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frustrations and emotions which
I could bring to God in prayer
but often I couldn’t find the
words. One day I felt that God

was challenging me to express
those emotions and thoughts,
which I couldn’t express
verbally, in visual form,
through some kind of art. I
distinctly remember laughing
about this, and telling God
what a stupid idea it was! I
was, after all, useless at art,

or so I told him. What I came
to realise, however, was that
the ‘quality’ of the art didn’t
matter and that God would
delight in whatever I produced,
simply because it came from me
and he loved me. I eventually
decided to give it a go, though
I was far from convinced about
it.

What a surprise I had! I was
amazed at how much it helped me
to be able to express myself in
ways that didn’t involve words.
Thus, I discovered art
journaling and soon began to
realise that thousands of
other people around the world
were all doing the same thing.

Who would have thought! Art
journaling is not about the
standard of your art (though I
did, to my surprise, find
myself gradually improving),
but about the process, about
how it makes you feel, and how
it helps you to deal with your
emotions and circumstances.

Trying to paint, while lying

down, however, is problematic.