ReHEARsal
Have you ever participated in a play? Or maybe you play an instrument and you have a concert coming up? Lawyers present arguments in court. Those who sell practice their 'pitch'. Even if none of those have been your experience, perhaps you've asked your boss for a raise, or you've asked someone to spend the rest of their life with you. I'm pretty certain that you practiced what you were going to say before you said it for real! It's called 'rehearsal'. Repeating your thought process over and over in your mind and by speaking it out loud helps us frame our words and remember them.
We rehearse a lot of things. Practicing over and over until it is solidly memorized in our mind. I love that the word rehearsal is actually spelled with the word 'HEAR' in the middle. It's the re-hearing of something that solidifies it in our brain and eventually in our heart.
Deuteronomy 6:5 - 7 (CSB) tells us, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." ReHEARse them! God's formula for hiding His Word in our heart is simple. Keep telling it and retelling it. Hearing it over and over. It is not just for us but our children will hear it as well.
Today, let's start with this and reHEARse it all day long. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength." (Deut 6:5, CSB)
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