We are only three weeks into our 2018 Scripture Writing plan, and already journeying through the Word with all of you has been such a blessing! It’s such a joy for me to see all the uses of the hashtag #homeandhearthscripturewriting all across FB and IG and to read all of your testimonies of how the Lord has been encouraging you through the passages we have been writing out together. It makes me extra excited that we will soon be transitioning into a new month and a new topic to study!
So, without further ado, here is our plan for February!
I chose “The Love of God” to be our theme for February because of how this month is viewed as the month of love, what with it being the month in which we celebrate Valentine’s Day. While many of us may enjoy Valentine’s Day, it is not a joyous day for all of us. For some women, it serves as just another reminder that they are not in a relationship or married as they long to be. For others, it is a painful reminder of the loveless marriage they find themselves in. Either way, whatever your story may or may not consist of, each of us needs to be reminded of the unchanging, unfailing, amazing love of God – love which He generously and tenderly pours out on each one of us individually as His daughters. Whether you battle chronic loneliness or are in a dream of a marriage with the man whom you view to be the best guy on the planet, each of us is changed when we remember the perfect love of God that is always ours. So, it is my hope that by the end of February, you will come away transformed, that your heart will be encouraged, that you will hold your head a little higher knowing just how loved you are by the God of the universe.Â
Each day’s passage will take no more than about 5 minutes to write out, thereby making the plan easily accessible for even the busiest of women to follow. And, though it won’t at all be time-intensive, our Scripture-writing will aid us well in our desire to get into the Word of God, actually ponder and meditate on it, and study it for ourselves. Studies show that when we stop and actually write out something as opposed to simply reading (or typing it!), we retain far more of the material we are going over. So, I’m excited to see how this Scripture writing plan will equip us to better study and even memorize the Word of God.
How This is All Going to Work
For those of you who may be new to the plan, here’s what we are going to do:
Beginning Thursday, February 1, 2018, we will daily be writing out together the passage for the day as laid out in this plan. You can write out your passage in your journal, a notebook, your planner, a chalkboard, a calendar, a paper on your refrigerator, whatever you want! The whole point is to get into the Word and get the Word into us! So do what will work best for you!
As we go through the Scripture writing plan together, we are going to (as we feel led to and want to, there is no strict obligation!) take a picture of our writing for the day, post it to social media (along with, if you so choose, a note on what stood out to you from that day’s writing), and use the hashtag #homeandhearthscripturewriting. That way, we can keep track of who all is going through the plan, invite friends to join us, see how it’s going, encourage each other, and find likeminded ladies to journey together with through this plan. In fact, we have now formed an entire Facebook Group centered around the Home and Hearth Scripture Writing! There are already over 80 ladies in the group, several of whom daily post about what the Lord taught them through that day’s writing, how the passage was exactly what they needed in that moment, etc. It’s a super encouraging place, so please do consider joining us over there, as well!
And, don’t miss this fun announcement – from time to time there will be some really fun giveaways that will take place which will only be open to those ladies who are going through the plan and have used the hashtag. So, there’s another reason to be sure to use that hashtag in your posts!Â
I’m so excited to embark on this new plan with you ladies and can’t wait to see how the Lord uses it in our lives! Comment below if you’re planning to join us! See y’all on Thursday, February 1st!
As always, if you have any questions, just reach out!Â
Just wanted let you know I will be joining the scripture writing plan so glad I ran across your page this is one of my favorite things to do. May God Bless you