1/7/2023 0 Comments Online bible journal![]() If all you have is a Bible, a cheap spiral, some pens, and highlighters–start! You have everything you need. Just like the art production is not the most important aspect of Bible journaling, neither is the particular plan or even Bible translation. But please find a Bible and plan that does work for you if these don’t. These are the resources I determined would help me make daily Bible reading and journaling a priority. If this plan is not for you, that’s ok… but find one that is…said in my best oldest sister voice. ![]() ![]() I have posted a One Year Bible Reading Plan I will be using in my Bible this year. On this page you will find a collection of posts that chronicle my time spent reading my journaling Bible. On the other hand, if these posts discourage you, please stop reading them, they are not meant for you. And if seeing my time spent using my journaling Bible encourages you, thanks be to God. But these will just be examples of what can be done…not what should be done. ![]() I will share my personal experience and examples to encourage you or even make you feel pretty good about your own. You have to do that and that comes through keeping a right perspective about what you are doing. I may be able to share tips and tricks as I learn more about the physical act of Bible journaling but I can’t make you better friends with God. A friendship and love that is so great it overflows into all areas of our life–from how we treat our family and friends, to strangers and even ourselves. And that end is closer friendship with God. Our art, this spiritual discipline, should solely be a means to an end. Sitting down with the Word of God is never going to be a waste of time and not all art that comes from time spent with the Word of God is produced on paper. God doesn’t care if we spend one hour in creative Bible journaling every day of the year if we don’t have time for one of the least of His children. God doesn’t care if we have a beautiful journaling Bible one we spent hours of time and more money than we’d like to admit…if we have an ugly heart. You see, I think Bible journaling is not so much about the finished product as it is the process. *AugUpdate: I’ve written a book, Bible Journaling Tips, Inspiration and Permission, to encourage and inspire you in your Bible journaling! You will find a collection of posts here sharing ideas, tips, and examples. Whether or not I translate that time with God into my daily life does. Whether or not I can translate my idea to paper does not matter. What matters is the time I spent in the Word of God. It does not matter one bit how creative I am and how well that translates to paper. Here’s what I’ve learned the past year, it’s not the finished product but the by-product. Some days my Bible journaling may look more like a collection of verses strung together rather than an artistic interpretation of the verse read…that’s ok with me. I prefer word painting to mixed media and weaving sentences to sketching. I am not overly artistic (see my Bible Journaling Tips for the Hesitant for proof). Accept that before you even crack open your Bible or journal it will save you lots of frustration! Let me state another obvious, I am a total and complete beginner to Bible journaling. The Bible journaling you see on Pinterest, is going to look different than yours. Let me state the obvious, my Bible journaling that I share here on The Littlest Way is going to look differently than yours.
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