Memorizing Philippians

It's been awhile.  Not a whole lot has happened.  I'm currently feeling under the weather which sucks because I hate not being at work, not being able to go out, and just in general i don't like feeling like someone is kicking me in the throat every time I cough.

So lately I have been making a concentrated effort in memorizing Philippians.  Yes, I said memorizing, and yes I mean the whole book of Philippians.  It's something the church I have been going to on Sunday mornings started doing as a church.  It was talked about, everyone seemed to be getting a lot out of it, but I was still somewhat unsure how it would work with me.  So a month or two ago, I started. I memorized the first 4 verses, and then I stopped. I wasn't dedicated, and I wasn't seeing where this was going to lead.  About 2 weeks ago God laid it on my heart again, basically telling me to give it another try.  So I did.  I'm thirteen verses in, and now I GET IT.

Ok so memorizing scripture...  What I have found is that it's not so much about what I am memorizing at this point (I mean I'm only 13 verses in) but all of a sudden I find myself just reciting the first 13 verses of Philippians to myself, and then I find myself just in constant thought about God, and then it has turned into prayer.  And I mean praying in the car, praying in bed at night, praying while heating up some mac and cheese, all of sudden its memorizing scripture and prayer all the time, every chance I get.

Prayer, lets say this I love love love love love prayer, but sometimes I'm not the best about praying every day like I should, and all of the sudden it's like I can't get enough God time.  I've experienced this before I refer to it as the "church camp high."   It's like when your at church camp and your on this cloud and the real world is no where to be found and it's this euphoric, peaceful high.  Then you get back from church camp and everyday that high seems to go down just a notch, until you're back to the way you were the day before church camp. But all of a sudden I'm not at church camp, and I have this "I cant get enough God" feeling all day long.  It's been amazing and it all has come from the memorizing of scripture, and what that has lead me to do.

In the midst of this life has been happening, and my stress level is down, things that usually send me into a quick spiral of craziness have just been there, and it's been easier to lay it at God's feet.  I feel at peace more often than I ever have. EVER.

If you've never sat down and memorized scripture, I think you should give it a go, and Philippians has been great.  Its packed with awesome, inspiring words from Paul, and it's only 4 chapters so I think it seems like it'd be less discouraging than trying to memorize Psalms right off.  I don't know. Try it for yourself. See where God leads you with it.  It has been such a blessing for me, and I am truly LOVING it.