Welcome to Week 3 of our November Art Journaling Theme - SAVOR
Savoring life means intentionally focusing on and prolonging positive experiences to boost happiness and well-being. It involves using techniques like mindfulness to fully appreciate moments, whether they are past, present, or future. Examples include mindfully enjoying a cup of coffee, reliving happy memories, or feeling hopeful about future events.
Savoring life as a Christian involves actively focusing on God's presence and goodness, both in moments of service and quiet reflection. This includes practicing gratitude for creation, slowing down to be present, and finding joy in everyday things, while also acknowledging and processing life's difficulties with faith. Ultimately, it's about shifting focus from a list of duties to delighting in God Himself, who is found in both the sacred and the mundane.
Types of savoring
enjoy
like
relish
love
appreciate
adore
take to
rejoice in
admire
get off on
delight in
go for
revel in
fancy
treasure
cherish
devour
drink in
eat up
idolize
feast on
wallow in
That's a lot of information! But I hope it gives you something to think about as you consider your pages for this week. Here is my page and I'm looking forward to seeing what inspires your page!
You can choose to do a single page, double page, tag, TN each week, or use a divided template—one part for each week. If you don’t have the Divided Template and would like to have it, you can get it here at Dropbox. Thank you to Ona @wombat146 for providing the template choices for us! If you use the template, we would love it if you post incrementally: post one done in the first week, post an image of the two together on the second, and so on until the finished page in the fourth week.
Again—the template is NEVER a requirement, just something fun and different if you want to use it.
Challenge Rules:
We look forward to seeing your art journaling pages!
Savoring life means intentionally focusing on and prolonging positive experiences to boost happiness and well-being. It involves using techniques like mindfulness to fully appreciate moments, whether they are past, present, or future. Examples include mindfully enjoying a cup of coffee, reliving happy memories, or feeling hopeful about future events.
Savoring life as a Christian involves actively focusing on God's presence and goodness, both in moments of service and quiet reflection. This includes practicing gratitude for creation, slowing down to be present, and finding joy in everyday things, while also acknowledging and processing life's difficulties with faith. Ultimately, it's about shifting focus from a list of duties to delighting in God Himself, who is found in both the sacred and the mundane.
Types of savoring
- Past: Looking back on positive memories, like a happy vacation or a special event.
- Present: Fully appreciating a positive experience as it happens, such as enjoying the taste of food or the warmth of the sun.
- Future: Anticipating positive upcoming events with hope, like looking forward to a holiday or a friend's visit.
- Slow down: Give yourself permission to not rush through a moment, like a meal or a walk. Intentionally pause to be present in each moment rather than rushing through life's activities.
- Use all your senses: Notice the sights, smells, sounds, and textures of an experience to fully immerse yourself in it.
- Acknowledge God in creation: Appreciate the beauty of the world as a gift from God, whether it's a stunning sunrise, a blooming flower, or a good meal.
- Be mindful: Pay attention to your thoughts and feelings, and allow yourself to feel glad and joyous. Find joy in the present by trusting God's provision, rather than constantly striving for more.
- Express gratitude: Intentionally focus on the good things in your life to amplify positive emotions. Make a habit of giving thanks for the blessings around you, which can help you notice them throughout the day.
- Share the experience: Talk about positive moments with others to extend the joy. Remember the hope of eternity in God's family, which provides a source of thanks even during trials.
- Delight in God's presence: See your relationship with God as more than just a set of tasks, but as a person to be loved and enjoyed.
- Pray and listen: Engage in prayer to connect with God and ask for His help in seeing and appreciating Him in all things.
- Take every thought captive: Consciously choose not to let worries about the future steal the joy of the present moment.
- Balance serving and savoring: Recognize that enjoying God's presence should precede and happen alongside service for Him.
- "Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour."
- "It was sunsets that taught me that beauty sometimes only lasts for couple of moments, and it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes is patience to experience it all over again.” – A.J. Lawless
- "Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”
- "I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day." – Trisha Yearwood
- “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott
- "The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it's all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn
- "Food is our common ground, a universal experience."
- "Life is short, eat the sprinkles."
- "It's really not about what you have. It's about how you're able to enjoy life in general."
- “To fully enjoy life, all of us must find our own breathing space and peace of mind.” – James E. Faust
- "Simplicity is not about deprivation. Simplicity is about a greater appreciation for things that really matter.”
- "We need to build a pause into our decision making and be more considered."
- "The way to capture the moment is to slow down and look within, to simplify and celebrate the everyday."
- There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, Ecclesiastes 2:24
- A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22
- For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; 1 Peter 3:10
- You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11
- And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, Luke 1:47
- This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
- Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8
- Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Philippians 4:4
- But godliness with contentment is great gain, 1 Timothy 6:6
enjoy
like
relish
love
appreciate
adore
take to
rejoice in
admire
get off on
delight in
go for
revel in
fancy
treasure
cherish
devour
drink in
eat up
idolize
feast on
wallow in
That's a lot of information! But I hope it gives you something to think about as you consider your pages for this week. Here is my page and I'm looking forward to seeing what inspires your page!
You can choose to do a single page, double page, tag, TN each week, or use a divided template—one part for each week. If you don’t have the Divided Template and would like to have it, you can get it here at Dropbox. Thank you to Ona @wombat146 for providing the template choices for us! If you use the template, we would love it if you post incrementally: post one done in the first week, post an image of the two together on the second, and so on until the finished page in the fourth week.
Again—the template is NEVER a requirement, just something fun and different if you want to use it.
Challenge Rules:
- You have until 11:59 p.m. CST on November 30 to complete your pages for this challenge.
- To qualify for the drawing, you need to use 80% Oscraps products that are currently in the store (non-Oscraps products or retired O designer products can be used whether the designer is selling elsewhere or not).
- You need to credit all the products used on your page.
- You cannot use a page you create for this challenge for another Oscraps challenge.
- Upload your page to the Art Journal Gallery and then add your layout to the challenge thread. (Below you will find instructions on adding your page to this thread.)
- Upload your layout to the gallery first. In your forum post, click the Gallery Embed icon (little camera).
- This will open your gallery; simply click on the layout you require, then scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click the Continue button.
- Your linked layout is now in your post; the image will appear once you have clicked the Post Reply button.
We look forward to seeing your art journaling pages!
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