I have been on new adventure lately! I have joined a bible study where we doodle through scripture. Right now we are going through the book of Ephesians.
Now I must admit, I entered this adventure with much fear and trepidation, but I find that I am really enjoying it! Here is another sample of one of the pages I did where Ephesians 2:1-2 talks about how we were dead in our sins and followed the ways of this world. The look on my husband's face when he saw my name on the tombstone was priceless!
aThose who know me at all, probably think "Wow, this is right up her alley!" because I do tend to be pretty crafty, but doodling is not my spiritual gift. (for lack of a better word) If I would ask our middle son to draw a picture of a penguin fishing, he could draw it in a flash, just off the top of his head. He has always been a great doodler! But I could only give it the "old college try" if I saw a picture of it first!
However, I have found through this study that each of us has our "doodling" methods. Some use highlighters, some use stickers, it doesn't matter what you do or how you do it, just SO you do it! I even use the computer, scrapbook embellishments, and my stamps:
When I got to the passage in Ephesians 4:14, Paul tells the church, that if we attain the whole measure of the fullness of Christ, we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching. I envisioned babies blowing around on the ocean so I got out some trusty stamps and stamped them on the page and went to Pinterest and found a picture of a cloud blowing. Pinterest is a great resource for lettering, simple drawings, etc. There are even blogs and websites devoted to scripture doodling and bibles with blank sides devoted to journaling! Who knew I would be on the cutting edge of technology for once! I think I will be using this method of scripture studying for myself for some time. I find it causes me to spend time reflecting and engaging in the text I am reading. And isn't that what we should be doing with scripture?
II Timothy 2:15 says: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth." Anything that causes me to study God's word and gets me excited about it, is okay with me!
My encouragement today, is perhaps you would like to try doodling for yourself. You can do this with other women in a study or in your own quiet time. Who knows? Perhaps you will see you are a Yankee Doodler also!
Hi Becky! Remember me? I am the daughter of Warren Burns and the wife of Roger Shuman. Anyway, this post really encouraged me and I wanted to let you know. I recently saw the movie the war room a few times and me a war room in my closet at home. I have been having very intense quiet times and I just naturally started to design the words and my Bible. I had no idea that other people do this to you. Since then, I have become aware of the Bible journaling movement and as you said, it is very edifying because you spend so much time with the words that you naturally memorize them. This is such a great way to study the word!
ReplyDeleteI do remember you! Thanks for your kind words and I am glad you investigating the Bible Journaling aspect of studying scripture. I know I am really enjoying it! Our small group is going through Galatians also, so I am doodling it as well! My next plan is to take on the Psalms! That should take me some time! Thanks for taking the time to respond! All God's blessings to you and yours!
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