I started Bible journaling three years ago. It was back before it was this big thing. There were a handful of women sharing pictures on one facebook page. Since then it has exploded and people's reasons for Bible journaling are as diverse as the people worshiping in the margins of their Bible. Before I go any further in this 31 day journey I wanted to share my personal reasons for adding art worship into my spiritual walk.
*I believe our stories matter.
I grew up in a family of story tellers. I'm sure I have shared that on here before. My father is a forth generation pastor and my mother is a high school drama/speech/composition teacher. Story telling is my culture and my inheritance. The stories that resonate most with us are the stories that point us back to HIS stories. Bible Journaling helps me record my stories and points me back to God again and again. Every time I take to the pages of my Bible to record my story I see His thumb prints all over everything.
*It's my Ebenezer.
Over and over again in the Bible God tells His people to remember. They watch rainbows, stack stones, broke bread all to remember. They build their ebenezers and when their children asked they told them all that God had done for them. My journaling Bible has become that for me. It's where I record what God is doing and what scriptures He is using in my life. When I look back and when my daughters look at those pages I can remind myself and them and any one else exactly what God was doing at that time.
*We are created in the image of a creative God.
We are told in the very first chapters of the Bible that we are created in the Image of God. The God who created the entire universe made us in His likeness. I have to believe this means that we were created to create. This looks different for every one. Maybe for you this manifests as baking a cake, painting a picture, taking a photo, sewing a beautiful dress, creating concise spreadsheets. If I am created in the image of a creative God, then using that creativity to respond to His Word feels so very right to me.
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