Reviewing Lessons

As I've been rereading the Book of Mormon to keep my daily streak going, I've been taking time to linger on some verses, rereading the same verses every day for a few days, letting the message sink in.

I think that may be part of the purpose of the new Come, Follow Me curriculum. Each week, we study the same few chapters of the New Testament for the whole week, going over (and over) stories, miracles, and teachings that we've all heard several times by now.

Still, I think there is value in reviewing the same lessons repeatedly. As our lives change, so does our perspective. When we reread familiar passages, we sometimes pick up on insights we had previously missed and sometimes gain new insights about the same lessons.

But even when we don't learn anything new from reviewing the same old verses, it still might be worth reviewing them, to let the same old messages sink in a little deeper. As young as we are (from an eternal perspective), we could stand to review the basics several times -- as many times as we need to learn them by heart and internalize them. I'm not sure any of us will live long enough or learn fast enough to reach the point where we don't need to review the first principles of the Gospel anymore, not in one lifetime anyway.

And if we could spend a lifetime learning about faith and repentance and still not master them, I'd say that any given verse in the Book of Mormon is worth at least a few days of review.