As promised, I’m getting this one out quickly after my last post. 
IMPORTANT! Please remember that this… Bible Journaling… is an expression of your joy and love in studying God and His Word. Comparison is a joy robber! I look at my pictures and find all the flaws… then others look at them and see the beauty in the colors and words that touched my heart.
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So, I have long enjoyed the “doodle art” that I found out is called “zentangles”and “zenspiration” and it has quite a following, though I just discovered it about 3 weeks ago. It looked complicated at first, but it’s really simple.
This is one I did while watching videos [here’s a good one to begin with] about it:
Then I did it again… in a small journal I had and decided to use for this {you can find a few differences… I do not replicate well}:
This was fairly simple as it is just lines criss-crossing over the page and then you go back and add doodling inside…. I found inspiration for the birds on Pinterest …
After I’ve completed my Bible reading, I think about a verse that stood out… or sometimes 2 or 3. I look at them again and just close my eyes and try to see what these verses mean to me. Some verses do not have a simple image… I’ve just done different fonts and maybe swirly lines or a scroll.
Often, this is accomplished before children wake up, but not always
I usually pencil mark the verse and try to just think about it during the morning. In the afternoon, I may try to do a rough sketch of word layout or find an image to study online.
Sometimes I am able to try to draw it before supper; other days I do not reach this stage until after the kids are in bed.
And what I love about this is… it gives a different way to keep a verse or passage in my mind —all day.
more soon…
another post you might enjoy by Time-Warp Wife… she talks about her supplies and offers a free printable.
