Re-Center around God
Review Your Week
Journaling is a way to review how you have been living with God – and where you’ve been living without God (consciously). Recording such thoughts allows you to revisit them readily and without misremembering at a later date. I have found that I definitely misremembered what I wrote; it's nice to be able to go back and re-read what I originally wrote.
Repent if Necessary
The suggestion is not to repent for not journaling, but rather to use this platform to aid you in opening up to God. If it helps you pour out your heart, lock up your journal so no one will read it; some even burn it.
Return (as necessary)
Certain journalers find not writing leads to spiritual dry spells. For others, journaling is a great way to break real or perceived dry spells. Music is another. Learn what helps you break such dry spells.
Micro-Meditation
Psalm 32:8-11
- I will instruct you and teach you
in the way you should go;
I will counsel you
with my loving eye on you. - Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled
by bit and bridle
or they will not come to you. - Many are the woes of the wicked,
but the LORD’s unfailing love
surrounds the one who trusts in him. - Rejoice in the LORD
and be glad, you righteous;
sing, all you who are upright in heart!
Teaching or Command of God:
Psalm 118:8-9
- It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in humans. - It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes
Romans 4:5
To the one who does not work but trusts God, who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
Pondering Point
We all have woes in life, whether you are defined as “wicked” or not. But in our woes, the followers of Jesus are surrounded by God’s unfailing love.