Jeremiah 30:2

“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.”

Time spent alone with God can produce inner feelings and insights for you. Sitting with God and engaging in conversation as this happens can be very helpful on your spiritual journey. Going one step further and writing it down gives us another way to connect with God while we pray. Keeping a journal can be scary and intimidating but also a beautiful way for you to see where God is leading you in prayer.

Here’s an example of how journaling in prayer gave me a “wow” moment. I think I mentioned before that while I was recovering from shoulder surgery I had my dominant arm in a sling. This made it difficult for me to write down everything I wanted to share with God in my journal. One morning God put it on my heart to write down one important sentence on the page and then when I was able to write again I would go back, reflect and journal.

Well! Let me tell you that God must have known exactly what I was going to be feeling and all that I wanted to say. About a week ago, I flipped back to those pages, and as I reflect on what was written nearly 4 months ago, I am able to finish that one sentence seamlessly as it relates to my present moments with God. I sat in wonderment looking at two pages side by side realizing that I had journaled the same passage and felt the same about it, even though the first entry was in October.

I thought to myself, “well there was no growth there because nothing with that passage has changed internally in me”. God knew differently, and eventually so did I. The Holy Spirit whispered to my heart that this area of my life needs some work. I looked again at the two pages side by side and and knew this was something God wants me to focus on.

The subject is “self forgiveness” and it stems from a broken relationship. I have been in prayer about this for several days now and I have come to realize that I am keeping myself jailed, not physically, but emotionally and spiritually.

The fruit from my journaling and reflection on both past and present journal entries has given me a task…to surrender these feelings…forgive myself…and allow God to do the rest.

I have shared these personal feelings and insights with you because
I promised Jesus I would follow Him and make fishers of men.
I promised I would listen to Gods call even when it means being vulnerable.
I promised you all that I would stay true to you and keep it real!

So, after all that… I have one question…did you journal today?
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