The fact that there’re so many English journaling bible is astonishing! We don’t even have one for the Chinese translation. I’ve even written to Chinese bible publishers proposing one, but the reply was that it’s too expensive to print… 😢
Hi in reply to your Chinese translation Bible I live in Australia and we have a book store called koogan and we have heaps of bibles that have translated I’m happy to send you one x
@@Blushingwithbeauty1 Thanks. We do have a variety of Chinese translated bibles, it’s the journaling bibles in Chinese that we don’t have. I’ve even written to the Chinese Bibles publishers about it, but they replied the printing costs is to high so they wouldn’t consider it.
@@Blushingwithbeauty1 Hello. Do you mind letting me know if they offered international online order? I have depressant for years and I was very stressed lately. I tried several different methods for mental health but I didn’t work. I started reading online bible couple days ago which I feel calmer and easier. This morning, I found out bible journalling and I am interested. I am a Chinese lived in the US. Chinese is better.
That is so sad! If you can find one with thick pages, perhaps that can help you create your own. Use tip-ins for extra space, maybe find one with single-column and use it. Finally, you can try and publish your own. Honestly, maybe the Lord is calling you to be the one to make it happen. Best wishes for your journey!
I just bought my husband and I one of those leather journaling Bible with the leather strap around it. My husband really like it. I also bought him a journal of the same style with the leather strap. Thanks, Rebekah... blessings!
although i love the single column because its so pretty the leaf cover, and i love the fact that i can use it more as a study bible, to take notes in:)
very good review. i got the illustrated gospels for Christmas and I am really loving it. i plan on getting the psalms and proverbs next. thank you for the info.
This is a great video - very detailed - thank you! I just ordered the inspire large print, the NKJV journal the word and I added an interleaved Bible to my wishlist. Wonderful video for those of us interested in Bible journaling.
I had the illustrating Bible (last one in review) in my shopping card. I LOVE the spiral bound and all the room. Problem for me was the small font, also I love adding tip in’s . Assuming tip ins are harder with spiral bound. I ended up getting the NIV Beautiful word Colouring bible. I like it however there is not writing space. My perfect bible would be spiral bound with 12 pt fond size and NASB with 4 “ margins and red lettering. Not picky 😂😂
Thanks, Rebekah. ESV also has the individual books of the Bible I found at Amazon and Dayspring. I didn't want to mess up a whole Bible while learning, so I bought the book of Psalm :) Also, I have given several away to friends with the supplies you suggested to start Bible journaling and prepping the pages. thanks
My favorite is a single column journaling Bible - I have several. I also really enjoy the smaller Illustrated Faith volumes. I did Luke for Advent one year.
Thanks so much. I have started using my NKJV JOURNALS for each book. They now come in almost all translations at this point. Font is nice and big, and they are interleaved with thicker paper. Enough space for notes and art. I like to do light watercolor, and watercolor pencils. Also love soft pastels and pastel pencils. Still working out the best way to seal soft pastels. I’ve heard of using Spectra Fix, in a very fine mister bottle. Any suggestions welcome! God bless!
I have an inspire Bible and a journal the Bible I love the inspire because of it's a coloring Bible
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What a great showcase of Journaling Bibles! I have 3 Inspire Bibles. The one I like most is the Inspire Large Print Catholic Bible even though I am not Catholic. More space and larger font. I am a Bible Collector, so the creative side of me is drawn to highly visual Bibles. Your presentation was spot on! 🌄 New Subscriber 🌺
I have that one, but it's just too large to use, even with the book stand for daily use
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@@LuvsSno ~ Hi Carla🌺 If you are talking about the Large Print Catholic Inspire Bible ~ you just gave me an idea 🤔 ~ I never thought to place it on a stand. I like to lay it flat on the desk to work with it. Realizing everyone does not like large Bibles -- I just happen to love them ~ especially chunky monkey Bibles 😁💕 Blessings to you 🌺🌴
Ive used my crossway esv journaling bible for 4 years. Its what i started with. Just did my first entry in the illustrating bible by dayspring (psalms and proverbs) and im IN LOVE with the larger margins!!! i use mixed media in my bibles. Esv holds up SUPER well! Curious to see how paper holds up in illustrating bible. Really wanna get the interleaved one tho😩 with those FULL PAGES! its a journalers/creators dream!
