We love sharing stories and supporting our brothers and sisters in Christ. This post was submitted by one of our Facebook Group friends. We hope you find this Bible journaling story encouraging and inspiring. If you’d like to share your story, click here. 

Meet Juliana Heintz Pace! Juliana is a member of our Facebook group and has a wonderful story as well as a blog!

How did you discover Bible Journaling?

I was handicapped in 2001 and I was drawn to creating art by God as a way to fill my time and commune with Him. I believe that I was led into it by God through my own Inspirational Art and then through other Christian artists who did Bible Journaling who were shared with me.

How has Bible journaling changed you, your life, or your walk with God?
OH MY, it has improved my entire outlook on life and what it is actually meant to be. My focus has changed. I have Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and the art slows me down enough to hear from God and to meditate on Him and His Word.

What is your favorite technique?
I love it all but I would have to say that using gesso and layering from there brings to mind the whole mixed-media process done elsewhere in mixed-media art. Yet after a session working with my Bible, I am more drawn to His Word, reflecting for much of my day after.

What is one recommendation you have for others who are getting into Bible journaling?
Pray and jump in. God has not given us a spirit of fear, go for it! God is the Ultimate Creator, who better for a teacher?

What else would you like to share:
James 4:8 “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” If you start praying and Bible Journaling, this will happen!

What’s your favorite verse of the Bible and why?
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Because I had no peace until I found Him.

To learn more about Juliana’s story, visit her blog!

We love sharing stories and supporting our brothers and sisters in Christ. This post was submitted by one of our Facebook Group friends. We hope you find this Bible journaling story encouraging and inspiring. If you’d like to share your story, click here. 

Meet Sharon Shoemaker! Sharon is a member of our Facebook group and writes beautiful poetry!

How did you discover Bible Journaling?

I stumbled onto this on another Journaling Facebook page.

How has Bible journaling changed you, your life, or your walk with God?
It relaxes me. I love to meditate on the Word as I journal.

What is your favorite technique?
Underlining a scripture, writing it out on the blank page facing the scripture, then add stickers to make it beautiful.

What is one recommendation you have for others who are getting into Bible journaling?
You don’t have to be an artist, just enjoy! If it helps you to worship God, then do it.

What else would you like to share:
This is for you and your relationship with God. It is not for anything else.

What’s your favorite verse of the Bible and why?
Zephaniah 3: 17 The Lord your God is with you, the
Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

To learn more about Sharon’s poetry, visit her blog!

We love sharing stories and supporting our brothers and sisters in Christ. This post was submitted by one of our Facebook Group friends. We hope you find this Bible journaling story encouraging and inspiring. If you’d like to share your story, click here. 

Meet Georgia Peach (a.k.a. Teresa Burgoyne)! Georgia is an active member of our Facebook group and such an encouragement and inspiration to others.

How did you discover Bible Journaling?

My dear friend, Cyndi told me about it and added me to the Bible Journaling for Beginners group. I am so grateful to her for opening up a new avenue of reading God’s Word.

How has Bible journaling changed you, your life, or your walk with God?
Where do I begin… I’ve been a Christian for almost 50 years. I’ve read the Bible all the way through a few times. I had book knowledge and certain verses and parts would touch my heart but it got to where I was just lukewarm about reading or studying the Bible anymore.

Journaling changed all that.

I’m a visual person. I love arts and crafts of all kinds. By putting the two together, I am actually studying the Word and enjoying it! My spirit is so much more peaceful. I’m actually excited about picking a passage to study. I’m also retaining the info. (Just don’t ask me to memorize. I still stink at that!)

My husband listens to me tell him all about the Biblical Women passages, helps me decide if an idea I have is good, helps me decide on graphics if I can’t decide which one I like best, etc. But I think the best part of all of it is that I feel closer to the Lord. I can hear Him in my heart again and that is beyond thrilling for me. I can’t seem to stop smiling, even when I get irritated, it doesn’t last. You just can’t stay irritated when you’re smiling.
What’s your favorite Bible journaling technique?
I think I love the scrapbook type of journaling. I love to take a graphic and change it to fit my needs. That may be the clothes, maybe an arm in a different position or even meshing two graphics together to make one. I even keep a scrapbook journal for the studies I do that won’t fit in my Bible.

What is one recommendation you have for others who are getting into Bible journaling?
I would have to say that you should never compare your work to the work of someone else. Find a technique you like and make it your own. That way you can’t compare your work because your work is now unique and in a category all by itself.

What else would you like to share:
I think journaling appeals to me in some ways because I have so many health issues that knock me down and keep me in bed. I can journal in bed and it takes my mind off of the pain and puts it on the Lord. I can feel peace wash over me and it will actually ease the pain.

