How To: Saturate Your Day With the Word of God

• Get dishes with scripture painted on them (or make some yourself with glass dishes and special paint that adheres to the dishes when placed in the oven). I was thrilled to find coffee cups with scripture on them to give as gifts at Christmas time. They were well received. What a practical, simple way to start the day off right!

• When I was in high school we visited my Aunt and Uncle in Colorado and I learned that my Aunt gets her quiet time in while she is getting ready for work. She told me that she figured out that she remembered the scripture so much better if she heard it rather than reading it – so she bought "Books on tape" of scripture being read out loud and would listen to them while applying makeup and getting dressed each morning.

• My mother in law keeps scripture out all day in the form of an inspirational flip calendar. She keeps it in the bathroom where everyone will see the verse or passage. On occasion, she will ask if you read the verse. (Yes! Yes I have!)

• I love to listen to worship music throughout the day as I do my work. I feel that my life is characterized by re-work - - chores that must be done over and over again ad nauseum. I have found that it is hard to feel sorry for oneself, or even to get bogged down in the tedium of it all when you are feeling inspired by wonderful worshipful music. Get passages of scripture set to music, hymns, or modern worship music. My favorites include Micheal Card and  the Brooklyn Tabernacle choir for good doctrinally-sound, worshipful music. Exercise is not even terrible with Hymns in the House!

• For as long as I can remember, my mom has had 3x5 cards with scripture hand-written on them taped above the kitchen sink. What better way to absorb it than when you are chained to the kitchen sink? I had a conversation with her years ago after she read,

"These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates. When the LORD your God brings you into... a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant--then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the LORD..." from Deuteronomy 6:6-13

• My next door neighbor was in a Bible study and read that same passage of scripture. She took it literally and painted scripture on her walls! Of course, she is a professional artist so it was lovely. I don't know that I could do so well, so I was excited to discover Quote the Walls where you can find wall decals like these.

• If you have a large family like I do, you may find that your husband or children (or you!) disappear into the bathroom for a few moments (or an hour) of peace and quiet. What better way to sneak in some Bible time? It beats reading the labels on the shampoo bottles! Stock the bathroom with paperback devotionals, an inexpensive Bible, even Christian magazines.