Write It Down

Write down your thoughts, comments, feelings and what you learned.

The Lord reveals amazing truths and unfolds wonderful mysteries by studying the scriptures that will bring clarity to the journey of life. Unfortunately, those feelings and impressions fade and the details filter from the mind as time passes. However, writing down in a scripture journal the thoughts and feelings of the heart will help retain a remembrance of those experiences. Capturing the exact thoughts and feelings may be difficult but it is worth it. Even if they are not perfectly captured, it will be enough to jog the memory. The beautiful thing is that each time these verses are revisited more light and knowledge will be received building upon the truths previously received through revelation instead of starting over each time.

The key to scripture journals is organization. It must be organized in such a way that the information can be retrieved again and again. This may be as simple as having each of the standard works split into their own volume sets. Topical study makes things harder to organize but perhaps an index by scriptural reference would be appropriate to make a quick way to access journal entries. I personally love using the Gospel Library in conjunction with mobile devices because it allows me to see my notes side-by-side with the verses referenced. Topical study using journal entries is a little trickier since direct links to journal entries are not currently allowed, but tags can be used to accomplish the same thing.