I am so glad i found you again today and this video in particular. I have the original 2 column black ESV Journaling Bible and only a few entries. I’ve wanted to get back into the word in this way but got distracted. I also found the perfect birthday gift for my 8 yr old ( going on 9) - thank you! She loves to art like mom and this is something we could do together now. ☺️
I like My Creative Bible. At the time I bought it, I wanted a coloring/journaling bible in the KJV translation because the poetic flavor of the language along with the art just appealed to me. I also liked the bright pink cover with the roses painted along the pages. :) I don't have any of the other bibles for comparison, so I couldn't say if it's better or worse than any of those.
I love My Creative Bible too! Chose it for the translation and the line art, zero regrets. The lettering in this Bible is very appealing to me, I love to color in it.
I haven’t seen any Bibles with the HCSB which have journaling space that would make it to a list of favorites for most people based on publisher layouts and features. As far as how the translation stacks up in the spectrum of translations, I have a great page on my Journaling Bible Guide which talks about translations and it explains how all the main translations fit into the spectrum of ways they are written. HCSB is in there and may be helpful to you. rebekahrjones.com/journaling-bible-guide/understand-bible-translations/
In English, I have a KJV My Creative Bible, an ESV Interleaved Bible and a CSB She Reads Truth Bible. The one I used the most was the My Creative Bible, because I bought it first and went wild with tip-ins and mixed media. My Interleaved has become some sort of a commonplace book, slowly collecting quotes for a lifetime. I haven't started working on the She Reads Truth Bible, it is soooo beautiful I'm afraid to ruin it. Which is nonsense, of course. 🙂 I could never ruin the ethernal Word of God. In Portuguese, I have a NAA Verdadeira Identidade, a NVT para Anotações e Esboços and a huge ACF Margens Grandes. I love them all. My current everyday carry is NVT. Cute enough, portable enough, single column, readable print and good plain margins for notes. I used Verdadeira Identidade for about two years before that and it served me well, but now the gospels are too crowded with highlights for new notes, so I switched to NVT para Anotações e Esboços. Still trying to figure out how I wanna use the ACF Margens Grandes, it is simply too immense to carry around.
What's your favorite Journaling Bible? Let us know what you love about it! View links to the best Journaling Bible favorites: rebekahrjones.com/journaling-bible-guide/favorites/
Which illustrating Bible would you recommend? Would you recommend getting the whole one? If not, which of the smaller ones would you recommend for the purpose of using the space for creative purposes or for notes/studying?
I love reading my Bibles as well taking notes I have a world bible school study edition journaling bible and a Spanish bible as well king James bible can I write in them with a Bic stic pen or with a pompom pen or with a regular pencil
I don't have any bibles with more than about 2 inches ("Journal the Word") but when it comes to note taking, I tend to use "The Annotatable Bible". I think the margins are around 2 inches, and there's also space between lines for notes. It is a multi-volume bible but probably has more space for notes than any other bible. And the covers are nice!
I think they may have run out of stock and are getting a new round made but Bibles take about 6 months to produce hence the reason it appears to be taking a while. Also, that flap with strap style comes on a few different “insides”, so it could be one is discontinued and the one you see is new to come! Hop on the guide I have linked below the video as you can look at my guide and search Amazon or ChristianBook for some of these which they will have extra stock of. Xx
my name is rebekah too! and ive never met anyone who spells it the same haha my parents names me after Rebekah from the Bible and everyone spells it wrong
The ESV single column is taller but they are both the same width. I will share more Bible videos in the future. I like them both for different reasons!
I'd say the Illustrating Bibles as they've got 75% thicker paper. But, that doesn't particularly matter if you use my page prep technique. You can learn more about it on pageprep.com
There are bible highlighters that I use (more for making notes than journaling), and may be of use. Of my bibles the two with the thickest paper are "The Annotatable Bible" which can even handle regular highlighters, and an old 19th century Bible.
I have just one question, which is WHY do you people always have to put your hands in the video? I want to hear what you have to say, not be driven to distraction a pair of hands that can't hold still!
Goodness gracious, how is she supposed to flip through the Bible without her hands? Perhaps you need to go to the store and look at Bibles yourself in person.
I feel the same. I've been thinking of journaling but i feel guilty doodling in the Lord's word so i bought a separate journal to do that. Maybe each to their own.
