Psalm 121

March 18th, 2013

So, my mom told me on the car ride home that she wanted me to memorize psalm 121. At first I was kinda hesitant, I mean I know the gist of the psalm why do I need to know it word for word? So once coming home and getting settled, she reminded me again that she wanted me to recite the psalm for her by memory, so I popped it up on my computer and read it over before starting to engrave it into my mind. As I was reading it a lot of things popped into my mind.

The first thing was, I remember the summer of sixth grade when my grandparents came from India to spend the summer with us. So when I was running around the house doing totally useless things and wasting my time, my grandfather called me over and told me to recite Psalm 121 to him. I groaned and complained saying my favorite show was on, and I didn't want to, but he was pretty persistent. So I sat there trying to engrave it into my mind, but I had such a hard time. Now I know why.

See I tried to memorize the psalm as just words, and not by what it means, and honestly if you don't get what you are saying or what you are reading it's so much harder to memorize! So as I read over the psalm I was like dang, there is so much love and faith and commitment in this Bible passage. It's almost like a romantic letter God writes to us as His children!

The second thing this psalm reminded me of was a sermon that Pastor Tim (a pastor at Liquid) gave a couple weeks ago. He talked about the importance of memorizing God's word and storing it up in our ammunition box. And he specifically pointed his finger to the parents saying that they are the ones who should make their children learn Bible passages, so that the children have it stored in their ammunition box for when they get older.

He told a story of how him and his family went rock climbing. His son (pretty young) was climbing in front of him and  he was right behind him. As they were climbing his son suddenly stopped and was really afraid. So the pastor told him to keep going and that they were almost to the top. As the pastor was speaking he heard his son whispering something and realized that it was a Bible verse that he had made him memorize a couple weeks ago. Continuing to say that verse they both scurried to the top and made it! It was so inspiring. So I guess I can't argue with what my mom is doing for me, because honestly it's for me.

I also realized that by memorizing Bible verses, it will honestly be a blessing in the future. Personally, sometimes when I talk to my friends I tell them about something from the Bible, but I can never pin point the exact words unless from Psalm 23 or the exact book, chapter, or verse it's from. So memorizing more of God's word really gives me proof behind what i'm saying, as my bestie writes in her blog, "na mean?" Lol. Anyway, I think it's a blessing having a great mind, so why not fill it with promises given to us by our Heavenly Father?? Na mean? :D 

For all of you who want to know what Psalm 121 says here it is:

                I lift my eyes to the hills from where does my help come from

                My help comes from the Lord the Maker of the heavens and the earth.

                He will not let my foot slip, He who watches over me will not slumber,

                Indeed He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

                The Lord watches over me, He is my shade at my right hand,

                the sun will not harm me by day nor the moon by night.

                The Lord will keep me from all harm,

                He will watch over my life, He will watch my going and coming,

                both now and forever more.  <3

P.S that was all from memory, BAM :D So blessed

With a God like that how can you not SMILE! :D