Jars of joy. \u00a0Painting with real bananas. \u00a0Instagram giveaway winner. \u00a0This has been my favorite week of Produce in Me!<\/p>\n

I have two files you can download this week. \u00a0One of the files has the devotion and images you can use. \u00a0The second file just contains a bunch of different sizes of the jars of joy that are included this week! \u00a0I had so much fun creating the jar image. \u00a0I wanted to print the jars and use them on every page in my Bible, so I created this separate document that I ended up printing on sticker paper.<\/p>\n

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Download jars of joy here<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch YouTube video here<\/a><\/p>\n

We have our Instagram giveaway winner! \u00a0Congrats @patioponderings. \u00a0I also decided to give the other ladies who participated and posted pictures of their pages a little something, too. \u00a0Thinking about doing another Instagram giveaway at the end of the summer for this class, too? \u00a0Would you guys like that?<\/p>\n

On my week 3 topic page, I used the Creative Faith downloadable Scrabble letters to spell out “Week 3 – Joy.” \u00a0You can download and print them here<\/a>. \u00a0I love using these Scrabble letters in different projects.<\/p>\n

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I have been working on finding joy in 2017. \u00a0This week, God surprised me by putting the story of Ruth on my heart. \u00a0I had been preparing to teach about Ruth in Kidz Church, and I realized how Naomi’s story is so much a story about finding joy. \u00a0At the beginning of the book of Ruth, she is so sad after losing her husband and two sons. \u00a0By the end of the book, she has a family and a home and lots of joy. \u00a0In my traveler’s notebook this week, I created a tip-in to write about what I can learn from Naomi’s story.<\/p>\n

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I also have been listening to Tauren Wells’ song Hills and Valleys (listen to the acoustic version here<\/a> – it’s the best!), which reminded me of the book of Ruth so much that I journaled the lyrics all over Ruth chapter 1.<\/p>\n

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This week I did two Bible journaling pages in English. \u00a0The next one is super simple in Psalm 30. \u00a0I really want to encourage you all that Bible journaling does not have to take a ton of time. \u00a0I think God loves it when we open up His Word and spend a few extra minutes interacting with the text. \u00a0On this page, I used a few watercolor colored pencils, some stamps from the Target Dollar Section, and the joy phrase printed on sticker paper.<\/p>\n

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On the YouTube video you will also see a tutorial using real bananas to make this little journaling card. \u00a0This brought me SO MUCH JOY to create. \u00a0I had the best time ever painting bananas blue and yellow. \u00a0I cannot take credit for the idea to use fruit in Bible journaling. \u00a0My wonderful friend and boss Dana used real strawberries to paint last week, and I loved the idea. \u00a0I was trying to figure out what to do with bananas, and I thought of the idea to cut them and use it as a stamp.<\/p>\n

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I would encourage you guys to step outside your comfort zone and do something totally different and crazy that will fill you with JOY this week as you journal God’s Word.<\/p>\n

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