Memorizing in my mid-50s
I've always had a thing for memorizing Scripture. I guess it came easy and I got kudos for it and so I wanted to do it again. It started as a young child and it just kept going in spurts and starts and stops. I remember when my dad decided that memorizing Scripture would be a good punishment for us boys. Arguing with your brother? Memorize Philippians 1:1. Didn't clean your room? Memorize 1:2 Didn't do your chores? Now you've got 1:3. It didn't take long before I had multiple chapters of the book of Philippians, but I'll confess it took me a while to get over that. The basic message was that memorizing Scripture was a punishment and it kind of left a bad taste in my mouth. I recommend against this approach. On the other hand, I recommend doing just about anything to get children to memorize Scripture. It's so easy when they are young and it sticks with them. And so often a little praise is enough to motivate them to go on... Parents and preschoolers and el