More Memories To Come

I should call this post, “New Chapter,” but that wouldn’t really give this post the justice that my meaning behind it actually needs. Just last night, I finished this journal that you see in the picture above. I cannot explain the feeling I have of finishing my second, consistent journal. Wow, I am kind of excited just for a couple years to past so that I can go back and read all of what I wrote.

That’s just the thing though, when I’m journaling, I’m not just talking about what I did that day, or how I’m feeling about the relationships I have… I talk about the lessons I learn, where I see God in each of my situations and how I can pray for what I’m going through. Often times, my journal entries are prayers, themselves.

Before this journal, I would write when a big event happened or about something particularly special to me. However, with this journal above, I wrote daily. Daily. It wasn’t easy at first because I had to learn to discipline myself to do it, but after about a month, it became so natural.

Through all of my journaling, I’ve grown closer to God. Not just when I’m writing the prayers…that’s the exciting part. This is because God is present in each and every moment of our lives. From the time we wake up to the time we go to sleep at night, God is there…even when we don’t notice it. We often times think that God is only there when we pray to Him, that’s wrong. Journaling for me though, has been a wonderful devotional time, where I feel connected to God and right at His feet. Why not write? …you know what I mean?

If you are reading this blog and you sometimes struggle with prayer or with connecting to God, try journaling. It might help, and if not, I know it will at least help you feel better.

Well, just because this journal is now filled cover to cover, it doesn’t mean it’s over. I am SOOO excited to begin my new, fresh, blank (about to be filled), journal!!! It is just waiting for me to write in. haha. Journals are more than books with words on a page; they are sentimental, and valuable treasures filled and filled with memories. I love journaling and will continue to do it for as long as I am physically able to write.

Today, I begin a new journal. One where I am going to write a bit different from the past journals. I believe with this journal, I’m not going to refrain myself to only being able to write one page per day and then having to cram everything I want to write. Instead, I’m going to use this journal to free write. I’m going to write as much as I want and stop when I have nothing left to say. I’m going to take this journal with me everywhere I go. This journal will be wonderful; filled with stories, filled with prayers, filled with memories, filled with me.

Hey, thanks for listening

Blessings to you…remember your blessings forever by journaling!