Chapter 14: How to Get Started

Now that you have the tools to start, how do you move forward.  Let’s review the steps: 

Step One:              Research the Relationships

Step Two:              See the Movie

Step Three:              Tell the Story

Step Four:              Adding the Words

Step Five:              Getting it Out

The first thing you need to do is choose a Scripture passage to memorize.  A gospel story is perhaps one of the easiest places to begin.   Starting with a gospel story is a good place to begin.

Secondly create a working document.  When you are memorizing large portions of Scripture, it is helpful to put it into a word processing document, double-space and remove the chapter and verses.  The reason is that originally chapters and verses were added hundreds of years later.  This has been helpful for research purposes but it can distract from the story.  Sometimes we don’t realize that stories are connected to each other as they are broken up by a chapter marker.

Third is to work the process.  The first two steps, especially in our eagerness to memorize are the ones we like to go through quickly.  But if we slow down and do these well, the other pieces will come together much more quickly and with much more longevity. 

You have the tools in your hand  to get going.  But before you go on any journey, it’s important to have some words of wisdom.