Deep Roots

An important part of "Raising An Orchard" is having deep roots in God's Word. Deuteronomy 6:7 tells us that we need to teach the Word to our children. It tells us to talk to our children when we are at home, at night, in the morning and anywhere you go.  Psalms 119:11 tells us to hide God's word in our hearts so that we might not sin against Him.

Last year, we took a challenge as a family to serve more, we met our goal of 52 weeks of blessing. This year we are taking a challenge to memorize God's Word. Our goal was to memorize a Bible verse each week. It is a huge challenge, but one we felt was extremely important. Well, it is about half way through the year, and I need to tell you that we have adjusted our original goal. We started memorizing a verse a week, but changed our plan to a verse every other week.

By taking two weeks to learn each verse we are able to not only learn the words the verse says, but the meaning behind the verse....which after all is the point. The adjustment in the plan has also given us an opportunity to review verses we have already learned. It has been a great journey thus far!

Let me encourage you to start memorizing scriptures with your family. Maybe you can memorize one verse a week or one verse a month, create a schedule that works best for your family. It is a great way to invest in your child's life!