Aunt Rose was a very old lady, but she was a special old lady. She was almost 94 years old and had loved the Lord Jesus and known Him as her Saviour for many, many of those years. Aunt Rose had forgotten many things she once knew, but she was always happy when anyone talked about the Lord Jesus Christ.
One day when Holly was visiting Aunt Rose, she read to her from the Bible. As she read John 14:1616And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (John 14:16), Aunt Rose was able to repeat every verse along with Holly except for verse 5. She had memorized those verses when she had been much younger, and as she heard them read aloud, she could still repeat them from memory.
Do you love God’s Word so much that you not only take time to read it but you memorize parts of it? “Thy word have I hid in [my] heart” (Psalm 119:1111Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psalm 119:11)). But we know that no amount of memorizing Bible verses will take away our sins. Only the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, can cleanse us from all sin. When we love the Lord Jesus, it is important to hide His Word in our hearts, and a good way to do that is to memorize His Word. “I will delight myself in Thy statutes: I will not forget Thy word” (Psalm 119:1616I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. (Psalm 119:16)).
ML-02/12/2006