Faithbooking

I loved it! It was terrific to welcome back Rhonda Anderson. Her obvious passion for the Lord as well as for capturing those "God moments" (or faithbooking) left me both inspired and moved. Like many of you, my greatest hope and prayer is that my children will grow to have their own personal relationship with the Lord. As parents, we can be godly examples to our kids but what a wonderful concept to combine that with a faithbook. A faithbook is a beautiful way to help recount, re-live, and re-rejoice in our walk with God over the years.

Rhonda shared 3 reasons for faithbooking:

1. So that we can review our stories and by doing so, it actually helps to increase our faith.

2. Talking about our stories often can provide an excellent opportunity to train our children.

3. It can also help us to make better decisions in the future.

For those of you who know that I have a personal blog, sharing lessons on faith and what God is doing in my life is something that I am passionate about documenting. My greatest desire is that one day, my kids will grow up and get a little glimpse of what I was going through and what the Lord was teaching me through different seasons in my life. I also use my blog as a means to give glory and praise to God. During the 3 years that I've had it, I have pleasantly found out that it also serves as a passive tool to evangelize to my family, friends, and even those that I may never get to meet.

I was challenged by Rhonda today to take it a step further and actually convert my blog to a hardcover faithbook. This is something that I have been wanting to do for quite some time but never got around to doing it. I loved how at the end, she spoke of Jesus Christ coming back one day and how the rapture would take us believers home. I couldn't help picture our unsaved and left behind loved ones as they pondered over our faithbooks. I don't know about you but that really cinched it for me. How powerful. How poignant. How important it is to document our stories. I shared at my table today that one of my biggest hesitations in getting started has always been my expectations of how the book should look, the design, etc.- all of which is besides the point and purpose of the faithbook! After this morning, I realized that those were the very things that were hindering me from even beginning the process. The outward look or adornment of the book is obviously not as important as the content, stories and pictures.

I love how the faithbook is a way to leave a lasting legacy that can be passed down and shared with so many of our loved ones. Whether or not you have a blog, a scrapbook, a facebook account, or just a bunch of pictures on your computer, I hope that you were challenged and inspired to start your very own faithbook (or gracebook) this morning.

We'd love to hear your thoughts!