But don’t take any of this for granted. It was only yesterday that you outsiders to God’s ways had no idea of any of this, didn’t know the first thing about the way God works, hadn’t the faintest idea of Christ. You knew nothing of that rich history of God’s covenants and promises in Israel, hadn’t a clue about what God was doing in the world at large. Now because of Christ—dying that death, shedding that blood—you who were once out of it altogether are in on everything.
Ephesians 2:11-13, The Message

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Have you ever read your Bible using the practice of Lectio Divina, where you read the passage three times, each time asking God to reveal His word for you today?

Doodling the Bible is very similar. You read the passage. Then read it again (in a different translation if you prefer). As you take in God’s words you ask for a picture or a phrase that He has for you today. Then you sketch it out. It can be stick figures, a pencil sketch, or a photo. The level of artistic skill is not important.

When you read the Bible this way, you take God’s words into yourself. Then you express them through your filter in a way that shows you what the message was for you today. (Tomorrow it might be different.) You can use the sketch to remember God’s words or to aid in explaining them to someone else. I often find myself sketching them on a napkin as I tell someone else what I learned when we meet up for coffee.

If you are looking for a new way of digging into the Bible, give this a try.