I think that at some point in time that we all feel at a standstill in our walks with Jesus. I feel like this feeling is completely normal, though.

Flashback to this past fall, and that was me. I felt stuck, so I talked to my pastor about it. The Bible was extremely intimidating to me; I never felt equipped enough to read it on my own, I guess, let alone journal about it! He suggested I read a book called Jesus Is by Judah Smith.


After talking with my pastor and reading this book, I had a confidence instilled in me that I could read the Bible. It was something that God had equipped me to do.

So now, I knew I could do it... I just wasn't sure as to exactly how I was going to do it, specifically the journaling aspect of it.

One of my good friends from church had been consistently in her Bible and journaling everyday since January 2, 2015, and so I asked her for a little bit of advice.

She told me something that completely made me rethink journaling. She told me that it's something personal and that there's really not any way to incorrectly do it.

Once she told me that, I took that and ran with it, and I have never so close to Jesus in my life than I do right now.

I figured I'd do this post, just in case, one of you is looking for some inspiration or some way of doing it.

So, here we go.

I journal 2 times a day with my Jesus music playing softly in the background.

The first being in the morning after my quiet time. This usually consists of me copying down the verses I've underlined. (I underline verses that stick out to me.) Some days I write about a verse that stuck out to me, other days I just copy down verses.

It'll usually look something like this:

(Please ignore my awful handwriting!)