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Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Bible Journaling

huskerbb · Guru

People have always underlined or highlighted passages. Put notes in them.

A bible used is way better than one not.

I have a Bible that was owned by an old woman who was a neighbor of my dad and his parents when dad was growing up. She died back in the 70's.

It is chock full of her handwritten notes. The last 10 years or so of her life, all she did was read the Bible cover to cover. She would read it from Genesis to Revelations--and then start over.

One of her last notes reads "43rd time through the Bible"--and then it gives a date in 1977.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

huskerbb wrote:
People have always underlined or highlighted passages. Put notes in them.

A bible used is way better than one not.

I have a Bible that was owned by an old woman who was a neighbor of my dad and his parents when dad was growing up. She died back in the 70's.

It is chock full of her handwritten notes. The last 10 years or so of her life, all she did was read the Bible cover to cover. She would read it from Genesis to Revelations--and then start over.

One of her last notes reads "43rd time through the Bible"--and then it gives a date in 1977.

Well, yes - notes. But this is basically turning it into a coloring book.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I have never seen that. I know that adults are coloring now. I did hear about that. And, i know people that write in their Bibles, highlight and underline. I personally dont' consider that to be descration to underline, highlight or make notes about a passage.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I have never seen that. I know that adults are coloring now. I did hear about that. And, i know people that write in their Bibles, highlight and underline. I personally dont' consider that to be descration to underline, highlight or make notes about a passage.

Nor do I. But this seems different. I think it's the adding to that bothers me, like the Bible itself isn't enough.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

It seems like people don't want to grow up anymore. We always have to be entertained.

huskerbb · Guru

Your personal notes would be "adding" to it. What difference does it make what color they are?

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Well, a lot of Bibles have parrallel commentary and places to make notes, etc.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I don't know, I get what you are both saying, but this seems different.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Ok - like this one is OVER God's word. That seems wrong.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

It's pretty weird, i agree.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Caitlyn has one. All the young adults have one.

For them, they use it as another study tool.

The message on the page can be different for each person.

But drawing what it means to them individually, and then sharing, they are seeing other aspects and ways of seeing the passage.

I think they are beautiful.

NAOW · Vette's SS

I don't like it.

Coloring over the whole page? I mean they could read their Bible if they are needing something to do. Or color in an actual coloring book. Combining the two is strange.

Tangerine · Guru

I think they are just cashing in on the adult coloring book fad.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

It reminds me of when the monks copied the bible by hand and made them look like works of art. Doesn't seem much different to me.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Underlining or highlighting in color doesn't bother me. Even writing notes along the sides doesn't bother me. Some Bibles even leave lines for writing notes. That doesn't bother me. The coloring seems a bit sacrilegious to me though. Especially when it's over the Bible verses. I don't see any reason to draw in the Bible unless maybe you're taking notes on a sermon where they have drawn a diagram or something.

WYSIWYG · Guru

I agree with underlining and highlighting. I even agree with writing notes to help better understand a passage or chapter. I don't agree with the artwork drawn over the text. I'm with Lawyerlady, that I think it's sacrilegious.

WYSIWYG · Guru

Ok - like this one is OVER God's word. That seems wrong.
- Lawyerlady

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I could be wrong, but that actually looks like some sort of clear separator page that was drawn on. Notice how it's the first page of Genesis but it isn't actually titled by the printer?

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Also, the tabs at the top. I don't understand the whole thing tagging with words. I guess those are tagged passages that deal with things like trust and so on? I know a lot of people who put the chapters on tab. I have no problem with that. The other doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Mellow Momma wrote:
It reminds me of when the monks copied the bible by hand and made them look like works of art. Doesn't seem much different to me.

Yes, those WERE works of art & done with great love.

I guess, just like most things, it depends on the reason for doing it. If it helps the person understand the Bible by bringing parts to life visually, that seems respectful.

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

The Bible inspires me and I highlight or underline things that have special meaning to me. If coloring in their Bible inspires them then I'm all for it.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

As long as people are opening their Bible then isnt that a good thing?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

The Bible is a book.

Yes. It is the word of God.

But it is still just a book.

It isn't the pages or binding that matter.

It's the words, lessons and commandments in the passages that are important.

At Christmas, there were those who said my tiny nativity scene in the bathroom was wrong.

Are the verses on shirts sacrilegious? What about coffee mugs, planks of wood, car windows?

If embellishments that help a person in their walk with God are sacrilegious, then any use of God's word outside of the Bible is too.

Actually, when someone is meditating on the passage that has inspired a drawing or any creative endeavor in those Bibles, it's called worship.

It's a form of worship.

And that is ALWAYS a wonderful thing.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I think of my Bible as "working Bible". In other words if i want to scribble notes to myself or highlight, etc, then that is for the benefit of me learning God's word. I do think we have cheapened the Sacred so I understand LL's point. I really don't like plastic Nativity scences at Christmas mixed in with Santa Claus. They look cheap and it just seems too causal and disrespectful. And, the whole Christians gotta have a fish bumpersticker thing and wear their WWJD bands and tshirts, I dunno. Just seems like a lot marketing. We should keep some things Holy and that is one thing that the modern Protestant and evangelical churches have lost. The Catholic Church still values reverence and holiness and awe and i find their services to be much more revereant versus the Rock n Roll churches of the protestant/evangelicals and everyone in blue jeans. Not saying that the casual worship is wrong. It's just a different approach and that's OK, but we seem to always go too far in one direction or the other.

Lindley · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
The Bible is a book.

Yes. It is the word of God.

But it is still just a book.

It isn't the pages or binding that matter.

It's the words, lessons and commandments in the passages that are important.

At Christmas, there were those who said my tiny nativity scene in the bathroom was wrong.

Are the verses on shirts sacrilegious? What about coffee mugs, planks of wood, car windows?

If embellishments that help a person in their walk with God are sacrilegious, then any use of God's word outside of the Bible is too.

Actually, when someone is meditating on the passage that has inspired a drawing or any creative endeavor in those Bibles, it's called worship.

It's a form of worship.

And that is ALWAYS a wonderful thing.

Beautifully said. Worship comes from the heart and someone who is artistic is using their gift as a form of Worship to the Creator who gave them their gift. I would find it disrespectful if they were doodling silly stupid stick people or anything not related to their worship or God I would find that wrong. The ones I seen on this post is beautiful and creative. They are using their gift to worship God. If you have the gift of music people use that to worship God. People with the gift of words uses that to Worship God. Why not art.?

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

I don't have a problem with Bible Journaling. They are opening the book, reading and learning. Spiritual growth is what counts.