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During the month of October, at least 23 participants have been working on memory challenges as part of Mega Memory Month (MMM).
My hope at the start of this blog carnival had been simply to invite a few others willing to join me in this challenge so that I wouldn’t be so alone.
After so many participants jumped in, I found myself eager to read others’ progress reports–the joys, struggles, mental blocks and breakthroughs.
Now here it is the end, and I can’t wait to see what final presentations people have worked up. No one is obliged, of course, but it sure would be fun if a lot of MMM friends created something to share.
I’ve recorded and uploaded my first-ever YouTube video so that I could link to it. I’m reciting what I know of John 14, complete with glitches and dead spots where I have to mentally scramble to remember where I was. I hope that its imperfection and simplicity will encourage you to appreciate whatever you were able to achieve.
For some, life has not made it easy to pack in those words, whether due to scheduling challenges, family emergencies, or mental blocks.
No matter how many or few words we managed to preserve, I hope you’re willing to celebrate with us today. Here’s Mr. Linky, so you can link up (alternately, you can drop a link in the comments).
Click on Mr. Linky to see who is revealing his or her final presentation.
If you have time today or this weekend, drop by and celebrate with these MMM friends.
Official Celebration Links
(contact me if yours is missing)
- Check out Angela’s Scripture memory notebook at Drawing Nearer
- Erin Straza offers a synopsis of the MMM experience at a personal level
- Jennifer at Peace Ledge typed it out after a technological uploading challenge.
- Ann V. offers what she calls a “farm hick’s quiet recitation of Phil. 1:19-30″ (I heard it — sounds more like the voice of an angel to me)
- Katrina of Callapidder Days summarizes the month with helpful reflections on what worked well.
- Pauline at This is the Day learned to put pictures on her blog while sharing her final project–not only do you see her MMM notes, you also get to see some bonus shots of Australian sweet peas!
- Helen at A Work of Heart posted pix of her memory tools/system…and a sweet summary of how the Romans passages impacted her.
- Caribbean storms delayed Ruth from posting on Friday — but it’s never too late to celebrate! She created a podcast for the occasion in her wonderful voice.
Please note: Mega Memory Month will return in a few months, sometime in early 2009. Once again, you’ll be able take the challenge to memorize something bigger than you ever thought possible.
A portion of John 14 recited by Ann Kroeker.
(with a view from my hammock)
(in the name of precision, you will hear where I self-corrected, but at verse 16, I said “send” instead of “give you.” Later I inserted an unnecessary “do.” You can check my accuracy by following along at this Bible Gateway link to John 14.)
Well, there’s nothing like a national financial crisis to inspire people to greater frugality.
These days I prefer using the happier term, thriftiness. For years, I’ve thought of myself as “cheap.” I love that I can now refer to myself as “thrifty.” It’s trendy, these days, to be thrifty. Plus, who can resist using a word that rhymes with “nifty”?
Well, speaking of nifty, my kids are trying hard to make-do when they see nifty stuff in stores that they want to buy. I encourage them to see if they can come up with a creative alternative first.
One of my daughters wanted a purple iPod case.
Next thing I know, she showed me this:
The color isn’t very true, but it’s purple all right. Made from an old soccer sock. She learned how to make pom-poms earlier this year and whipped one together to add a fun, coordinating touch.
I showed her some Etsy products that were priced in the teens that didn’t look much more nifty than her invention, and she was pleased.
So while I certainly don’t want to make light of our nation’s financial nightmare, I will say that our family is responding with more creativity and contentment than I thought possible.
We’re all feeling kind of nifty being thrifty.
For more clever, creative and thrifty ideas, visit Rocks In My Dryer.
Yesterday I revealed my Top 2 MMM Memorization Tips. If you haven’t read yesterday’s post, I urge you to do so. Thanks to the encouraging words of some MMM friends (which I included in the post), you may walk away with the most important MMM message of the month.
Today, after spending time following my own advice and praying through the passage and reciting it to one of my kids, I realized that at a practical level I must review more than I have been if I want to retain and recall these words. And I do. I want to retain them over time and recall them as needed.
This week, I have slacked off, and my Progress Report today will spotlight the unraveling of words.
Before I tap out my passage, however, I want to remind you that this Friday is the final day of October and thus the final day of Mega Memory Month.