What’s your favorite verse of the Bible and why?
For a long while now I have been leaning on Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – as my favorite Old testament verse. For a New Testament verse, it would be Philippians 4:13 – I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. You’ll notice that these two verses are just filled with hope. But they also fill me with the courage I need to persevere on my bad days And last both let me know that the Lord is in charge of my life, He’s got a plan for me and I really can do anything because He will give me the strength to overcome any obstacle I encounter.

We love sharing stories and supporting our brothers and sisters in Christ. This post was submitted by one of our Facebook Group friends. We hope you find this Bible journaling story encouraging and inspiring. If you’d like to share your story, click here. 

Meet Amanda Hargrove! Amanda hosts a swapping bible journaling group where members swap things like washi tape, paperclips and  Bible journaling supplies. Scroll down to the bottom of this post for details on how you can join!

How did you discover Bible Journaling?

Through Instagram posts

How has Bible journaling changed you, your life, or your walk with God?
I have grown closer to the Lord by wanting to spend time in His word by wanting to be creative with His words. I find myself somewhat of a creative person, and if I can spend time in the word using that creativity and even grow closer to Him by memorizing scripture and writing out scripture as well, then I don’t think I’d rather spend my crafting time doing anything else.

What’s your favorite Bible journaling technique?
I’m still very new to the whole process, but I am enjoying watercolors and clear stamps. I’m sure that might change down the road.

What is one recommendation you have for others who are getting into Bible journaling?
Be patient, but don’t be afraid to jump right in. Do some research, ask questions, join Facebook groups and watch YouTube. There are so many resources out there for you to learn and not be afraid to start.

What else would you like to share:
I am a happily married mom of two. My son has special needs of Down Syndrome and Autism. My daughter also has Tourette’s. My children are my joy. My husband is my rock. The Lord is my everything, and I couldn’t live this life without His strength and Him loving me unconditionally and all my mess ups. I fail Him every day, but He loves me anyway.

I have been truly blessed by what Tracie has done with the Bible Journaling Ministries group. I’ve learned so much from her and what she’s shared along the way. Her techniques are amazing, and I thank the Lord for sending her to us.

I’ve started what I guess you could call a ministry on Facebook with a group of ladies where we host a monthly swap of Bible Journaling supplies/goodies to help each other increase our inventory and just lift each other up along this journey. My main goal was just to get woman together and share items, get to know each other and pray for one another. That’s the most important part of it all. If we aren’t bonded together by prayer, then what good are we to one another as Christians. I love the sweet ladies in our group and hope to grow in time. To join Amanda’s Bible journaling group: click here.

What’s your favorite verse of the Bible and why?
Philippians 4:13 Without Christ’s strength, I am nothing.
Psalm 143:8 It’s just such an uplifting verse and reminder of his unfailing love and that we’ve put our trust in him.

We love shared story opportunities that support our brothers and sisters in Christ. This shared story post was submitted by one of our Facebook Group friends. We hope you find this Bible journaling story encouraging and inspiring. If you’d like to be featured as a shared story, click here. Here is Sara’s Bible journaling story. 

Meet Sara Lindenhols! Sara hosts a Dutch bible journaling group. On May 1st she is hosting a challenge fit for those new to journaling and fit for those who can’t draw. The group has put a lot of effort in translating the challenge to English. Scroll down to learn how you can join.

How did you discover Bible Journaling?
Scrolling on Facebook

How has Bible journaling changed you, your life, or your walk with God?
Because of a major burn-out I almost lost my faith. For years I couldn’t go to church or read my Bible, but one day I just started to draw in my Bible. Someone told me it was called Bible Journaling and that there was this whole community online… the virus got me. Journaling restored my faith, got rid of the depression that almost took my life and even gave me a new purpose. I now am the moderator of a Dutch journaling group on FB. And as of May 1st, we now host a brand new, exciting Bible Journaling Challenge (written in Dutch and English!)

What’s your favorite Bible Journaling technique?
I prefer to draw with my pastel pencils or just colored pencils. But I do try everything: Gelatos, watercolor (still scary to work with water in my bible!), paint, cut outs… but mostly just my pastel pencils.

What is one recommendation you have for others who are getting into Bible Journaling?
Don’t try to be a Van Gogh! And never compare yourself or your art with others!!

What else would you like to share:
May 1st we start the #31daysofbiblicalwomen challenge. Did you ever hear from Puah? Bat-Melech? Or Eshet-Chayil? Well, the Bible teaches us so much through these ladies’ shared story! We will dig into this! The devotionals will be easy to read and understand. And with every devotional we hand an idea to journal it.

We offer free drawings to trace or color, free printables, easy tutorials and a whole lot of fun, but most important: we don’t care how artistically we all are (or are not) we just want to worship God together through this challenge and through journaling together and hope you will join!

You can join by following my blog www.saralindenhols.wordpress.com or follow me on instagram (@saralindenhols)

What’s your favorite verse of the Bible and why?
1 Peter 2:9-10 because it tells me I am a royal, I am chosen!