Journaling as part of your Quiet Time is an awesome way to go deeper with God. It can be a tool to help you experience a closer relationship with Jesus. I am challenging you to Go Deeper with God using the 30-Day Bible Reading & Writing Challenge and this mini-series that I hope and pray will wholeheartedly bless you!! Sharing about Bible journaling is one of the things I love to talk about most. I have been recording my Quiet Time journey for at least fifteen years now. I am clueless about why I never started one sooner because I have been totally hooked. I have used 3-ring binders, … [Read more...]
How to Go Deeper with God through Adversity
Why do you think God allows adversity to come into your life? You might feel devastated like Job, struggling with an impossible situation that has come into your life. God wants you to go deeper with Him instead of allowing bitterness to sneak into your heart. No one can escape adversity in this life. Adversity is something we all face to one degree or another. It doesn't matter if you are Queen Elizabeth of England or the poorest person who lives in a shack in Haiti. We all face problems. Queen Esther faced losing her only relative, Mordicai, and her Jewish people. Instead of hiding from … [Read more...]
5 Strategies to Go Deeper with God + Video
If you are like me, you have desired to go deeper with God but just don't know how. Today I am sharing 5 strategies to encourage you to go deeper with God. First things first. In order to go deeper with God, you have to have a personal relationship with God. Do you know Jesus as your personal Savior? Have you come to the place in your life where you have acknowledged that you are a sinner, totally deserving nothing better than death itself? Have you looked to the cross where Jesus Christ shed His precious blood and died for your sins and accepted Him as your personal Savior? … [Read more...]
Going Deeper with God Bible Reading & Writing Challenge
I am so excited that you might join me in Going Deeper with God in the next 30 Days with the perfectly FREE Bible Reading & Writing Challenge. Somewhere along the line, I stopped making these each month. Many things fell off-track while I was making many trips to help my parents during their last year before going to be with Jesus. It was such a blessing to spend so much time with them! Going deeper with God shouldn't be something we do only for this challenge. We should be going deeper with God every. single. day. for our entire life as a Christ-follower. This is a journey I have … [Read more...]
5 Characteristics of a Godly Mother
My first experience with my godly mother, Evelyn Bollback, was in Matsue, Japan an hour after Mother's Day. Of course, my only memories of this event were the stories that were told to me of my dramatic entry into this world. I was born at home to parents who were missionaries. I had a seven-year-old sister and ten-year-old brother. Life couldn't have been better. We each have our story of how we entered life. Where that story begins is where the blessings of our mother begin. We don't all have a godly mother but even a mother who doesn't know the Lord can have a tremendous influence … [Read more...]
Make Your Bible Journaling Facebook Posts into a Legacy
What kind of legacy do you make when you post about your Bible journaling art on Facebook? Do you share your artwork with a devotional in Facebook groups? I want to challenge you to preserve your devotional posts for the next generation. When your posts are pushed down in the newsfeed your work would be difficult to find. I want to encourage you to find a way to organize and preserve them as a legacy. These are questions that my readers have been asking and today I am sharing some tips that will help you to leave a legacy for your precious children and grandchildren. Leave a Legacy … [Read more...]
5 Verses that are Faith Builders for the Unseen
It is easier to have faith to believe a bridge will stay suspended than to have faith that the airline will not crash. Having faith in the unseen is something we often lack. Each morning I come downstairs for my Quiet Time. My laptop is in another room and my phone is often charging where I won't hear the constant notifications. I love having tea in my mug but when it's really cold during the winter, it will often be a steaming hot mocha. Somehow, reading my Bible with a mug in my hand is relaxing as I start my day. I could easily skip my time with Jesus since my list of things to … [Read more...]
Jesus Knows Everything About You! + Video
Do you ever feel alone in what you are going through like no one understands you? Jesus knows everything about you! As I continue to think about John 4 and the Samaritan woman is that Jesus met her right where she was. He didn't pass her by because she had lived a loose life of sin. He knew all that she had done and yet he loved her. The Samaritan Woman has NO Name! In Biblical times a person's name was an important part of their identity. Why then, are there so many women of the Bible whose names are not mentioned? A few whose names were left out of the Bible are Mrs. Noah, Mrs. Lot, … [Read more...]
