Spiritual Self-Care Part 2

Spiritual self-care is a beautiful way to cultivate and grow deeper into the person God has designed you to be. Through spiritual self-care our hearts open up to recognizing and receiving the gift of a clearer understanding of Christ's heart for humanity. 

Visit my previous blog post: Spiritual Self-Care Part 1 to see the introduction (including strategies #1-#3) to our Spiritual Self-Care series. 

The following is a continuation of choosing spiritual self-care: 

4.    Journal

Journaling your thoughts, desires, plans, hopes, dreams, sorrows, pitfalls, and triumphs are a way to document where you have been, where you are, and where God will bring you to. It embraces a creative outlook and visual assessment of the different moments in your life where you vulnerably confronted the beauty and pain of life. 

“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.” ~ Jeremiah 30:2

What joy there is to look back at all the ways holy angels ministered personally to you or those you prayed for and to have a date and a time to stamp the Savior’s answers. 

5.    Meditation

Meditating is a way to focus your attention and thoughts. Being mindful of the Bible’s truth is grand to behold.

“Oh, how I love Your law! I meditate on it all day long. Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies. I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on Your statutes.” ~ Psalm 119:97-100

Perhaps you can pick a Bible verse and meditate on it throughout your day. Ask the Holy Spirit what it means and He will guide you. 

6.    Experience Nature

Experiencing nature doesn’t mean that you have to drop into an episode of Jurassic Park. You could start out with the Crocodile Hunter or opt to go fishing like the Fishers of Men. The point is that animals and nature contain so much depth and wonder and we have yet to discover it all. 

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.” ~ Job 12:7-10

Consider going on a nature walk or being my buddy for a scuba dive. 

Stay tuned for part 3. 

In His Joys,

Hannah Abbott