Only about two weeks after I started memorizing verses, I was talking to a friend in the student union in between classes who had also begun to memorize verses recently. We talked about how much the memorization has been helping us understand God and our daily lives in relationship to Him and our redemption.
Since then, we've started meeting every Monday night with several other people, talking about the verse we've been meditating on and choosing a new one. The goal is to have the verse memorized in the beginning of the week, then meditate on it every day and see how it transforms our minds and our actions. And it really has.
It's amazing how applicable the Word has been, too. I already knew that it was, but for instance, all of us who meet are aspiring runners. We've realized that, a) running can be a great time to meditate on the verses- it keeps our minds off the effort of running. :) b) They have really helped us remember that "bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable in all things." (1 Tim. 4:8). We can really cry out to the Lord in desperation, understanding that as hard as we work our bodies sometimes, we're that much more desperate to be godly and run our real race with endurance.
It has been so good. This week we're on 1 Peter 4:1-2, which is such a good verse for me to keep in mind; I've been thinking and praying about how I have the mind of Christ. I love what the next verse says, too: we've lived long enough in the ways of the world, and it's time to move on to the things of God. Worldliness is something we once enjoyed, but that time in our lives is over. And the Word helps so much in the fight.
