A Ready Meal

Language doesn't naturally flow through me. Words come slow when I want to be sure of their surety, and when listening or reading, the process to understanding can be even slower. There have been times that I have seen this as a weakness, but now I see it as a blessing in a world where so much is hasty. It aids in my conscious effort to slow down and be present, to ponder and feel His guidance in the opportunities I would otherwise miss. For this, I am extremely grateful for my "slow talking farmer" genetics.

So, in the spirit of pondering more, taking more time to chew, and having a meal available when I'm hungry; I memorize.

It's hard to memorize anything without coming to greater insight of the passage, so I have chosen a a bite of scripture in which I always find new and applicable meaning, no matter what I hunger for. Since this is the largest chunk of anything I have tried for since the Gettysburg Address in forth grade, I thought it would be nice to have it's aroma be.....oh, so familiar.

Before this desire falls behind with the lost momentum of other New Year ideas, I need to take this challenge, and commit myself in word to memorizing Alma 32:21-43...

And now as I said concerning faith—faith is not
to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true......

....ok, so I already had that verse memorized...now for the other 22.