How To Mark Your Bible - Neat Freak Edition! | Marking the Bible for Neat Freaks w/ highlighter tape
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
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Hey and welcome to a different type of video today as we take a short break between studying books! Some of you have noticed that I am a bit of a neat freak and have been asking questions about my methods of marking my Bible, so I want to share those tips with you today!
Below are the time stamps of the video, if you wish to skip to specific sections:
00:00 How I started my neat freak Bible marking journey
01:56 How I highlight my Bible neatly using highlighter tape - not a wiggly line in sight!
06:50 The downsides to my neat freak highlighting method
08:37 How I write in my Bible as a neat freak
14:06 How I bookmark my Bible neatly
16:42 Summary and a bit about Bible Study videos
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You are a girl after my own heart! I was beginning to think I must be a bit weird not liking to fill my Bible with all the tabs and sticky notes, and inks, and colours, and bulky crafty things, because social media is full of it, and it seems like everyone is doing it...except me! I wish I could like it but it's just not me. I find it distracting and a bit overwhelming. When I was growing up, I was taught to respect books and never write, colour, or scribble in them and that has stayed with me throughout my life, it seems. I have tried to do it but, because I'm such a neat freak, it didn't feel natural or right to me. I'm happy for those who find joy in decorating their Bibles, but I'm really happy to have found someone here on CZcams who I can totally relate to! I have just subscribed!
Oh wow praise God sister, I felt like I was reading my own thoughts there lol 🤣That's exactly how I feel too; you're definitely not alone! I still feel a bit of a fish swimming against the flow as you're right, the craze right now is all the bright bulky things and it's not my vibe at all, lol 🙈But I figured, why not show my way and hope that there's others out there and turns out, we're definitely out there haha! So glad to have you here 🥰
@@my-white-bible Thanks, I'm so glad I discovered your channel! Maybe all us neat freaks can start a new trend in Bible journalling!!
@@1974AMDG Haha yes hopefully! God bless sister 🤍
I'm so glad you shared this because I now don't feel alone who feel this way on highlighting. This is exactly how I feel. Thank you for sharing!
@@1974AMDG Yes! Please!
I have never heard of highlighting tape! Wow! I have days where I want to be super neat. Then I have days where I want to see colors 🥳
Yeh it's weird, the tape idea is something that just came to me many years ago! It's a pricey commitment though lol. Aw I get it, it can be dependent on your moods too, best of both worlds!
Thanks sister for your amazing insights! I started off not marking in my bible, then used only one colour, and then I saw the online trend which uses all the different colours, pens etc. I was using it for the little while and then recently went back to single colours or two maximum because my brain just couldn’t get my head around all the distraction when I went back to read the Bible. I felt like I had too much going on, though I could see the merit of that. Now I’m onto one colour again and since finding your channel I’ve tried the pencil, and I’m really enjoying that. I used to use pencil when I was in high school for my books because I didn’t want to mark them, and the only thing I did find was that it does tend to smudge. I also find that on white page edges, i must have smudged the pencil going too close to the margin or got it on my hand and there appears some darkness there but still pencil is my firm favourite right now because it’s so versatile! But I think it really does depend on the paper and pencil as you mentioned already. I had an issue that led me to this because I wrote something down in one of my bibles and I no longer hold that theological position but there it is it’s still there permanent. So I had to cross it all out and that really bothered me because it ruins the Bible as does any bleed through. I do get disappointed when the gilding starts to chip off with regular use (must be my hands!) but I just have to get past that because the Bible is just a tool and I have neat freak tendencies which makes it hard. Love you sis, and your neat freak bringing out my own inner neat freak, really love this video. Had no idea about tape either! Ps love the coaster you’re using
You're welcome sis, thank you for your thoughtful comment! It's so interesting that so many of us get overwhelmed with the colour coded thing yet it has become such a trend lol! We can only try things to see what works but glad to hear I'm not alone with preferring one colour at a time.
I'm pleased to hear you're enjoying using a pencil! Yes true, I imagine paper texture plays a role with it. That's such a great point though, that if you realise something significant that you want to change, pencil really is so handy. I know they have Frixon pens too but I worry about creasing the page with them when erasing.
Oh noo I've not had a gilded Bible before purchasing this white one last Autumn, so I'm yet to experience the chipping, that's gonna make me sad! But technically a well used Bible should look battered lol so we may have to accept that aspect of it, even as a neatfreak lol!
