Journaling
Last week was a wonderful time of worship and fellowship together as we shared in the Lord’s Supper. In the space here we talked about what worship looked like in forms other than congregational music. Reading Psalms, reciting scriptures, and writing about the characteristics of God. The last part of that trio is going to be our focus this morning.
One of our often neglected tools in our spiritual tool box is journaling. If we look throughout the course of history we see that most great leader kept journals in fact of all 44 Presidents that we have had only one didn’t keep a journal. The Psalms are mostly Davidic writings and what we would consider in modern times to be his journal entries. There is something powerful about seeing your thoughts in writing.
Writing is a special form of expression and I know, personally, that as I start to write the things that I really want to pray for and the things that are buried deep within my heart begin to surface. There is a psychological and spiritual connection we make when we are writing that we cannot duplicate in any other form. It is a great way to begin to sift through the things that are in our hearts as we, in spirit and truth pursue Christ and His righteousness. The more we are honest with Jesus about what is in our hearts, the more He rids us the things that rob our joy and fills us with His peace.