Take-home slipsIsaiah 55:8-9

How to learn a verseLSV

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, || Nor your ways My ways,” || A declaration of YHWH, “For [as] high [as] the heavens have been above the earth, || So high have been My ways above your ways, || And My thoughts above your thoughts.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, || Nor your ways My ways,” || A declaration of YHWH, “For [as] high [as] the heavens have been above the earth, || So high have been My ways above your ways, || And My thoughts above your thoughts.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“For My thoughts [___] not your thoughts, || ___ your ways My ____,” || A declaration of ____, “For [as] high [___] the heavens have ____ above the earth, || ___ high have been ___ ways above your ____, || And My thoughts _____ your thoughts.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“For ___ ______ [are] ___ ____ thoughts, || ___ ____ ways ___ ____,” || A ______ ___ YHWH, “___ [___] high [___] ___ heavens ____ ____ above ___ _____, || So ____ ____ been ___ ____ above ____ ____, || And ___ ______ above ____ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“F M t [a] n y t, || N y w M w,” || A d o Y, “F [a] h [a] t h h b a t e, || S h h b M w a y w, || A M t a y t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 55:8-9

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseLSV

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, || Nor your ways My ways,” || A declaration of YHWH, “For [as] high [as] the heavens have been above the earth, || So high have been My ways above your ways, || And My thoughts above your thoughts.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, || Nor your ways My ways,” || A declaration of YHWH, “For [as] high [as] the heavens have been above the earth, || So high have been My ways above your ways, || And My thoughts above your thoughts.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“For My thoughts [___] not your thoughts, || ___ your ways My ____,” || A declaration of ____, “For [as] high [___] the heavens have ____ above the earth, || ___ high have been ___ ways above your ____, || And My thoughts _____ your thoughts.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“For ___ ______ [are] ___ ____ thoughts, || ___ ____ ways ___ ____,” || A ______ ___ YHWH, “___ [___] high [___] ___ heavens ____ ____ above ___ _____, || So ____ ____ been ___ ____ above ____ ____, || And ___ ______ above ____ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“F M t [a] n y t, || N y w M w,” || A d o Y, “F [a] h [a] t h h b a t e, || S h h b M w a y w, || A M t a y t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 55:8-9

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.