HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Are you all set for 2018… new calendars up, dreams and goals written down, diet started? Just kidding! It’s early days, I know. Still, it’s not too soon to start thinking about what we want the year ahead to look like.
One resolution that hits my list every year is to get more of God’s word into me in the coming 12 months. David Kitz writes about that in Chapter 22 of Psalms Alive, a chapter that delves into the “Beth” section of Psalm 119 (Psalm 119:9-11).
My Bible journaling response was to verse 11 of that chapter.
“Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against you.”
I was particularly challenged by Kitz’s drilling down into what it means to hide God’s word in our hearts:
“How do I hide God’s Word in my heart? The answers may seem obvious. Hear it. Read it. Study it. Meditate on it. Apply it to life. Commit it to memory.
…Most often understanding springs out of application, not out of hearing. I can hear a particular truth a thousand times but it isn’t really mine until I apply it to my own life. Applied truth bears fruit. It yields results” – Psalms Alive p. 200 (emphasis added).
To do my journal response I made a heart out of parchment paper, attached it, with Washi tape, to the outside edge of the page as a tip-out, then doodled on the heart and behind it some ideas of how to hide God’s word in my heart. (Other materials used: colored pencils, Pigma Micron pens)
May we spend time in 2018 hiding God’s word in our hearts—in all the ways we can!
Violet Nesdoly 
I appreciate your discussion about how we “hide God’s word in heart,” not just by hearing it by applying it to our lives. Thanks for this and your beautiful art journalling.
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Thank you, Sharon! Isn’t that always the challenge—applying what we know in our heads. All the best to you in 2018~
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