the *good* mom that I am, I've added it to our home school goals and found a fella here who had memorized Ephesians using a moleskine notebook like this....
...and dividing it up so -
And of course I said I'd give it a try too, so Mary and I are on Week 2 of our 24 week adventure to memorize the whole book of Ephesians! We each have our own little handy-dandy notebooks. *smile*
Here's our schedule (shamelessly stolen from Mr. Brister) and our progress:
Week 2 :: Ephesians 1:7-14 (currently working on!)
Week 3 :: Ephesians 1:15-23
Week 4 :: Ephesians 2:1-9
Week 5 :: Ephesians 2:10-16
Week 6 :: Ephesians 2:17-22
Week 7 :: Ephesians 3:1-6
Week 8 :: Ephesians 3:7-13
Week 9 :: Ephesians 3:14-21
>> Week 10 – Review 1-9
Week 11 :: Ephesians 4:1-8
Week 12 :: Ephesians 4:9-16
Week 13 :: Ephesians 4:17-24
Week 14 :: Ephesians 4:25-32
Week 15 :: Ephesians 5:1-6
Week 16 :: Ephesians 5:7-14
Week 17 :: Ephesians 5:15-21
Week 18 :: Ephesians 5:22-33
Week 19 :: Ephesians 6:1-9
Week 20 :: Ephesians 6:10-17
Week 21 :: Ephesians 6:18-24
>> Week 22 – Review weeks 11-21
>> Week 23 – Recite weeks 1-22
>> Week 24 – Meditate, Pray, and Rejoice!
And if you would like to memorize Ephesians in ESV, you can use Mr. Brister's already formatted pages (see download link in first paragraph of post). Unfortunately, Mary wants to memorize in NIV so we're making our own pages as we go along. If I can figure out how to post them for you when we get finished, I will.
So, the homeschooling adventure begins! :-) More on that to come...
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