How Do You "Store"?

Hello and good morning!
How are you today? Have you said something nice to someone today??? :-)

Our bold print today is verse 1, NLTse:

Proverbs 3:1
"1 My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart."

We all agree that studying Proverbs has been enriching our lives, no? The consistent study has changed my life -- and I am finding wisdom!!

My question to us - the bold print today is a question that comes from what verse 1 tells us to do: how do you store the commands that you have been reading in Proverbs? A great quote that I always use is: "Truth unrehearsed is soon forgotten". Yes, we get some great instruction and wisdom-filled verses in Proverbs, but if you don't "store" them in your heart, then their value will pass right by you...

I previously shared with you my system of how I review Proverbs as an alert in my Outlook calendar each day. I will record 2-4 favorite verses from today, for example, and when the alert rings I stop to take time and review and meditate on them. I used to call them Proverbs alerts, not I call the P-Gems...(Proverbs gems)

Do you have a system? My system is great when I am disciplined to use it. Sometimes the alert will ring and I will put it off til later - which never comes. But, when I stop and review the "gem"; many times it helps me avoid traps that are about to occur. (Ex.- my mouth gets me in trouble and Proverbs is full of verses admonishing me to keep my mouth shut (Prov. 17:28) - and it helps refocus me to discipline my mouth that day.

So, what are you going to do about this? What is your system to store the commands in your heart? Are you being disciplined in following your system consistently? The next verse shows us the benefit of storing commands in our heart: "If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying"

Make the wise choice to store and be disciplined!!