Continuing On Coloring Through the Book of Psalms

For this week's craft post I have a few beautiful coloring pages and inspirational Bible verses to lift your day.

My regular readers will know that I have been working through a devotional coloring book for over a year now called "Bless The Lord Oh My Soul".  I only work on this book during the spring/summer months when the gardening season keeps me pretty busy, then in the winter I switch back to my "Cozy Moments to Calm Your Heart" devotional coloring book.

The "Bless The Lord Oh My Soul" book has you read one psalm or part of a psalm per day, then it has a little space to write your personal reflections.  Check out my first post HERE for links and more information.  There is a coloring page every five or more pages.  What I do is read the daily psalms, then I color in the closest page while I mediate on the verse.  It takes me several days or a week to complete a coloring page depending on the difficulty of the page.

Now that I've updated you on my method and progress of the book, let's look at my newest pages shall we?

"Create In Me A Clean Heart"

I've said before there are some pages I really enjoy to color and "Create in Me a Clean Heart" was one of them.  I love this verse.  I have always loved the old chorus that is based on this psalm and I sing it to myself quite often.  This is the perfect verse to mediate on and I love coloring flowers and birds, so I enjoyed this page very much.

"When I Am Afraid, I Put My Trust In You"

I bet you can guess this page took a while 😁 I remember seeing it in black and white for the first time and thinking "Where do I even begin?".  When facing a difficult coloring page like this one I just start by picking one repeating item, like the pink flower, and I just color the same flower till I got them all, then I pick the next repeating item, and so on and so on till it's done.  

This page contains another powerful verse.  It is a good one to put to memory when fear and anxiety overwhelms me.

"I Will Sing Praises to You"

When I first saw the page above my initial thought was to color the spirals with an ombre effect, but I didn't think I had enough shades of the same color, so I went with this wild design instead.  I really love it and I am glad I didn't go with the ombre style.  I filled in the background with a black pencil to really make the colors pop.

God is our strength, our fortress in times of trouble.  It is good to sing praises to God when we are afraid and to remind ourselves of His steadfast love for us.

"Your Steadfast Love is Better Than Life"

I remember singing this psalm in church too, does that tell you how old I am?

This page was a joy to color.  I loved the imagery as well as the verse and I sung the old chorus in my head as I colored.   It brought back lots of good old church memories.  

"Shout for Joy"

My last page ended up with a monochromatic look even though I didn't intend it that way.  I just looked at the tulips first and thought "Well I'll color the tulips pink first" then when I got to the circular clusters they looked like berries to me so I colored them a pinky/purple and before I knew it, I had a monochromatic page. 😁

This is such a happy verse!  I love how it's not just believers who are told to shout for joy, but the whole earth!

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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See more posts on "Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul" below:

Coloring Through the Book of Psalms

Coloring Through the Book of Psalms, Part II

Coloring Through the Book of Psalms

Many of my regular readers know I Bible Journal and use to regularly post my Bible Journaling pages.  I had to stop Bible Journaling because it is very time consuming.  My garden just really ate up a lot of time in the growing season and during the winter I was recovering from hip surgery.  I did find another creative outlet to Bible Journaling that wasn't quite as complex and less time consuming, and that is a coloring book of Psalms.  Here I read a psalm, write some reflections about the psalm, and then color a page while I meditate on that psalm.  I purchased my book at a local Christian boutique, but you can also buy it on AMAZON.

The first pages of the book has a lovely floral design you can color or leave blank if you wish.  I chose to color mine.  On all the pages, my coloring medium of choice was colored pencils so they wouldn't bleed through to the other side.

There is a page where you can write in to whom you are gifting the book and leave a message.  I left mine blank since it was to myself.

The beginning pages of the book.

There is an "introduction" page where you can read how to get the most of your book.

Each page has a date, which I ignored, as I couldn't keep up with reading on those exact dates.  A verse is highlighted at the top, and then there is a psalm to read (or just a portion of a psalm) and a space to write some reflections about the psalm.  

You might be thinking, I couldn't possibly color an entire page a day.  You are correct.  Neither could I.  There are approximately five or six non-coloring pages in-between the coloring pages. I would usually read one page a day, then color for a short while.  By the time I was done reading five or six pages, I had the entire page colored.

I used a Bible Commentary to get ideas of what to write about in the reflections section.  I would read the psalm, then google the Enduring Word Bible Commentary to see what they had to say about the psalm.  I would write down the highlights of the commentary.  You can do whatever works for you.  You can just jot down your own personal reflections.  I did this to help me dig into God's Word more.

I know we shouldn't put God on the back burner, or neglect our daily devotions, but we do have seasons of life that are just crazier than others and this was a way to keep me in God's word in a more simple, less time consuming way.

I think this is also a great book for people that don't like to Bible Journal because it requires too much creativity.  Coloring is simple and relaxing, and everyone can enjoy it no matter their skill level. 

I love to color and I found coloring these pages, meditating on the verses as I colored so therapeutic.

Some pages are easier and more enjoyable to color than others.  I always love coloring pretty flowers like in the page above.  I dislike coloring busy pages like the one below, but I did it anyway, working a little bit on it everyday trying to memorize the scripture at the same time.

 I will be back next week with more pages from this book, plus I'll show you a new coloring devotional book I just got in the mail.  It is perfect for winter.

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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