Journal for today January 22

God's word, the insights and wisdom you had learned should be easily retrievable.

Pro 4:20-21 KJV My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
NET My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;If something is always in front of you, you will not lose sight of it unless you close your eyes. Now if you place many things in front of you, the situation changes a bit. If you have many little things you can spread them in such a way as none is obscured by another. But finding an item is hard if they are not organized. If they are all organized into sections, and a section is organized into subsections and so on, you can easily retrieve a certain item. If you have several big things, it is hard to arrange them in such a way as not to obscure some items.
Organization is still very important but this time it is like a supermarket that you have to walk to the desired aisle to get your item.So how do we not lose sight of God's word, the insights and wisdom we had learned? Make it easily retrievable just like organized things.
Paper-based Bible and journalA Bible with concordance is a great help for looking up a verse using a keyword that you remember.A table of contents will be helpful for your journal.If you are brave enough, create also an index of keywords.For the table of contents and index, use the date of insight, anyway your journal is already chronologically arranged. Electronic bible PDA or PDA cellphone (smartphone) Bible applications on Android (e-sword and Andbible Is highly recommended) is better than Desktop PC based because you can bring it anywhere. At the time of writing,
Windows Mobile-based with Pocket e-Sword is best. You can easily go to a certain verse of a certain Bible version. There is also a search capability but a bit slow if you are searching the entire Bible or even the Old Testament.
However, there are several dictionaries you can use for a topical search.The next best tool is a tablet PC. It is faster than the PDA and you still have the convenience of using the stylus or a keyboard (assuming convertible).
With this you can also use mind-mapping software.Ultra Mobile PC is a cross-breed of the two above.Using electronic Bible is, of course, better than a paper one.
My PDA is a bit slow in searching but it is better than concordance that is not exhaustive or complete because it is able to find. Knowledge of the specific Bible version and the book will help you narrow the search.Electronic JournalThe key here is speed in searching and mobility as well so that your insights are easily accessible, retrievable.For PDAs, it is advisable to reformat your documents in a compiled HTML (CHM) format through your Desktop PC. The advantage is you can even have pictures.
Create a table of contents and the software tool will automatically create an index for you for fast searching.
The tablet PC is again the best, the e-productivity winner. You can easily write your insights either using the stylus or keyboard. You can even prepare mindmaps. You have a full PC at your disposal. You are even not limited anymore in options, but I would still suggest CHM for compatibility with your PDA phone.iPod, audio players, cellphonesYou can also listen to audio Bibles, though I still prefer reading because of the control of pace.You can even convert your journal into audio.You can record key phrases or sentences from your insights and repeat them so that they will be stored in your heart.Of course, the low tech version is an index card, unless you can put the text or audio in your cellphone.Internet-based journals, diaries, blogsIf you do not own high-tech gadgets but you have easy access to the internet always, private on-line journal, diary or blog site can be useful also.However, the access or retrieval time will be longer because you still have to locate a computer connected to the internet. And such may not be readily available in your bedroom unless you have a desktop computer there (booting is another problem though). But the advantage is write anywhere, so you can use this to journalize your activities and some additional insights. Later on, you can export them and convert to a portable one. 

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