I want
to share with you one thing that I started in 2015 as part of my journey of
intentional faith. Hannah and I got
Journaling Bibles for Christmas and we have thoroughly enjoyed immersing
ourselves in God’s Word in a whole new way!
I became interested in Bible Journaling a few months ago when I discovered
it on Pinterest. In the beginning it was
just another outlet for journaling my thoughts and gleanings as I was in God’s
Word; but as I saw more examples of what others are doing with their Bible
journaling I decided to get a little creative!
This is my first attempt:
By
nature I am not artistic; I love words and making thoughts, ideas and dreams
come alive through them. Drawing does
not come naturally for me, I have a hard time drawing anything past a stick
figure; but I have really enjoyed getting creative with lettering and drawing
simple images. I’m also excited about
the prospect of utilizing some of my abandoned scrapbooking paraphernalia with
it.
I
joined a Bible Journaling group on Facebook…..and oh the ideas and inspiration I
have gotten! I love sharing in these
stories and ideas and seeing how God’s Word comes alive through the process of
Bible Journaling. I have journaled along
with my daily Bible reading for years…..notebooks full of my thoughts,
feelings, what I feel that God is saying through His Word. Some days I just write those things down…..or
words that others before me have discovered through Scripture….or words to
Hymns. I just read His Word and go from
there! There are so many out there who
are much more talented than me, their drawings are amazing. But this is mine, unique and personal and
full of how God is revealing Himself to me.
This
Bible that I found was from Chistianbook.com, I know that Amazon also carries
them. I spent right under $30 for mine;
if you don’t want to invest in a new Bible, or if you feel funny about writing
and drawing over your Bible, then a lot of women have taken devotion books and
journaled in them or have gotten
creative with a notebook journal.
Hannah
and I use colored pencils and I am planning on trying my scrapbooking pens to
see if they won’t bleed through the pages.
It was a little intimidating to begin with…..I was afraid of ruining my
Bible! But I think that it’s like
anything that we do for the glory of God…..we move forward in faith and give it
to Him……and then I think that whatever we bring to Him is a sacrifice of
praise. This has been a blessing for me
and for Hannah, another way that we have to look forward to being in His Word
every day, a way to be intentional in our faith and walk with God.
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