I see you did what I was thinking of doing. I've started off learning the whole thing as one passage but now I'm thinking it will be easier if I learn them one "letter" at a time. How are you going with this?
It's going pretty well. I have the first three sections memorized. It is difficult sometimes to remember which word comes next - precepts, statutes, word, commandments, testimonies... Taking a break to let those solidify while I memorize Romans 1. But it has been a blessing to memorize!
It's the hardest thing I've tried to learn. There is just no way to remember what comes next and after the boxes disappear its going to be a nightmare remembering whether a word is rule or law or statute or precept or commandment or way or word! It would probably be a lot easier if it was in Hebrew and every verse started with the same letter. Too bad it's lost in translation... Keep it up though. I'm doing 2 verses a day. I started with 4 a day but thought that might get a bit much. Frees up 2 verse for something else.
Yes, I've had the same difficulty with Psalm 119. Precepts, statutes, etc. It seems to me a good strategy would be to do a study of each of those words in Hebrew and to try to attach some of the original meaning to each of our English words. Each of those words must have its own "feel" in the original. Then if we try to attach it, and then think of it as we memorize.
But at the moment I'm working on Romans 3 and Daniel 2, so ... at least for me that idea is on the back burner. :)
congratulations! Just about reached a million points and a hundred verses! Why not come and join us on the "leaderboard group for everyone" for some company? Keep at it!