Getting Creative with You Devotional Time

Well, now that I've pretty much recovered from Tuesday's frustrations, I feel like I can actually sit down and maybe write a semi-decent blog post. Maybe. We'll see how it goes... ;)


Lately I've been thinking about how I can change my devotional time to get more out of it. What I've got going on right now isn't bad or anything. Sit down, read the day's entry for either "Jesus Calling" or "Whispers of Hope," read the Scripture that accompanies the devotion, write a few thoughts, and pray. It's a pretty standard system that I don't think you can go wrong with, really, but I can't help but wonder if there might be something MORE I could be doing to bring my devotional time to life.

Enter, Shar and her incredible Instagram...

Y'all, I am slightly obsessed with this woman's Instagram posts. Almost every day, she posts pictures of her daily devotions and all I can say about it is that I am SO inspired by her posts. I love how she gets creative with her Bible studies and I'm really starting to think I'd like to give it a shot, myself. After all, I've definitely found that adding color and variety to anything I do helps me to stay engaged and interested more easily than if I just kept things black and white and super-streamlined.


That's why I went out and bought some supplies yesterday (I even took Shar's advice and dropped by the Dollar Tree). I bought a small journal (like... REALLY small so if it doesn't pan out, I haven't screwed up a real journal), some colorful markers, and some stickers. *Confession: I'm twenty-one and I really like stickers. Just sayin... So, I'll probably start trying some form of this either tonight or tomorrow and I'll definitely blog about how it goes.. I'm pretty excited about it. :)

If you followed the links and checked out Shar's page (where she explains her process) and Instagram (where you can see examples), I'd love to hear your thoughts on them. You already know I love it.