January 2020: Jade Sibbles

The Lord introduced me to bible journaling that is what I tell myself lol, as no one here does it (in Jamaica that is). I am fairly new to it it’s has been one year and nine months since I started art journaling and let me tell you my life hasn’t been the same. I got saved three years and six months ago and I had a creative block (I have been told that most of the stuff I use to draw was demonic or looked demonic) and I felt like I would never draw again.

Bible journaling for me is my safe space where I bring the word to life which allows me the opportunity to reflect and bring me deeper in the word. My biggest take away is that it’s ok that I am not perfect, it’s ok to make mistakes. I was always a perfectionist. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease a few years back and it affected my nerves, so sometimes my hands shake uncontrollably which sometimes affect the outcome of my artwork, I did a journal page some time ago in Psalm 3 where I miss spelled shield and I didn’t even realize until someone pointed it out one day later and my first instinct was to delete or try to fix, but I didn’t and that taught me so much. Mistakes happen they happen and I am nowhere near perfect but I am perfected in Jesus Christ.