In yesterday’s post, I shared two approaches to scripture reading–formational and informational reading. To insure a healthy blend of each consider journaling. I have used the following journal model for many years now and it has yielded a constant forward momentum in my discipleship journey. A sample journal based upon the model following that is in bold and italics may look like this—
Date: 6/2/08 Passage: Mark 12:1-12
First Obervation/keywords: vinyard, Son. God goes to any length to care for us, but we don’t accept it easily.
Main Idea/meaning: Jesus was explaining to the multitude how great God’s love is and how they have rejected it time and time again. Jesus’ death is foreshadowed.
This passage make me feel: a need to examine my own life to make