Thanks for your encouragement, TheMoviegoer and brooke19. I think that for me the most challenging accomplishment is to internalize the word of God - over and above merely learning the words, to be changed by it, to make it truly how I think and respond to people/situations.
rvfc2, There is a certain humility that comes from this process. I have so many more verses memorized than I did a couple of years ago, and yet I still need God's grace and forgiveness as much as I ever have. I have long given up the notion that I will be this fountain of quotation that I envisioned when I started.
Yes, thank you TheMoviegoer. I heard someone speak recently of how it can seem a great distance to bring what is in the head down to the heart. That seems to be the case for me. We do need God's grace and forgiveness constantly. And He is so kind and patient to give it to us.