Hidden in Their Hearts

Today, my boys recited a whole Psalm to me. What a treasure they have in their hearts now.

Psalm 46

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8 Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.


They have been working on this Psalm since we started school about a month ago. Two days a week they alternately copied parts of the psalm and also wrote it from dictation. At the end of each week, they would recite the verses they had learned that week, along with the previous ones, until this week, when it culminated in the recitation of the whole psalm. They surprised themselves, thinking it an impossible task, but realizing that little by little it really wasn't that hard!