Did you ever feel like you were stuck? It is very, very, easy to get stuck sometimes. It is what ya do to get out of that rut. That is what matters. My rut lately is reading my Bible. I get bored easily. However, I haven been doing some journaling lately and that has helped. I do not know how you feel about drawing in your Bible, but it has helped me stay focused on reading the material inside. It gives my mind an illustration of the story that was meant to be told.
I used to not be fond of even writing in the margins of my Bible, but in the Facebook journaling groups some ladies have drawn remarkable illustrations in their Bibles. They have inspired me to do the same in my Bible and it has helped me. I love my Bible and do not ever want to just put it down and stop reading it. It took me a while to even understand the Bible so I know how difficult it is to just sit down and read. I have also tried those audio Bibles and they have helped as well. However, there is something about illustrating a story that makes it come to life.
It is okay to underline and highlight special Scriptures that mean something to you. I think God wants us to be respectful in what we mark in our Bibles, but I believe it is okay to make it our own as well. It seems that there are so many rules in Christianity and I can see how someone would not want to go to church, let alone, read the Word of God on their own. It is important that we personalize our relationship with God in order to grow and prosper. What we do in church is okay, but it is what we do outside of church that is more important. I have heard it said many times that our lives are the only Bibles that some will ever read.
So, it is up to us to keep our journey and Christian relationships interesting. It is up to us to lead others to the Lord, after all, that is the sole reason we are here, to glorify God. If our relationship with God becomes dull and boring then that is what others will see in us. They will see that we are sad and depressed, lonely and bewildered. I understand that life is not always fair but again, it is up to us to make it happy and ineresting.
Bible Journaling has been that internal "light bulb" for me and I hope it will inspire you to want to get out your Bible and read it more each day. It will only help us if we dig in and read about the Blessings God has in store for us along the way. So my challenge to you is to do something new and be creative in your Christian life so others will see our happiness and love we have for the Lord.
I used to not be fond of even writing in the margins of my Bible, but in the Facebook journaling groups some ladies have drawn remarkable illustrations in their Bibles. They have inspired me to do the same in my Bible and it has helped me. I love my Bible and do not ever want to just put it down and stop reading it. It took me a while to even understand the Bible so I know how difficult it is to just sit down and read. I have also tried those audio Bibles and they have helped as well. However, there is something about illustrating a story that makes it come to life.
It is okay to underline and highlight special Scriptures that mean something to you. I think God wants us to be respectful in what we mark in our Bibles, but I believe it is okay to make it our own as well. It seems that there are so many rules in Christianity and I can see how someone would not want to go to church, let alone, read the Word of God on their own. It is important that we personalize our relationship with God in order to grow and prosper. What we do in church is okay, but it is what we do outside of church that is more important. I have heard it said many times that our lives are the only Bibles that some will ever read.
So, it is up to us to keep our journey and Christian relationships interesting. It is up to us to lead others to the Lord, after all, that is the sole reason we are here, to glorify God. If our relationship with God becomes dull and boring then that is what others will see in us. They will see that we are sad and depressed, lonely and bewildered. I understand that life is not always fair but again, it is up to us to make it happy and ineresting.
Bible Journaling has been that internal "light bulb" for me and I hope it will inspire you to want to get out your Bible and read it more each day. It will only help us if we dig in and read about the Blessings God has in store for us along the way. So my challenge to you is to do something new and be creative in your Christian life so others will see our happiness and love we have for the Lord.
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