We spend time, energy, and money taking photos and videos of our lives here as they unfold so that we can preserve these precious memories and hand them down to the generations that are to come. These photos and videos are often missing something, though. For the most part, they only tell the story of our exterior lives. So, the question remains: How do we share the story of what is going on in our interior lives?

This is where the spiritual journal comes in. More times than not (even if we’re not intending it to be), our spiritual journals become one of the most real and authentic places we give witness to the Hand of God always at work in the life of our souls, simply by being honest with Him (and with ourselves) as we put our pens to paper. For many, writing in this sort of “I’m holding nothing back” kind of a way is a helpful tool that aids in the growth of the writer’s soul as this person learns to live a more recollected life of prayer. And, as if that wasn’t enough, these authentically written words then give us something real, beautiful, and tangible that we could (God willing) share with others as we witness to what He, the true Author of the Story of our Soul, is at work doing IN us.

But being open and honest and vulnerable, even with God in prayer, can be difficult—like really difficult. So, that’s where we come in! A part of the Journeys Revealed Ministries mission is to encourage and enable others to “break down their walls” as they grow in their life of prayer and in their relationship with Christ. Now, though we certainly don’t plan on publishing every single word we ever write (or every word we might inspire someone else to write), we do plan on becoming “the home for the spiritual journal.”  And, in so doing, we hope to become a place where the most intimate recesses and depths of our souls (and yours!), as captured in the written words of our spiritual journals, find their ultimate “home” in Christ by first finding their “home” in us.

Interested in sharing the story of your soul by publishing your journal? Check out this video about how journals become books in the JRM office. Or you can begin your journey by starting with a Spiritual Companionship appointment with Julia.