I feel like a squirrel getting ready for winter. I am on a firewood collection rampage because this winter I will heat my house solely with wood. It worked last year and I am excited about not having to pay an oil bill again this year! I am hoping to have around 8 cords of wood for this winter. You never know what old jack frost is going to throw at you! Yesterday I spent the entire day hauling, cutting and splitting. I am determined to be ready, to be prepared! I have a method and a plan laid out in my mind as to where I am going to stack it, which pile I’ll pull from first and so on and so forth. This winter we should be sitting pretty.
My small group that I’ve been meeting with for about a year now has been doing a study that really encourages scripture memory. It has been a good practice to engage our mind and dive heavily into the word of God. It seems to me that their is a striking resemblance between my wood cutting and gathering tactics and scripture memory. Both of these tasks are storing up for later benefit! I have found great personal benefit in memorizing scripture during the process for sure, but an even greater benefit when it comes back to my mind at appropriate moments. Check out what Proverbs 2:2-5 says,
2 Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.
3 Cry out for insight,
and ask for understanding.
4 Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord ,
and you will gain knowledge of God.
Some things are desirable to know, but these things must be known! Is there a better way to tune in to wisdom or concentrate on understanding than to have it running through your heart and mind? Gather as much as you can!
Have you spent any time memorizing scripture? What hidden treasures have you found?
~Peter
