Earlier this week, I wrote on how I had recently finished memorizing the book of James. I was thinking I was in pretty elite spiritual company following the accomplishment.
Fortunately, God sent along a Hope House resident to keep me humble.
As I walked into the room of one of the residents here in Hope House, I saw him reading a Bible and taking notes. I asked him what he was reading, and he said the book of Isaiah. I asked him what he was writing down, and he said verses to memorize. As we kept talking, he started seamlessly quoting Bible verses. He would finish quoting a verse in one book, and then say, “that’s sort of like what it says in this other book,” and then he would quote another verse. In fifteen minutes, I think he quoted a verse from nearly every book in the New Testament. It was amazing.
The resident said it was a blessing when he went to jail, because it allowed him to spend time in the Scriptures without interruptions and realize how badly he needed to get his life back in order.
When I came back by the room two hours later, he was still there, taking notes and pouring over his Bible.
“Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world and to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him?” – James 2:5
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