The Gospel of Mark and the Art of Sally Beck

 I have been reading the Gospel of Mark. 

I am always drawn to the images of artist Sally Beck.

 I decided at the first of the year that I would 

begin a journey in the Gospels 

and use the images that she has created that are on the 

Visual Faith Ministry website.

www.visualfaithmin.org

Every so often I sat and used colored pencils, watercolors, 

paper, and washi tape to slow down, 

pay attention and pray a verse of Scripture.

 The images are gathered in an 8 1/2 by 11 journal.

Last week as I was finishing up the first chapter of Mark,

 I realized that there was a pattern of sitting down

 to do this on the 21st of the month.

I didn't color the verses in order, 

it was where I was drawn with Holy Spirit nudges.

But, I do like the part of this being a practice

 for the 21st of the month.

You can see it took me 4 months to do Chapter ONE.

But, this time and reflection process

 does not have a time line.

I wait to see what the Holy Spirit

 does with this in my devotional life.

It really is a beautiful thing 

to not be in charge of the journey.

 I will keep you posted along the way.