We are wrapping up what has been a beautiful, most encouraging month of Scripture writing, as we have been going through and studying what the Bible has to say about the faithfulness of God. We have seen firsthand how trustworthy God is in His unending faithfulness towards His people.
Now I’m excited to be embarking on a new month of study, and I’m ready to see what all the Lord has for us to learn in October about what it looks like to live as a Christ-follower!
Before we dive into all the details of our writing plan for October, though, I first want to be sure to issue a huge public thank you again to my dear friend, Amber Durgan of Embrace This Joyful Life, who came alongside me again in a really busy season and did the work this month of compiling all these passages for us! She’s amazing!
I chose to have “Christian Living” be our theme for October because we have spent quite a few months now looking at the character of God. We shouldn’t stop there, however. We need to both begin our Christian walk and fortify our Christian walk by studying the character of God, but as we learn about Him and who He is, that should change and influence for the better how we live in the day to day. I believe this is going to be another really great study!
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 Monday, October 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 135 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!
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 Monday, October 1st!
As always, if you have any questions, just reach out!
