Expect my upcoming book, “UNEDITED: My Spiritual 30 Year Handwritten Journaling Journey: Lessons I have learnt, with 90 journaling prompts for you.
In it you will find the surprising gifts that will enrich your own. I dare to mention that I am learning to respond, not react. My inquisitive juices flow and my imagination enriched. My emotions are calmer and my expectations of the future remain great. I am learning that storytelling resonates with everyone and that composition of songs is not only for the gifted but for the living. I am learning that consistency is a virtue and readiness is delight. I am learning that creativity satisfies but only if you act on it; that ideas are currency, but only if you dare trade them with worthwhile pursuits, and that prayer is the greatest ink I need for writing; the strongest link I need with heaven, the easiest pathway to success beyond this world.
I am learning! This, and much more is what writing has done or rather, is doing for me. Through writing daily, He’s teaching me. Here is the first of 90 surprising gifts that writing has given me freely.
- The trust factor, that He hears me
Yes, the Lord hears me!
Trust is a virtue, albeit not easy to cultivate, yet once harnessed, trust can be a keeper. Some things in life take a while, but it is in the while the the winds of reality beat upon us and we learn patience. It is in these quiet moments of waiting for the voice of conviction to penetrate my soul that I learn to truly listen. While meditating upon His word, I hold my pen and sit quietly to think. Sometimes I have nothing to write. Often times, words flood my mind and I must pen them down. When I share these on public platforms, souls are touched in a way I never planned. I can’t plan for that anyway. I just need to be obedient to the Planner. These words in turn, minister to my needs through the day and in many days and years to come, but often times, the feedback, the ioth (inspiration from the Holy Spirit) is exactly what I needed for the day.
In my journaling journey, I have learnt that the God I speak to, hears me, literally. I can always go back to several years and check out what He has done for me, or how I have grown in my understanding of His will, and in the unfolding of the joys of answered prayer, sometimes not in the way I expected, but in the ways that are best for me, I learn that my Father hears me. Trust is a pinnacle from which we learn how to see clearly.
I have learnt that:
Trust is like a plant. It won’t grow unless you create the right environment for it to flourish. Openness to the blight of criticism, as long as the roots are grounded, will never destroy but build until such a time as when the flowers of character bloom.Oh what joy it will be to behold the changes in behavior.
Memorize: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5
Your atomic advocate for goodly words!
Dr. BerylJoe
April 3 2024
