Bible Memory

Proverbs 6:20-22~My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.

I am thinking through the idea of family Bible memory again. Years ago, my older children were in a program where they were memorizing 120 to 180 verses a year. We are no longer involved in that program, and have let Bible memory slip through the cracks. I have found in my own personal life that after I get through studying a certain portion of Scripture, I typically have the passage committed to memory, at least the general thrust of the passage anyway.

Look at the benefits of Bible memory from the above passage.
1. The commandments of God will lead you while you are walking in this life.
2. The commandments of God will protect you while you are asleep.
3. The commandments will commune with you while you are awake.

The commandments of God are the truths from God's nature and character, revealed to us in language. As I sit here, I can not think of anything better to do with God's commandments then to bind them, and tie them around mine and my children's hearts. O Lord, give me the grace to apply, and find a way to bind Your Word around our hearts.