the details: 

This is a 14 page PDF (300 DPI) filled with places to write and bible verses to encourage you throughout your day. The pictures shown are samples of how you can decorate your pages and do not reflect the exact pages included for download. 

Instructions on how to assemble the book here. 

It can be printed double or single sided, your choice. You will receive an email within a few moments with a zip file of the Joy Notebook ready to download. Just click to download.

*This is a digital file and no physical items will be shipped. You can purchase a physical one here.

While you can print your file as many times as you'd like, items are for personal use only and may not be shared, resold or used for mass production. 

ideas to include in notebook:

+Specific Names of God (i.e. Jehovah Jireh, El Roi, etc.) and look for ways you see him displayed in that way

+Things you are thankful for

+Cards or letters someone has sent

+Pictures, receipts, tags, packaging

+Verses that stand out

+Quotes

Create one for yourself and one for a friend. They make a perfect gift for a new mom or an experienced one. If you make one, be sure to share your awesomeness via #findthejoytoday. 

tips for printing

- Cardstock is optimal for better quality. (65lb or higher)

- Use your best quality printer settings (i.e.best photo)

- Make sure the ink in your printer is full

- Be sure printer setting is at 100% or actual size

 about the notebook:

This notebook is a journey of learning how to see the goodness of God in the present. God has been working and guiding me subtly, training my eyes and mind and heart to see the joys scattered throughout out the days. Seeing them through His lenses. To see his who God is in his character in the things around me.

Finding joy is finding myself in the present. It is focusing on what my senses are taking in. The sights. The smell. The taste and the touch and the sound. It is not focusing on the next but the now.

God has been teaching me to choose joy and find the joy in the everyday moments since the birth of baby number two. Reminding me of the constant choice to see the beauty and the fullness of life around me. To see the beauty in the rainbow formed by crayons scattered all over the floors and seeing the mountains of laundry as abundant provision and the ongoing snack prep as little thanksgiving feasts because life can be good but we were made for greater. We were made for joy in the depths of our souls and fullness beyond measure. That is who God is. Jesus said he came to bring life, but not just life but life to the fullest (John 10:10)

The notebook becomes a testimony of who God is as he begins working in your life. In the Old Testament Moses would read the book of the Law to the Israelites to remind them what God had done for them and told them to teach it to their children so they would know who God is and what he had done for them, that each generation would know who God is. This book allows you to see God as he gives you eyes for thankfulness and opens your heart to who he is.

True joy is a byproduct of following Jesus, mingled with trusting God and a fruit of the Spirit.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13