yes, this is a great site. I keep going away from it (burning out, I think) but I always come back to it. No matter what other methods I use for my scripture memorization this site and the community here really helps keep me going.
The points are a nice motivation to keep trying, because sometimes doing what we should do for the right reason is hard and there is a lot of resistance to it, but add a game to also make it fun, and suddenly that dopamine hit we get from the gamification really helps. We don’t do it for the game, but the game helps keep us going. :)
Hey guys, long time no see. I haven't really done anything here since I broke my streak on day 89...
The last week or 2 of my streak, I was doing this just for the streak and not for the love of it. I was overwhelmed and burned out. So I took a break, but I miss memorizing God's Word, so I'm back!
Something interesting was said at church yesterday, he said that sometimes we can completely have a change of heart to doing the same action, if we stop for a minute and think about the person we are doing this for. My application is that when we don't just jump into "Time to memorize scripture!" and instead take a minute to think about *what* it is that I am about to memorize, and *why*, because it draws me closer to God, and who is he? What does this all mean? Then the same action of memorizing scripture suddenly has a much bigger importance than just checking it off the list.
Do not worry! We all need breaks from time to time. :)
Oh no! Only 9 months away from getting the highest level at 3 years! That would be crushing indeed, but you're keeping up with the study so that's good!
That is true. The benefit of memorizing scripture daily is not lost because I miss a day. I'm using this as a break to catch up. The last 2 weeks I was just adding a new verse everyone day to keep the streak alive but was still stuck with my main focus working on the previous chapter. So now, I'm catching up, and I anticipate starting to add new verses again next week, and then see if I can break my 88 day streak record. :D