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Starting a Journal Series - Exposure

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I have always enjoyed writing.  It is therapeutic to me.  It allows me expression and an avenue to get my thoughts out of my head and onto paper, so I can be free of them.  I have years worth of journals that I have kept, for some reason - not every single journal, just the ones where I saw a lot of God and a lot of growth.  Things I learned that I valued precious to my maturity.  Things that I didn't want to have to relearn. 

So, it has been put on my heart to share these precious things that I have learned throughout the years and give some insight into how journaling has helped me throughout the years, work through some difficult times.  I reflect on things I've read and sometimes add their quotes to my journal because I want to remember it; I quote lots of scripture that helped me in particular moments; and even sermon notes that I've taken in church from my pastor.  Some of the material I'll be going through for the first time in years and some of it is very personal.  But this is not my life, this life that I now live belongs to God.  So, in actuality I found the sharing of my personal story a sharing of God's story and what He has authored for me to be an expression of.  Though I own up to everything I've said and done, I have never walked this life alone. 

I hope you enjoy the series and take from these pages, something of value to bring more light into your life. 

In His Service,

Marleen K. Fairchild

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