But what if God LOVES it? What if God loves His children spending time drawing their thoughts about what they read? What if God's Spirit is talking to you as you read, and you have a space to write what He said? A place to record your question WITH the verse? What if that was His reason for getting His word off scrolls, out of the church, and into the hands of each member--so you can have conversations and not just read words? The ideal Bible for me would be loose-leaf so I could add note pages when and where I needed them. I like keeping my notes WITH my Bible wherever I am, and carrying separate journals keeps me hauling a backpack. I take notes on every sermon, and that is enough extra! Journaling keeps me connected to and IN my Bible.
Where is the Catholic Bible review? Not only that, there was little consistency in the comparisons, for example: “These are the best cream page / white page / translation / size”. Quite rambling. And where was the best Catholic Bible in your list
Maybe she's not catholic so why would she include their bible, any catholic could use the Bible she reccomended even if they dont have any of the 'added' books.
Yikes! Little harsh for someone taking the time for free to go out of her way to review a ton of Bibles.. not ALL but a lot! Maybe she's not Catholic? If she's not Catholic it wouldn't be right for her to review and have an opinion on a Bible she doesn't even follow/believe in it wouldn't be right! Why not just search Catholic journaling Bible reviews instead of being rude and judgemental to someone who has done absolutely nothing but have been kind and thoughtful!
@@misst1305 The "added" books are known as the 7 Deuterocanonical Books, which incidentally, were not added but rather deleted. They are also referenced in the "normal Protestant" Bible. There are over 40,000 "denominations." If they all agreed on everything in the Bible so they can ostensibly all use the same Journaling Bible, why 40,000 groups? Do you know anything re the content of *whispered* The Apocryphal Books? I'm guessing just some cherry picked items covered in poison ivy by some overzealous evangelists. There is useful and beneficial information in "Those Books." Did you know that the Ethiopian Coptic Christian Bible has 81 Books? Fun Fact. Also catholic, with a small "c" means "universal," but I'm sure you weren't meaning and disrespect to Catholics, right? Incidentally, I used to be a Fundamental/Evangelical/Way Off Church, so I have seen both sides of the fence... That is sad. There is One God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit. Just One Trinity for ALL of us... I have not heard and doctrinal bombshells in this presentation; just describing layouts, sizes, ways to take notes, etc. I Bid You Peace. Blessed Be... 🕯
I looove the illustrating bibles, like the space is wonderful!!! I'm a big note taker and love the creative space for drawings too!!!
The fact that there’re so many English journaling bible is astonishing! We don’t even have one for the Chinese translation. I’ve even written to Chinese bible publishers proposing one, but the reply was that it’s too expensive to print… 😢
I agree with you fully and pray for this to change soon.
Hi in reply to your Chinese translation Bible I live in Australia and we have a book store called koogan and we have heaps of bibles that have translated
I’m happy to send you one x
@@Blushingwithbeauty1 Thanks. We do have a variety of Chinese translated bibles, it’s the journaling bibles in Chinese that we don’t have. I’ve even written to the Chinese Bibles publishers about it, but they replied the printing costs is to high so they wouldn’t consider it.
@@Blushingwithbeauty1 Hello. Do you mind letting me know if they offered international online order? I have depressant for years and I was very stressed lately. I tried several different methods for mental health but I didn’t work. I started reading online bible couple days ago which I feel calmer and easier. This morning, I found out bible journalling and I am interested. I am a Chinese lived in the US. Chinese is better.
That is so sad! If you can find one with thick pages, perhaps that can help you create your own. Use tip-ins for extra space, maybe find one with single-column and use it. Finally, you can try and publish your own. Honestly, maybe the Lord is calling you to be the one to make it happen. Best wishes for your journey!
I just bought my husband and I one of those leather journaling Bible with the leather strap around it. My husband really like it. I also bought him a journal of the same style with the leather strap. Thanks, Rebekah... blessings!
although i love the single column because its so pretty the leaf cover, and i love the fact that i can use it more as a study bible, to take notes in:)
My inspire bible is coming tomorrow I'm so excited as it's my first time reading bible and journaling
So excited for you!!
very good review. i got the illustrated gospels for Christmas and I am really loving it. i plan on getting the psalms and proverbs next. thank you for the info.
This is a great video - very detailed - thank you! I just ordered the inspire large print, the NKJV journal the word and I added an interleaved Bible to my wishlist. Wonderful video for those of us interested in Bible journaling.
Nice choices! Glad I could help!