Thank you for your kind words, love you too! And I also love my coasters lol this one is made from Olive Wood - maybe I need to make a video of my desk accessories next, hehe
Oh most definitely pleaeeese do a whole desk accessories video sis! 😊🥰 oh wow…olive wood? That is so cool esp when olive trees feature so much I the bible ! I have been putting olive blossom honey in my tea, it’s delicious! Yes I shouldn’t get too upset with the gilding going dull, but when I really study a book, sometimes (depending on the gilding) I get the wear and tear in that book - it’s then obvious when compared to the other books lol 😂 but…. you’re right at least it’s being read and soooooo loved! Lots of love to you sis and to our other sisters here as well! ❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️
If you don't want to use highlighter tape you can always use a ruler with a mild colored highligter and it will come to be neat. I use a ruler all the time
Thank you sister, yes that would be the method I would use to be as neat as possible, for sure!!
Beloveds... I am so happy to have found you, my people. I love that you use the term "neat-freak," because it's only a disorder if it disrupts your ability to live/laugh/love. And yes, pencil does fade, but not so much that you can't read it, as I can attest to from my 30-year Bible.
Oh thank you so much sister, all glory to God! Yes, nothing wrong with liking what we like lol! Ah good to hear a 30 year old testimony of pencil use, thank you for sharing! 🤍
I have a metal bible too. My son found it in a thrift store and picked it up for me. I love it!
Ooh really?! That's so cool, they seem to be quite rare lol! Thanks for your comment, Teresa!
Hey and welcome to a different type of video today as we take a short break between studying books! Some of you have noticed that I am a bit of a neat freak and have been asking questions about my methods of marking my Bible, so I want to share those tips with you today!
I so love your insight,☺️❤️🧡 I was flipping thru mine and I was like oh my goodness mine would send you into a whirlwind wind lol (kidding you of course) but I too love yours as well. I too have one I just highlight...I call it my porch Bible...it goes outside with me and love that it's just that. thank you for your studies and these kinds of videos ❤️🧡🌺
Ah thank you sis!! Haha aw no, I don't freak out looking at others' Bibles per say, but ask me to study from it and I don't know how I would cope lol! 🙈 I'd love to see your Bible, I totally appreciate how we're all so different and that each Bible is personalised for each of us - so special! Ooooh I love that you have a porch Bible, bet that is so relaxing reading on the porch with your sweet old man! 🤗 So glad you liked this video, thank you as always for your kind words and encouragement! 🤍
I use colored pencils in my Bible to highlight passages. I like it because I can erase it if I change my mind, and I can make the boxes around the text neat. It, also, doesn't bleed through.
That's wonderful, glad to know there's more of us out there being really precious and neat with our bibles 🤣🥰 Thanks for sharing more tips for how to be a neatfreak, love it! 🙌
Tape doesn’t bleed through!! Have never heard about this till now.
That's right!! It just came to me one day - it's effective but a bit pricey lol
Thanks for this video and so grateful for your channel. Love your channel. 🙏🏻🕊
Ah that's so nice of you to say, God bless you! 🤍🕊
I love a neat Bible too! I use Tombow brush markers to highlight, the light colored ones don’t bleed and have little to no shadowing. I use a light purple that looks very similar to your tape color, they aren’t named but the color number is 620.
Ah yay, love to hear there's more of us out there who love a neat Bible! Oh interesting, I've never tried those markers in my Bible, great idea. Purple is just such a nice colour for highlight, isn't it 💜 Thanks for your comment!
Excellent tips. Thank you.
Hey Jody, so happy I could help, praise Yah! ☺
Excellent video!
Thank you so much 🙏
Thank you!!
My pleasure, thank you for commenting! 💜
I use micron pens with correction tape. The correction tape makes it so that the mistake was never there! I am very concerned that pencil markings will get very smudgy over time from the oils in my hand whereas microns have archival ink and oils don’t affect it.
That's cool! Yes I've heard others show concern about pencil smudging over time, but so far mine are exactly the same as when I wrote them - only time will tell lol!
Thank you,MWB🌹⭐🌹
My pleasure sister!
I am a new subscriber and now a huge fan! I love how simple your journaling and annotations are! I recently started reading the Bible and have been enjoying this journey 💜 I started to highlight and use post it’s using five different colors. I soon realized that this became too overwhelming for me having to remember what color goes with what theme of notes. I found this video and you motivated me to only stick with one color for a simpler look. I am now using only a purple gel highlighter and purple post-its for any annotations I have to write in pen. Thank you for this video💜
Hallelujah, welcome! To God be the glory! I'm so pleased that this minimalist approach resonates with you. I find simplicity removes barriers to success and is a great way to begin, in my opinion. I'm so glad you're finding joy in a purple only system, bet your Bible is so pretty inside! 💜 God bless you in your Bible journey and happy you're here! 🥰
@@my-white-biblethank you so much! I look forward to your videos 😊 just one question, is there a Bible marker highlighter brand you recommend? The gel highlighter I am using works and is okay, but I think I’d like an actual marker instead. Thank you!
