"for most of us, our ability to memorize is not primarily a function of our intelligence, but of our will. It is a matter of what we value, love. amd believe necessary for life and happiness."
*kids don't always like to memorize Bible verses, but i must train them to do it whether or not they feel like it!*
2. Train your children to meditate on Schripture.
"Lack of meditation is the primary reason that so many professing Christians, in spite of exposure to the most excellent teaching, still remain ignorant, unstable, and unfruitful, "ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth". Instruction flows in upon them from all sides but their hearts and minds are like sieves, out of which everything runs as fast as it is poured in. The impressions which truth makes on their minds are as temporary as characters traced in the sands of the seashore, which the next wave erases forever. But MEDITATION imprints truth deeply on the consience, and engraves it on the tablets of the inner man, as with the point of a diamond or a laser beam. It thus becomes incorporated into the soul, and forms, as it were, a part of it; and it is ever present, to regulate the hearts affections, and the control and guide all of its movements."
*MEDITATION is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes of God.
from Teach Them Diligently by Lou Prioli. Woodruff, SC: Timeless Texts, 2000.
1 comment:
Hey...what a great read. And my favourite part is the pic of the handsome young man. He's sooo cute!
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