Before every class of Teakwondo, we recite the ten student commitments.
Therefore, at testing time, some of the children were asked to repeat them.
What I found interesting was how many of the children would say the first few words of the commitment, kinda mumble through the next few, and then have the last few words correct.
"Practice Teakwondo... mumble mumble mumble, and others."
It appears they had memorized the sounds of the words, not the meaning. The sounds had become so ingrained that the meaning was not as important.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 (NIV)
We can say it easily... every word.
Do we truly understand the meaning? How much he loved, and the value of what he gave?