MMM Final Celebration/Presentation Day, Friday, October 31, is a day to celebrate any and all words that we have tucked away for safe keeping.
I’m encouraging some kind of final presentation. Once you create it, you can scan, videotape, or photograph the physical project or “performance,” and upload it to your blog for us to celebrate with you.
No ideas? You could:
- Write it out in calligraphy
- Write it out in colored pencils or markers (have the kids decorate it, or doodle something yourself)
- Print it out on fancy paper and frame it
- Videotape yourself reciting it and post somehow on your blog
- Audiotape yourself reciting it and post somehow on your blog (anyone know how to podcast in WordPress.com?)
- Or, if you’re low on time and creativity, simply type it all out one last time.
I’ll post my own final presentation that day and include another Mr. Linky.
Be sure to sync up at some point, so we can celebrate with you!
Also, please take a few minutes to visit MMM participants who link to a Celebration/Presentation Post and leave an encouraging comment.
Now, back to this week’s progress report.
Let us know your current status by linking back.
And now I shall entertain you with my lack of retention:
John 14
(or, rather, as much of John 14 as I can drag up from my memory bank):Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.“
Thomas asked said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus said to him answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.“
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and he that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to my the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
“If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will send give you another Counselor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
something I can’t quite remember, and I have the feeling I’m mixing it all up…
Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
He who Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and show myself to him.“
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) askesaid, “But, Lord, wWhy do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
Jesus replied, “Whoever keeps my commands is the one who loves me. And If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. Mmy Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Okay. I give up. I’ll go back through and mark in green the things that need restored, repaired, or rearranged (green seems happier than red).
I don’t think I’ll get the rest of John 14 in my brain before Friday, and I may not even get that which I have worked on perfect for the celebration.
But I hope that frees you.
No matter how much or how little you managed to memorize:
Every word counts.
Those MMM participants who are working on something like “Jabberwocky” or the Preamble to the Constitution are committed to valuable memory work at an intellectual level. I applaud and encourage your every effort.
However, my Top 2 MMM Memorization Tips apply primarily to those who have selected a Bible passage (though I suppose creeds, prayers, and hymns could apply, as well).
Please note the comment offered by Jennifer from Peace Ledge:
The purpose of memory, in my view, is not to up the word count and be able to spout off verses at will. It is so that we will be transformed by the word that is written on our hearts, that we will recognize the Father’s voice more easily, that we will draw ever closer to Him.
So don’t give up. Don’t be discouraged. Let the words you DO know steep in your soul, and let the Lord breathe life to you through them.
Press on dear sisters!
Esther at Outward Expression wrote a similar thought at her blog – that as she works on memorizing, “the goal is to, in countless small ways, come closer to Him whose Word it is.”
Great stuff.
With their words as a lead-in (and without further ado), here are my Top 2 MMM Memorization Tips:
Tip #1: Pray the Passage.
In these waning days of October, make Mega Memory Month more meaningful (forgive the alliteration overkill) by praying the words. Even if you need to open your Bible and have the words right there for easy reference, use the passage, phrases, verses, truths, as part of your interaction with the Savior in prayer. The words can be a launching point to dialogue with the Lord and prompt specific, powerful worship.
Tip #2: Speak and Discuss it.
Ask someone to listen to you recite it. Then talk with him or her about its meaning. By saying aloud the words to someone else, its truth can communicate. By talking about our passages with someone else, we can turn this memory challenge into a couples devotional time or meaningful friendship discussion, adding interpersonal connection, depth and insight to what we otherwise might simply be privately cramming into our mental storage units.
These two tips may not be the most efficient or effective for sheer word-preservation – but by adding meaning and purpose, they may cause the passages to stick more deeply not only in the mind, but also in the heart and soul, where we’ll ultimately need it most. And these tips may also allow you to experience something richer and more meaningful with the Lord Himself.
No matter how “mega” your challenge is ending up, whether long or short, mega or modest, please try these two tips. Like Jennifer advised, let the words you do know steep in your soul, and let the Lord breathe life into you through them.
A few practical notes:
This coming Monday I’ll post my final Progress Report including Mr. Linky (so you can link your posts, as well). It will be the last progress report before the end of October, when we’ll post our last hurrah (see next note).
This coming Friday, October 31st, marks MMM Final Celebration/Presentation Day. It’s a day to celebrate any and all words that have been tucked away for safe keeping. If you’re so inspired or inclined, I’m encouraging some kind of final presentation.
