Memorizing Bible verses was always a hard goal to attain for me. I was bored with the endless copying verses, and reciting. But that changed 23 years ago.
In 1996 my daughter Lydia was born. She had a hard time nursing so for two months she was always crying, possibly from hunger. I spent endless hours day and night trying to comfort her. I sang lullabies, but those quickly got old. Then I started making up my own melodies and rhythms. Some of them sounded pretty good to my ears.
One day I had the idea of trying to fit a Bible verse in the melodies so I could sing it. Since I live in Brazil, I used my Almeida Revista and Atualizada Bible in Portuguese. The first one I did was 1 Thessalonians 5:18: "In everything give thanks."
Since then I have made melodies for hundreds of Bible passages. It's like a musical puzzle to me; something to do while I am driving. I have taught several to people, who also sing the Word of God.
Making Bible music is my pastime. "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord" Psalm 98:4
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