I don’t know about you, but sometimes my heart forgets what my mind knows. I know God is faithful, I know He is in control, I know He works all things for good. But in the middle of discouragement or uncertainty, those truths can feel distant—like I’m grasping for them in the dark.

That’s one of the reasons I love Bible journaling. It isn’t just something I do in the moment; it’s something that builds a foundation of truth I can return to when I need it most.

A Time I Needed to Remember

A while back, I went through a season of deep discouragement over the loss of the Craft-n-Doodle. It was something I had poured so much time, energy, and heart into, and when it didn’t go the way I had hoped, I felt like I had failed. My thoughts spiraled with questions: Had I heard God wrong? Was all that effort for nothing?

Ten years of hard work and big dreams had vanished in an instant—like running full speed, only to collide with a brick...