No ideas? You could:
- Write it out in calligraphy
- Write it out in colored pencils or markers (have the kids decorate it, or doodle something yourself)
- Print it out on fancy paper and frame it
- Videotape yourself reciting it and post somehow on your blog
- Audiotape yourself reciting it and post somehow on your blog (anyone know how to podcast in WordPress.com?)
- Or, if you’re low on time and creativity, simply type it all out one last time.
I’ll post my own final presentation and include another Mr. Linky.
Be sure to sync up at some point, so we can celebrate with you!
Please visit participants who link to a Celebration/Presentation Post and leave an encouraging comment.
Tomorrow’s Sunday. The perfect day to test run these Top 2 MMM Memorization Tips. May they help you recognize the Father’s voice and draw you closer to Him.
If I may close by expanding on Jennifer’s exhortation:
Press on dear sisters — and brothers (I know you’re out there)!
This is certainly an election of “firsts.”
There are, of course, the obvious ones that have been explored in every magazine, news show and newspaper in America.
But there’s another that I didn’t realize until, during one of the last soccer games, I was leafing through a copy of World magazine and stopped on a little sidebar (September 20/27, 2008 edition, p. 43) entitled, Third culture kids (if you click to that link, scroll down the page to the blue box for the text).
My friend Ruth Van Reken was quoted in the article, pointing out that both John McCain and Barack Obama are Third-Culture Kids — that is, they have spent developmental years outside their passport cultures (a more involved explanation can be found at this link).
Missionary kids, military kids, and children of international businessmen and women are all examples of third-culture kids (sometimes referred to interchangeably as “cross-cultural kids,” though TCKs are, according to Ruth, a subset of CCKs).
Here’s a fairly short explanation of TCKs:
A TCK is an individual who, after having spent a significant part of the developmental years in a culture other than that of their parents, develops a sense of relationship to all of the cultures while not having full ownership in any. Elements from each culture are incorporated into the life experience, but the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of similar experience.
(many thanks to The Irrational Season for pulling the quotation from Third Culture Kids- The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds, by David C. Pollock and Ruth E. Van Reken)
Ruth Van Reken herself has commented on the “huge beneficial factor a truly cross-cultural and internationally mobile childhood affords”:
In our book, Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds, Dave Pollock and I write that being a “cultural bridge” is one of the assets gained from such a childhood. A strong sense of confidence, of ability to think “outside the boxes” are others.
Even though Ruth, one of the key speakers at TCK conferences and an author of a book on the subject, is one of my good friends…
And even though I’m married to a TCK…
It still didn’t occur to me until seeing that article that whether we vote for John McCain or Barack Obama, we will be electing a TCK.
Fall soccer season has ended.
The recreational community league we’re part of is a relaxed, volunteer organization.
The kids have fun, get lots of exercise, make friends, and learn the sport better and better, season after season.
During games, siblings cheer for each other; beg for a few coins to buy candy at the concession stand; and pick up nuts that fall from the trees lining the fields, using them to invent various games. While a sister plays, the rest roll down a hill, kick a ball around on an unused field, play tag, climb trees, and poke sticks in a creek that trickles along a ditch when it’s rainy.
Some days we can be there for hours, packing a picnic lunch and nibbling snacks during games scheduled back-to-back. Parents catch up with each other on the sidelines, cheering now and then for a great play.
It’s not all pleasurable, however; I almost always get a sinus headache from the wind that shoots across the field, and we get very little yard or house work done during the six-week soccer season. I wish for more free time and days we can tackle a project or just stay home and rest.
But then the next thing you know, the season’s over.
I opened up my planner today, shocked to see so many free spots — we suddenly have options again. Evenings when the kids had practices are finally open to sort boxes of junk that had been shoved in a corner and ignored. During weekends when we had to be at the soccer fields, we can now tackle a project or have someone over for dinner. We can rake leaves. We can clean out the garage and catch up on laundry.
Not that we will.
But in terms of scheduling, now we can.
We are able.
We could, if we wanted to.
Or we could just mess around. We could watch a little television and write a blog post or two.
The kids could ride bikes or play basketball.
But as I type up these post-soccer-season thoughts, I glance out the window and see the kids.
They’re in the back yard.
Playing soccer.
It’s the next-to-last Monday* in October.
