We are wrapping up what has been an incredibly encouraging month of Scripture writing, as we have been going through the Word and writing out 28 passages which taught us about the amazing love of God. We have seen how it was not according to merit of our own that the Lord chose to love us, but simply because that is Who He is. What encouragement that offers to us on those days when we sin and fall short and wonder how the Lord could still love us! He can still love us because He is love.
Now I’m excited to be embarking on a new month, and I’m ready to see what all the Lord has for us to learn in March!
I chose to have “The Teachings of Christ” be our theme for March because we are entering into the last month before Easter. What better time to study the life of Christ and to immerse ourselves in His teachings, right? During this next month we will travel together through all four gospels, seeing what Christ had to say to the people of His day (the scribes, Pharisees, tax collectors and sinners, and others), as well as what He has to say to us even now. We will take a look at some of His parables, His view of children, His teachings on how we ought to live, and much more. It is my hope that by the end of March, you will come away transformed, that your heart will be encouraged, and that you will find yourself living more and more as Christ did.
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, March 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 nearly 100 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!
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, March 1st!
As always, if you have any questions, just reach out!
