Creative
For the final day of our reflections on the Psalm we encouraging you to be a bit more creative. This will come way more naturally to some of you than others and even the word may have put some of you off, but bear with us. Creativity doesn’t just mean drawing or painting, there are so many ways that you can creatively engage with the Bible that don’t involve art supplies at all. We’ve listed a few ideas below to get you started, but really the possibilities are endless.
Write out a verse - this can be elaborate and decorated or in block caps if that’s what you prefer
Listen to the verse and paint with colours that it brings to mind
Draw key elements from the Psalm
Play music to or sing the Psalm
Dance while listening to one of the recordings from yesterday
Just sit in silence and think about the Psalm. Listen to what God is saying (you might feel like a thought is you being distracted, but ask God to be involved in it, he could be trying to tell you something)
Write your own Psalm, you can use the one you’ve been reading as inspiration but try to draw on your own life and what you want to call out to God
Maddie reflects on using creativity
Conclusion
We have reached the final day of reflection. Thanks so much for joining in, we hope you’ve gotten something from the process and have enjoyed trying out new ways of engaging with scripture.
Please remember that while we have used these techniques to read the Psalms, they can be used to read any book of the Bible at any time. Some of these techniques may even lend themselves more to other areas.
You don’t have to use these methods everyday. As we said at the start, you might have found some of them super difficult to use and never want to go near them again, but we hope you’ve learned something useful that will help you when trying to read the Bible in the future. And remember, you can adapt these methods to what suits you. Some of them are quite long so maybe using a few steps every other day will be enough to keep you going.
The last thing to say is that reading the Bible is a much more enriching activity if you discuss what you’re reading with other Christians around you. Through mentoring, shared Bible plans, home groups or just catching up with friends you can learn from each other and find out much more about God. Some of these techniques can spark more questions than answers, and asking people around you like youth leaders, mentors or friends is a great way to get answers and find out more if you’re struggling to work through something with God alone.
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Feedback
If you’ve been following along with this course we’d love to hear from you. Let us know which of the techniques have been your favourite or if there’s a fabulous method that we’ve missed out.
To get in touch send an email to youth@thecommunitychurch.net or leave a comment below.
