A Reason To Journal
I am taking a Spiritual Discipline class here at seminary and a few days ago Dr. Whitney talked about Journaling and the pro’s to it. But also before the semester started I read an article about William Kiffin (a baptist in the 17th century) and a part of it mentioned how virtually all we know about him is through a short autobiography that he left for his family.
There are many reasons to keep a journal but I think one of the heaviest would be to preserve your faith for your family in the future. After reading about William Kiffin I thought about how incredible it would be to be able to have a small library of the graces that God has given your family from the previous generations. Even while you are alive your own journal from past events may remind you of God’s faithfulness during times of darkness.
There is nothing spiritual about a journal, nor is there anything specific that must go in it. It is what you make it. But a journal is probably the only way to preserve your testimony to for your family whenever you are gone. So I encourage everyone to start a journal and write in it once at least every two weeks about whatever you want that is going on in your life. Who knows what greatgrandchild of yours might be reading of your faith a hundred years from now and be encouraged or come to faith because of it.
How is your posterity supposed to know how the Lord ‘delighted’ in you in times past if you do not write it down and leave it for them, or at the least tell it to them verbally? (Psalm 44:1-3)
Here is the book of my teacher’s that I have to read that has a chapter about Journaling: Spiritual Disciples for the Christian Life
