As I was sketching this one out, I had the idea to take a photo every few steps into the process and post them!
I don’t know if this will be a help to anyone trying to jump into Bible Journaling, but I pray so. 🙂
I apologize that it is all very light, but I sketch lightly in pencil to make erasing more simple.
First I wrote out the words, trying to figure out a pleasing layout [on a scratch paper]
you can see I started with just the first part of the verse…
…but I realized that I really needed the whole verse….
Patience will leave me “wanting nothing”… that’s important!
Then I figured out margins… to help me stay on track and not get too close to one edge or the other.
I wanted flowers on both sides… so I needed to move everything over a little bit 🙂
Here’s my margins and word-guides drawn.
You can see some are wider than others… to accommodate the different sized letters I’d already sketched.
Then I lightly sketched the words… in this shifted over space:
If you notice the bottom 2 lines… they shift even more when I pen them, because sometimes, that happens 🙂
I like those thin petaled flowers {though I’m not sure how realistic they are}:
They are just a small circle with thin petals coming out… I turn my page as I draw them to make it more comfortable for my wrist.
and sometimes, there are mistakes that won’t get penned 🙂
Then I drew large “blades of grass”
Then I added other flowers: just long lines with circles lining it OR a swirly circle…
very simple, but has a fun look when you’re done.
on the swirly flowers I marked on the stem where I wanted it to stop when I penned over it
then I added a few flowers and “grass blades” on the other side:
and some more lines that are smaller ‘grass’
and now the banner with the reference
{I have numbered them, but they will not appear in order–I apologize}:
You should be able to click each photo and see it larger
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Just one more little detail, since the top seemed… empty:
just a swirly line, very simple
and here’s the finished pencil-sketch:
and… PENNED, with a Sharpie Pen
close up of how the last 2 lines got penned a little differently than the pencil:
because sometimes, it’s necessary
here it is… all penned, erased and ready for coloring!
[you can download and color it for yourself!]
Right Click and SAVE LINK AS and you can download to color!
and all colored: 
I would love to know if you found this helpful… and if you download and color your own! 🙂
And after you’ve colored it… you can share it on my FACEBOOK page or tag me on INSTAGRAM [@tascha @designing31]!!
EDIT to add: Here is what it looked like when I journaled in my Bible:
