Rewrite Your Script: Change your Perspective and Focus
When you write something down on paper, it now becomes real in time and space. You have a springboard on which to go forth. Journaling does not have to show up as only putting your problems down on paper.
Put your prayer requests down on paper as well.
Make a practice of putting your prayer requests down in your journal.
Put that journal aside for awhile and revisit later. See just how many prayers God has answered, but it is important to take note of how God may have delivered your prayers in a different way.
For example, if you asked for the provision of a husband but God guided you toward healing and you found a new job which pays more, which offers you flexibility, which eliminates financial dependence on another human being, which empowers you – and last but never least – reminds you God is your Father and your husband. For example, you can revisit your journal and see just how God has provided for you – even if it shows up differently!
Keeping a gratitude journal – Stop Focusing on What Isn’t because You Will Miss Out on What Already Is
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Put down on paper the many blessings God has already bestowed on you, but importantly, please feel truly and authentically into those blessings.
It is very important while you are journaling to feel the emotions of:
- joy,
- peace,
- safety,
- satisfaction,
- fulfillment
If you can feel those emotions in your mind’s eye (imagination) and in your body and heart, combined with the written word, you have the secret to a joy-full life!
Don’t forget to check out some of my journals – including my award-winner here: