Welcome to this blog!

This blog will contain a number of my journal entries based on the Gospel of Luke. These journal pages are not intended as deep theological essays but rather a simple, and personal, devotional element to accompany our study of Luke. I hope that you will begin to take time to do your own journaling and that you will find it as much of a blessing to your life as I have found it to be for me!
I will be using the SOAP journal format. For those of you who don't know what that is, let me explain. SOAP is an acronym for the four elements of our Bible journaling.

• S= Scripture. What one or two verses really stood out to you presonally from today's reading?
• O= Observation. What can you observe in these verses? What is happening? What do they mean?
• A = Application. What questions should I ask myself as a result of this reading? What should I do differently today and this week? If while journaling you are distracted by the things you need to remember to do today, make a check-box at the bottom of the page and write it down...then go back to journaling. God may simply be giving you "marching orders" for the day!
• P = Prayer. End in a prayer to the Lord in response to what He has been speaking to you through His Word.

SOAP Journaling is best when the writting does not take up more than 1-2 handwritten journal pages. However, it it totally up to you how much you write.