"I will not forget Your word"
Psalm 119:16
I was driving through the Little League parking lot last week, after dropping my sweet boy off for practice, when I saw a car that had a Bible verse on the license frame.
It was a wonderful verse ~ Nehemiah 8:10 ~ "The joy of the Lord is my strength." Such a great promise. But I hadn't thought about that verse in a long time. And I was sort of disappointed in myself, somehow, for letting such a powerful verse slip from my mind.
And it made me think of a line I heard, years ago... I think it was Dorothy Parker:
"I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly,
a list a quotations beautiful,
from minds profound;
if I can only remember any of the darn things."
I've always thought that was such a funny line, but also true. And in my mind ~ literally ~ it's never more true than with the Bible. There is so much in there: wisdom and peace and guidance. Strength and direction and funny and beautiful.
And I would repeat them, every one of them, to myself, slowly and soothingly.... if only I could remember all of the darn things.
So I guess I'll just keep going the way I'm going. Reading and memorizing and forgetting and re-reading. Little by little, verse by verse, precept by precept... as long as I live. And I'll just count on His Spirit to bring them to me when I need them.
Because He promised.
~ "the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in My name,
He will teach you all things,
and bring to your remembrance
all things that I said to you." ~
John 14:26
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