I just thought you should know, in case you didn’t look ahead on your weekly Day-Timer calendar.
Not that I’m putting any pressure on anyone, since we already talked about the guilt that could be lurking as we work and find that we’re not as far as we’d hoped.
So please don’t let this send you into a memory-work panic attack, but there’s not much of October left.
[EDITED thanks to Ruth's question in the comments: MMM goes until October 31st, but the last Progress Report is next Monday. I'll host a Big Ending day on the 31st for us to post our final presentations, however bold or humble they may be.]
What’s your Progress Report?
I have to be honest. I didn’t make much progress.
I had some other work to do, and MMM kind of stalled out. I think I can manage to tap out what I already worked on, but any new verses are muddled at best.
And that’s okay, right?
I’m not going to feel guilty about this. I’m simply going to do what I can this week.
Here’s what I can do now, pleased that I have been able to memorize some of the words of the Lord Jesus Christ that were preserved for us, for me, for this time, for this day:
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus answered, “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and [that] the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
Believe me when I say that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You can may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
[oh, my; I am tired and have forgotten this part...I'm scanning my brain...searching...the search is fruitless. It's just not coming up. I have to look it up. It should begin: "If you love me, you will obey what I command."]…[A]nd I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever–the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. [I left out "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." The next part is in the wrong place] Anyone who loves me will keep my commands. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I also will love him and make myself [That whole part should be somewhere else and isn't worded right.]
Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day, you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever keep has my commands….
I think I did better last week.
As progress reports go, I made very little progress.
How about you?
* Posted late Sunday night to be available for early rising MMM Monday Progress Report participants.
If you’re part of the Mega Memory Month carnival I’m hosting during the month of October, I have a message for you:
No guilt.
The last thing I wanted was for participants to feel guilty or discouraged during this month-long challenge!
Whatever you’re able to tuck away in your memory bank — no matter how much or how little — is valuable.
One of my sisters-in-law told me that she ran a race in Belgium one time, and as she plodded along, it occurred to her that instead of hearing footsteps right behind her, she heard the sound of an engine. She turned around and realized that she was dead last in the race. She was bringing up the rear, with race organizers in a small truck right behind her. When she turned around, they called out encouragement to her to keep going. “Don’t stop now,” they shouted in French. “You’re doing great!”
I kept thinking about coming in “last,” because is it ever really “last”? I think about the millions of people who never get out and jog around the block, let alone sign up for a road race! When you think about it that way, her every step was a success, a personal “win”!
That’s kind of how I feel about this memory project.
We may not meet the goal we set at the beginning of the month, but every word and every phrase we manage to memorize is already success. Just attempting to memorizing anything is more than the rest of the world. If you actually get a phrase or two down, all the better!
Now that’s not to say we should stop mid-month and call it quits. I hope everyone keeps plugging away — after all, it’s partly what keeps me going, knowing that 20 or so people are out there doing the same thing.
But please be encouraged with every effort, however humble it may be.
And keep in mind that MMM will return! If you don’t make it through this month, just wait!
In a few months, MMM will return, hosted by yours truly, to invite you to set another lofty goal, or to pick up where you left off.
I’m thankful for every participant, and every word that every participant has been able to capture.
Every word is progress.
May God bless your efforts, friends!
One time someone described to me how to stand like a model for photos. She said to turn my hips one way, set one leg in front of the other, point my toe, shift my shoulders a certain direction, drop my chin…
I got confused at some point, looking something like Will Ferrell in a yoga class.
But because I was sucked into The Messy Mom thrift show last week, and because I was dressed in thrift-store clothes from head-to-toe on Sunday, I had The Belgian Wonder snap a shot while I tried to pose kind of model-like.
Some of those shots looked pretty stupid.
So I gave up on trying to jut my hip or shoulders using the modeling techniques and just stood there. No, I take that back — I did try to place one leg in front of the other. I don’t look like Will Ferrell, but I think I do look a little unnatural.
I must have leaned my weight on on the wrong leg, but I can tell you about the clothes anyway.
The white shirt layered under the green is from The Limited. I bought it at Goodwill last year for maybe $2 or $3.
The green shirt still had its Target tags when I bought it from Goodwill a few months ago for about $3.
The slightly off-white slacks are Banana Republic. I bought those about four years ago for about $3.
