Thursday, September 29, 2016

Five Minute Friday- Collect - Collecting what is important


Here is to another Five Minute Friday. The word is "collect".

Since I was 12 years old, I have been writing in journals. They are a accumulation of life lessons, prayers, and bible studies I have done. I probably have over 30 of them collecting dirt upstairs in our attic. I hold onto these quite dearly. I have always commented that these would be one of the things that I would like to grab in a fire (yeah ok I know unrealistic but they are important to me).

I think it is important to collect things like this because it tells a story, a story to pass on for others to read. Maybe they will be an encouragement. Or maybe they will give someone hope. I just like the idea of my grand children reading them or someone long time from now finding them in a hidden spot trying to decipher. For others it might be scrapbooking or photo albums since technology is making them extinct. Maybe it is a favorite book series which is also another thing technology is taking away. Collecting these things hold onto what is important and something to share with others that could impact their lives.

9 comments :

  1. Hi, Kristina, I would totally grab my journals too. They are wonderful compilations of memories and stories long forgotten, except for the pages' memory. Yes, one hope is worth a thousand journals. Love everything about this (and your name too:) In the spot after you this week...

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  2. I love the idea of our lives being a story that tell of God's grace. I hope you have a
    lovely weekend!

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  3. wow! 30 journals! thats incredible that you have been that dedicated and what a trip down all of the different periods of your life.

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  4. Boy! You've got me beat by about 10 :). I, too, have a pile of journals that I've kept since I was 14. Mostly in composition books, but some in fancier journals, too.

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  5. I agree with SUmmer...WOW! Kristina, that's AWESOME!

    I've never been a journaler, though my blog is a de facto journal of sorts. I never really wanted to know what I was really thinking, I guess...not because it was bad but I was subconsciously afraid that most of my life was 'feet up, mind in neutral'.

    My wife says that my 'inner life; is the embodiment of a lot of Jimmy Buffett songs. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

    #1 at FMF this week.

    http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2016/09/your-dying-spouse-213-lethal-lessons-fmf.html

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  6. I used to journal and I still have them but I'm not brave enough to want others to read them and yet I don't have the courage to get rid of them either. I suppose I'm going to have to make a pact with someone to get rid of them for me! Visiting from FMF#41.

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  7. I have a huge collection of journals too! It is great to look back on them and remember and I think there's a lot we can learn at times.

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  9. I also have a collection of journals which, together with letters from my parents, are items I treasure and would try my best to save if there is a fire. :-)

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