Perhaps you, like me, enjoy reading the Proverbs daily. For years I’ve made it a practice to start my day by reading or listening to one chapter from the book of Proverbs every morning. Sure I miss a day here and there, but for the most part, I’ve been consistent and am pleased to have seen “consistent” results in my prayer life and my life’s path.
Today is May 4th and so in Proverbs chapter 4 (today’s “assigned” chapter) in verse 26 one version states, "Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure."
I’ve been thinking of creating a companion aid for others who also read Proverbs on a daily basis to journal thoughts, prayers, inspirations, concerns and action points; and that verse became my very own action point to move me forward in the project and here I am typing these words to you at this very moment.
Here’s my recommendation on how to use this journal; you can
add to it and customize it to make it your own.
You wake up and it’s the 4th of the month like it is right now for me. You turn to the fourth chapter of Proverbs and read the entire chapter. (Or you can listen to an audio version).
With this Ponder Your Path Companion Journal, write in any thoughts that come to you and anything you may want to change or do from what you “got” from this chapter. You may even want to review your notes throughout your day. You may want to choose one or two verses to really meditate on throughout the day. Like I said, you can customize this however you wish!
The next day is the 5th, so you repeat the process. The next day is the 6th but you oversleep and you have to rush to work or to start your day. Don’t “beat yourself up” for this, just start again tomorrow on day 7 and repeat the process. You’ll soon find yourself looking forward to your Proverbs “path”.
This journal is set up so whatever day it is today, you can start today on that date of the month. Don’t worry if you’ve already missed 20 days. Yeah, if it’s the 29th you might want to wait a few days! That brings me to another point. As you know some months have 30 days others have 31 (and February, my birthday month has 28). When you are in any 30 day month, you typically wouldn’t read the chapter of Proverbs 31; but you can if you want; again it is all that you desire!
Although this journal is good for 12 full months, if you’d like, you can use it over and over to repeat the process for several years by writing in any empty areas and margins by using a different colored ink. It’s fun, enlightening, and rewarding to revisit your thoughts you’ve previously written.
Visit this blog post frequently to share how you’ve used the journal, get my added thoughts (as I also, use this journal daily) and get any updates and cool stuff that I’m sharing.
I really appreciate you using my Ponder Your Path Journal and I trust that it will help you to learn the wisdom of Proverbs more and more.
Make it a great day!
Terry (Ter) Scott
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