The shoes have fairly high heels, so I don’t actually wear them very often. I got them from Goodwill as well, for about $2. Originally from Target, they were never high end; but, like the shirt, they looked brand-new.
Here’s a close-up of the shoes.
Earrings, which I don’t think you can see, were from Goodwill for $1.
Tan canvas jacket, which you also can’t see very well, was $3.
Thrift Store Outfit Total Cost: $15.
Obviously I’m partial to Goodwill.
In fact, enjoy these 30-second Goodwill ads that run in my region (use the arrows to select one of the five, then click on Goodwill Guy)
Keep at it, friends!
Don’t give up!
You can do it, yes, you can! – Go Team!
Gimme an “M”!
Gimme another “M”!
Gimme another “M”!
What’s that spell, er, wait a minute. I guess, “What’s that stand for?”
Mega Memory Month!
I just needed a little boost, and I thought an MMM cheer squad would be just the ticket.
Is it just me, or is it getting harder to memorize as the month goes along?
Those first few verses weren’t so bad, but now. Wow, now it’s starting to get longer. Words and phrases are repeated with slight variation and I have to remember which ones come in what order. Sometimes Jesus says, “the Father” and sometimes He says, “my Father.”
Plus, I misplaced my pack of cards for a few days.
Once they were gone, I realized how much I was visualizing the text on the cards. I would picture where I was on the card and could “see” the line breaks, periods and quotation marks. I think I even mentally “flipped” the cards when I advanced to the next section.
Fortunately the cards turned up under a stack of papers (relieved sigh).
To deal with some mental hiccups in my memory work, I used an idea from Ruthy: ”prompterizing,” as she calls it (this is the explanatory link she provided, taking you to Wordkeeping.com).
Turns out it’s the same idea that I posted on the Master Memorization Tips & Techniques post.
John 14:13-14 (NIV) would look like this after I’m done “prompterizing” it:
AIwdwyaimn, sttSmbgttF.
Ymamfaimn, aIwdi.
When I wrote it out by hand, I left a bit of space in between each letter. Those particular verses trip me up every time, so I needed another memorization technique to help it stick.
I think it helped a little. But I’m still messing it up.
And I don’t know if I’m going to make it all the way through John 14 by the end of October, but I’m further along than I ever would have been if I weren’t doing MMM with you excellent folks. So I have you to thank for jumping in and joining me in this challenge.
Speaking of you excellent folks, here’s Mr. Linky to post your own Progress Report links:
I’d also like to offer some online motivation for memorizing:
MMM Motivation
- If you haven’t already read Ann Voskamp’s MMM introduction post, please pop over. Not only does she include quotations from others that make me pause for thought, she also composes her own ideas in that poetic and contemplative tone that makes me want to slip up to a quiet place and pray, read, think, and work diligently on committing my selected passage to heart.
- This article by John Piper is entitled quite simply, “Why Memorize Scripture?” Hat tip to Angela at Drawing Nearer for providing the original link.
- Ray Fowler describes how he and his sons are working memorizing James using the “stacking method.” He says this is the same method Janet Pope describes in her book, His Word in My Heart (which I haven’t yet purchased). According to her website, Janet Pope has memorized 120 chapters of Scripture, including 14 books of the Bible.
- Ray also included a link to an article by John Place, and that was worth a quick visit. Place claims to have memorized 23,000 words of a textbook. The method seems pretty straightforward.
- Jennifer at Scraps & Snippets chose not only a passage of Scripture but also a poem to work on with her kids. Educator Andrew Pudewa inspired her to do so with this article.
- Three reasons to memorize Scripture.
And now, I shall attempt to type out John 14 from memory, with no quick brush-up peeks at my cards. I haven’t seen them for hours.
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me[oops--no comma], that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus answered, “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and [that] the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is my [should be "the"] Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or, at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me [for] anything in my name, and I will do it.
If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask my [the] Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever–the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Before long, the world will not see me anymore; [should be a comma] but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live…….[blank stare]……[have no idea what's next]….
Well, four more cards. I don’t know if I’ll get all the way through.
But I’ll keep going, yes, I will. Gimme a “J”! Gimme an “O”! Gimme an “H”! Gimme an “N”!
What’s that spell?
“JOHN!”
John 14!
Go, Ann, go!
Now have your kids or a friend do a little cheer for you, because you can do it, yes you can!
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