Tutorial on Using a Cross for Bible Journaling
I am going to show you how easy it is to incorporate a cross into Bible journaling. It doesn't matter whether you are an experienced artist or new at drawing. You can do this! I am going to take a sketch pad and I'm going to demonstrate how drawing a cross can be really simple. The picture of the cross below was drawn in a sketch pad and turned into a PRINTABLE. You can DOWNLOAD it HERE then color it in and write out the verse of your choice or use it for tracing into your sketch pad or Bible. I will also be sharing some examples so you can get a better idea of how you can … [Read more...]
Why You Should Be Single-Tasking + Video
Single-tasking is the answer in a world where we have a full plate spinning out-of-control. For most of my adult life, I thought it was best to multitask and that motherhood depended on my ability to do multiple things at once. The Truth About Multi-Tasking The simple truth is that multitasking just doesn't work! It might seem like we are getting more done when we do several things at once, but the truth is that business just causes overwhelm and not productivity. All of us have trouble staying off social media. Notifications are 'dinging' constantly with a call-to-action that compels us … [Read more...]
The Blessings of Reaching Our Ruby Anniversary
Reaching our Ruby Anniversary is something that should never be taken for granted. Being married for 40 years is less common than ever and a blessing that few experience! I have known married couples who lost a spouse before they reached this landmark. Too many couples do not stay married for ten years let alone forty. Marriage is Rough! Maybe you fell head-over-heels and your marriage has been perfectly blissful. That isn't the way mine has been. I am a sinner saved by grace and more-often-than-not I was more 'sinner' than 'grace-filled.' My marriage has certainly had its … [Read more...]
How To End Your Stress with Triumph
It always seems impossible that a situation with incredible stress will ever end. Most of us can't see the triumph waiting ahead. Jesus's triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem led to His victory through His death on the cross. Through Jesus, it possible to end stress, giving us peace because He triumphed over sin! (Luke 24:2-3) Stress is Inevitable in Life If you are like me, you have many stress-points in your life. Maybe you have more in some seasons of your life than others. My biggest stress-points were while I was raising children. Each day's responsibilities were … [Read more...]
One Person in the Universe Knows You Perfectly
Continuing in the Book of John: John 4 You may have things in your past that you regret and that you may not want to tell anyone. That was the way it was for the woman at the well who met the one person in the universe that knew her perfectly! Today we are looking at John 4:1-45 where Jesus asks the Samaritan woman for water. (John 4:7) The Backdrop: Jesus was traveling with His disciples from Judea on their return trip to Galilee. Jewish and Samaritan people had hated each other for generations and would avoid interaction with each other. The normal mode of transportation in those days … [Read more...]
4 Gospels Share About Jesus’ Triumphal Entry
Jewish people thought that Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem meant that their king had come to overthrow the Romans. Instead, He came as King to die for our sins! As Resurrection Sunday approaches once again, I am taking a break from sharing about the Book of John so I can spend time preparing my heart to worship and celebrate what Jesus did for me. Each of the writers of the four Gospels approaches the life and ministry of Jesus differently. Although each book is written by the Holy Spirit, each man who penned it wove their testimony of the events from a unique perspective as an … [Read more...]
How To Choose the Best Bible for Creative Journaling Art
Since I wrote about how to choose a Bible for journaling, the choices for finding the best Bible for creative journaling art has totally exploded! There are so many choices that you could easily be overwhelmed but if you follow my suggestions it will help narrow down your search. Before Beginning Your Bible Search Searching for a new Bible is exciting and especially when you are looking for a creative journaling Bible. Before beginning your search, you might want to pray that God will help you in finding the right Bible. There are many choices and making a decision on which one is … [Read more...]