@@moon.c Ah so happy to hear that, glory to God! Yes of course, the highlighters I am really loving at the moment are the Frixon erasable ones! Feel free to ask any other questions, I'm happy to share my experiences!
A woman after my own heart!!! This was so fun to watch! I cannot with the rainbow colors and tabs!! If I get too overwhelmed, I wouldn’t have the desire to read! One is my first bibles had the bright highlights and it drove me nuts!!! It’s currently deep in my shelf never seeing the light of day! I also can’t with bulk it kills! I love the tape idea, but the bulk would stress me out! I do the cheap version with a pastel lavender frixon erasable and a ruler😂 I always start with pencil, but when I read through again, if the note is something I find valuable for like- like bible secrets- I’ll rewrite in either a Sakura micron or Sarasa vintage gel that matches the Bible’s cover. I found that these are the only ones that don’t bleed through and it looks pretty and matches😍 For bookmarks I use pastel page tabbies that easily peel off that match my highlighter, I tried using other bookmarks, but the bulk was real as you know I do ten chapters 😅
Ahhh I love that us neatfreaks have united together here lol! No, I can't do the multicolour things either - at best I would settle for a pastel range or muted skin tones shades, but not brights, my brain struggles lol - just looking at my first Bible with the rainbow tape is too much for me sometimes too lol!
Yes I should have mentioned Frixon pens and rulers, that is such a great tip to keep things neat - I may do that in my next Bible that I am brave enough to mark up lol!
Oh wow I love that you use special pens for special notes, that is so cool! Great tip for a pen that doesn't bleed through too, thank you for sharing that. And how cute that you match your pastel tabs to the pastel highlighter you're using, I love that!! Can we see your Bible one day please 😍
@@my-white-bible 🤣 fine fine I will show you! It’s nothing special at all! Nothing beautiful like yours! Perhaps I’ll do a short or something since it’s so bland!
I wish they had neutral toned frixon! I would love a peach or beige color, even an olive would be dreamy!
Yay make a video please, show us! Ooh yes pastel frixon needs to happen, I would love that too!
@@my-white-bible lol I will make it just for you 😂 I dont think anyone else wants to see it 😝and they do make pastels! That’s what I use now, sorry I meant neutrals like beige, peach, tan etc lol
@@FrenchyInFocus oops yes that's what I meant - skin tone shades! aw I bet others would watch that vid!
I can relate to you! I am a neat freak too for my bible marking. Like yourself I only use a 0.5 mechanical pencil and 2 colour pencils(blue and orange). I don't like ribbons either. Instead I use soft materials like felt.
Aw yay, hello fellow neat freak!! 👋We do not appear to be widely represented online I have noticed, but it's good to know there's a little group of us out there 🤣 God bless you!
A metal Bible, how amazing, never seen one. Love the cleanness of that look. Thought of Mr. Pen products. If they don’t they need to make these
Yes, I didn't realise how rare a metal one was until I got into the Bible community here lol! I talk a bit more about my views on the pros and cons of it in my Bible Collection video if you're interested :)
Hmm I keep hearing about this Mr Pen on CZcams but I don't know much about them?!
@@my-white-bible you need to check out Mr Pen, they are user friendly to a Bible, and the prices are very reasonable and great quality. Cat Woods on CZcams has done a few reviews on their products. She does what she calls a chunky Bible, and yours caught my eye, with the metal case, it would be protected carrying everywhere, but not to make chunky. Love it, it is so cute! I so love the highlighter tapes, there are many possibilities now on our Amazon in the states. I was looking at the Lee Products, if I could figure out how to share on here would. Love your CZcams sharing
@@kaythomas9918 I had a little look at Mr Pen but they are crazy expensive in the UK on Amazon - 8 pens for £50 can't be right?! 😨 And they only ship to USA from their website, so it doesn't look like it's something I can be accessing over here right now, oh well 😞 I'm so glad you like the highlighter tapes and things I am sharing here - all glory to God!
Yes the metal Bible is very streamlined and well protected, but I just had my gripes over the texture after some time, which I explained in my other video lol. Thanks for your kind words and support, sis! 🙏
I like this it's cool
Thanks very much, James!
I think I’m somewhere between your neat freak style and the bold colorful stuff all over the web. I like the Bible’s with cool patterns, mine has a butterfly design on it 😊 and I use my ribbon and I got some magnetic bookmarks since I use the same bible for multiple studies and to take to church. and I added some tabs, of course the color scheme had to match the cover 😉 but I don’t do all the colors inside. I agree that it’s distracting and overwhelming to see all the colors and I can’t focus on the content. I do use an ink pen to make notes and I have transparent sticky notes in case I run out of space in my wide margins because I don’t like to add many notes in unlined areas.
