Reading the Word (and Remembering it!)

This year I have embarked on a challenge. Our pastor and staff recently went through an entire series at church on Spiritual Disciplines (fasting, tithing, Sabbath, etc.). One of the disciplines that has resonated with me deeply is that of scripture memory. My boys attend a Christian school and they have to memorize a verse every week there and say it for their teacher for a grade. Of course, I practice this with them and find myself quoting verses they have had to learn. Then I was reading a blog that I follow, Beth Moore's Living Proof Ministry blog (find it here) and she was talking about an upcoming challenge.
She asks that each lady memorize 24 scriptures throughout the next year. Each month on the 1st and 15th, followers are asked to post the verse they are memorizing. The idea is to share scriptures and hold one another accountable. She urges people to seek out verses that God lays on your heart and that speak to a specific need/place in their individual lives. If you post 21 out of 24 times, you are eligible to go to a big celebration next January in Houston. Now, I don't know that I will get to go to Houston, but I love the idea of the scripture memory, so I signed on for 2011!

Here is the verse I am working on for the first two weeks:
"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)

I encourage you to pray about joining me in this journey. It is sure to produce positive results if we are meditating on HIS word!

CB