Is Jesus in the middle of the
JUNK
of our days?
That was a question that came up
over three years ago in a
Bible Class I was leading
in the parish.
What would an experiment look like that tracked
the everyday mundane
STUFF
that fills our mailbox each and every day?
Could this be a process that helps us to
learn how to discern and
SEE GOD EVERYDAY?
How do we become better
LISTENERS
to our Heavenly Father in our prayers each day?
So…. I began to see if there were words of
ENCOURAGEMENT and GRACE
that unfold in a glance
in the pages of unsolicited paper or mailing
that comes into my house every day.
A glance at words that blessed my days in the past three years…..
We used small spiral little notebooks from Staples-
they were $1.99 each when I first purchased them.
All the journals were different.
God had a unique message to be found by each person.
He is totally capable of taking unused
and wanted material and adapting it to bring HOPE.
The little journal is full.
The experiment is finished.
But, I will get another tiny book and begin
looking with Expectation AGAIN-
for words that uplift in my everyday drama.
Have any of you kept a junk mail journal?
Have any of you kept a junk mail journal?
What a great idea! Never thought of doing this, and I never came across anyone who did it either. I use to use a lot of junk mail in my collages. That's how I started with my journals, because I did not know I could draw and paint. Patsy from
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This project was done to help us learn to PAY ATTENTION and to tune our hearts for all the ways that God might speak into our day-- grace gifts--- I have been doing this for 4 years now........
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