I love following your Bible studies! Your minimalism makes it super easy to follow and you always have so many good comments to add to my notes 💕
Hi Amanda, thanks for your comment and for sharing your style - sounds like you have a great balance!
Thank you so much for your kind words and I am so glad you are enjoying following along the Bible studies with me - all glory to God! 🤍
Huzzah for pencils in Bibles! Graphite pencils are superior to pens in nearly every way for Bible notating.
And Huzzah to England for giving the world the King James Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, and the graphite pencil (celebrated in that order).
New subscriber; love your channel.
Lol yaaaas someone else who agrees with me about the pencils thing in Bibles! I have yet to this day to ever mark a bible with pen 🤭 I just cannot do it lol!
Haha yes good on the Brits for giving us something good - I actually didn't know they created the pencil! But a quick search tells me that indeed graphite was discovered in England in the 1500s; I learnt something new today, thanks for sharing!
@@my-white-bible Within a few decades in the 16th century, England produced the Bible in English, the Prayer Book and graphite pencils. What a time to be alive!
So Bibles and pencils were just meant for each other!
Keep up the excellent work.
@@ma-mo ✏🤍📖
Favorite thing about the Book of Common Prayer as a non-denominational person... The cyclic nature and reminders to pray for sailors, homeless, government, etc.
Just found you I just subscribed it's really good 👍😊😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍😊
Thanks James!
Oh good, I'm not crazy.
🤣 or maybe we both are, lol!
I love reading my Bibles as well taking notes I have a world bible school study edition journaling bible and King James version bibles and a Spanish bible as well can I write in them with a pompom pen
That's wonderful sister, thank you for sharing! Bet your pompom pen is cute ☺
@@my-white-bible you are so welcome yes it a colorful pompom pen plus I have used a lit pencil as well ❤️🩹
Take it from me, since I have tons of experience with mechanical pencils of all kinds, mechanical pencils are not all created equal. The mechanisms wear at different rates, the erasers wear out at different rates, the erasers are of differing ease of usage, the lead breaks at different rates, there is differing amounts of wobble in the lead mechanism, etc. This is not to say that you need to get an expensive one, because some of the cheap ones are some of the best (cough, cough, Mitsubishi Uni Kuru Toga), as long as you do your research and buy the right model.
I saw someone on here that uses crayons to highlight in her bible and thought that was brilliant too. She even erases the highlights.
Yes I have seen that too, and colouring pencils! It's a great idea but would send my neat freakness into a frenzy haha 🙈 Fortunately there are also erasable highlighters which are excellent too!
Way better then a pencil is a super thin black pen. Something like a 0.05 or a 0.03
I also love really thin lines but I need to use a pencil as I often make mistakes that I need to erase lol!
Which do you use that doesn't bleed through? I am such a neatnik that even when I use a ruler to draw my lines, I'm upset when they extend too long. 😉
I only use yellow highlighter
Lovely! You're a one colour person too then! 😊
Temu sells it cheaper. Is it removable without damage?
Oh interesting, I can't vouch for the quality you will get from Temu, but yes the one I use is totally removable. I'm often peeling it off and reapplying with no damage whatsoever!
🤗 Part 1: To everyone that is on here that likes the simplicity that she's talking about...PLEASE be true to yourself. More than anything we are to hide God's word in our hearts so that we will not sin against him. ~Psalm 119:11 📖 We are supposed to spend time with the Lord getting to know Him, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. All of the highlighters, washi tape, sticky notes ...and all of the cute stickers are not going to get us closer to God. What those things do for someone like me., Because I 💜🩶💜 all of it.... It just makes my time with God special because I am a creative person and love annotating and journaling.
Amen sister, thank you for making that great point! I don't ever want people to feel pressured to study in any particular way. For some, all the colourful sticky things helps them with their studies, for others in hinders them. It is important to do what is right for each person; as long as one is in His Word, that's all that matters. God bless sis!
You can get mechanical pencils that are different colors.
Oh cool! Is the lead as sharp as a regular pencil though or is it like other coloured pencils which are soft? I needs sharrrrrp lines when I write in my Bible 😅
@@my-white-bible yes I believe they are as sharp
I would love to know how you are able to make the tape work so neatly. The tape looks wider than each line of text. Are you cutting down the center?
Ah well spotted sis! Yes, I do trim the tape - centre cut for 2 lines and 1/3 cut for one line! I have it calculated down to an art now, haha!
Hey would consider linking all the items in the video, especially your bible? 🫣 also the bulb light. It seems necessary for my studies. Aesthetics helps me study better 😅
Ah yes I could list them, I'll need to find US and UK links lol but I can do that! Yes, the floating lightbulb is a total necessity... agreed... lol 😂
@@my-white-bible lol I’ll help you