Blog Post 1: May 21, 2016

"How to Journal Your Bible Scriptures"

Well this is my first blog post that isn't a devotion, or a welcome. Before I get into my Bible Journaling, let me tell you what I have planned for the rest of my posts. These style of posts I am planning on doing at least once a week, or possibly more. Unlike my devotions, I don't really have a certain day of the week planned for when these are coming out. Most of them will probably be posted on Saturday, but there is a chance they could come out sooner or later. So now that, that is settled lets get into this post.

What is Bible Journaling? Bible Journaling is the process of finding scriptures and quotes you may like and turning it into an art form. Your Buble Journaling page could be filled with more verses, more pictures, or an equal amount of both. Its all up to you and you can do whatever you want.

Bible Journaling is one of my favorite things because it's fun to do and it really helps me process whatever I'm reading. Along with helping me understand the scripture, it challenges me to be more creative and think about the scripture in a different way than before. When I journal I use a plain composition book, but I use the graph ruled kind because I like the lines when I draw. Feel free to journal in whatever journal or notebook you want. I use to journal in a Moleskine and I loved that just as much.

Here is the exact notebook I use and like I said I use graph ruled paper.

Usually when I journal I get an image in my head I want to create. Then I usually use a pencil so I can erase, and sometimes I go back over it in pen. I also like to color in my drawings so I use a bunch of highlighters, markers, sharpies, or anything else I can find in my desk drawer. To help you begin bible journaling here are some tips.

Tip Number One: Music! Christian Music totally helps me get in the zone while journaling and the lyrics help give me ideas on what to draw next. Some of my favorite Christians songs are Oceans by Hillsong, Lead me to the Cross by Hillsong, Forever by Kari Jobe,

Tip Number Two: Get Inspiration! There's no shame in looking up some ideas on Pinterest, this is all for your enjoyment, so feel free to do whatever you want with it.

Tip Number Three: Take your time! No need to rush, there is no set time limit. Again this is for your own enjoyment take as long or as short as you need.

Tip Number Four: Read some scripture before! I read some of my favorite bible verses to get ideas in what I wanted to do beforehand. You can also look at some of my devotions and pick out some verses you like.

I think you are ready to begin, here is one I made for this post.

As you can see I kind of picked a theme for this page.

I had a super fun time Bible Journaling for this post. If this Journal page was something you liked, feel free to comment down below and maybe I can do a post showing some more of my Bible Journaling pages. That reminds me, also comment down below some ideas you have for some future posts you want me to do. You never know I might just pick it! If you do make a Bible Journaling page post it on Instagram I would love to see it! Just use the #LLY&GPInsta