I just started journaling and I have the Illustrating Bible, Psalms & Proverbs. Thank you for your review!
I had the illustrating Bible (last one in review) in my shopping card. I LOVE the spiral bound and all the room. Problem for me was the small font, also I love adding tip in’s . Assuming tip ins are harder with spiral bound. I ended up getting the NIV Beautiful word Colouring bible. I like it however there is not writing space. My perfect bible would be spiral bound with 12 pt fond size and NASB with 4 “ margins and red lettering. Not picky 😂😂
Thanks, Rebekah. ESV also has the individual books of the Bible I found at Amazon and Dayspring. I didn't want to mess up a whole Bible while learning, so I bought the book of Psalm :) Also, I have given several away to friends with the supplies you suggested to start Bible journaling and prepping the pages. thanks
Been thinking about getting a critical text bible to journal in or take notes maybe. I think I like that leather esv one the best.
I love my Inspire Bible. I’m not an artist but I love to color, so it works for me.
My favorite is a single column journaling Bible - I have several. I also really enjoy the smaller Illustrated Faith volumes. I did Luke for Advent one year.
They are great options!
Thanks so much. I have started using my NKJV JOURNALS for each book. They now come in almost all translations at this point. Font is nice and big, and they are interleaved with thicker paper. Enough space for notes and art. I like to do light watercolor, and watercolor pencils. Also love soft pastels and pastel pencils. Still working out the best way to seal soft pastels. I’ve heard of using Spectra Fix, in a very fine mister bottle. Any suggestions welcome! God bless!
I have an inspire Bible and a journal the Bible I love the inspire because of it's a coloring Bible
What a great showcase of Journaling Bibles! I have 3 Inspire Bibles. The one I like most is the Inspire Large Print Catholic Bible even though I am not Catholic. More space and larger font. I am a Bible Collector, so the creative side of me is drawn to highly visual Bibles. Your presentation was spot on! 🌄 New Subscriber 🌺
Welcome to my channel! ❤️
@@rebekahrjones ~ Great to be here!
That’s great I just ordered the Inspire Large Print and added the Inspire Praise to my wishlist.
I have that one, but it's just too large to use, even with the book stand for daily use
@@LuvsSno ~ Hi Carla🌺 If you are talking about the Large Print Catholic Inspire Bible ~ you just gave me an idea 🤔 ~ I never thought to place it on a stand. I like to lay it flat on the desk to work with it. Realizing everyone does not like large Bibles -- I just happen to love them ~ especially chunky monkey Bibles 😁💕 Blessings to you 🌺🌴
Ive used my crossway esv journaling bible for 4 years. Its what i started with. Just did my first entry in the illustrating bible by dayspring (psalms and proverbs) and im IN LOVE with the larger margins!!! i use mixed media in my bibles. Esv holds up SUPER well! Curious to see how paper holds up in illustrating bible. Really wanna get the interleaved one tho😩 with those FULL PAGES! its a journalers/creators dream!
Which bible is a dream, please share
I have the same NLT Inspire for colouring and light note taking and the NKJV journal the Word Reference for study notes :)
Thank you for this breakdown of the Bibles.
I am so glad i found you again today and this video in particular. I have the original 2 column black ESV Journaling Bible and only a few entries. I’ve wanted to get back into the word in this way but got distracted. I also found the perfect birthday gift for my 8 yr old ( going on 9) - thank you! She loves to art like mom and this is something we could do together now. ☺️
Very comprehensive video - Thank you!
Excellent! Found a new Bible through your video.
Unfortunately Comfort print and large print often isn't comfortable or large for a person over 60 to read comfortably
I do agree. The Inspire Bibles that are giant print are exceptionally large print. The books are large too but worth it if needed for this purpose.
They are nice but I’d like to see more journaling bibles ( ESV-NASB-NKJV) that has the reference with it…but thank you for this see through
Thank you for sharing this helpful info.
I like My Creative Bible. At the time I bought it, I wanted a coloring/journaling bible in the KJV translation because the poetic flavor of the language along with the art just appealed to me. I also liked the bright pink cover with the roses painted along the pages. :) I don't have any of the other bibles for comparison, so I couldn't say if it's better or worse than any of those.
I love My Creative Bible too! Chose it for the translation and the line art, zero regrets. The lettering in this Bible is very appealing to me, I love to color in it.
The keepsake Bible looks nice and is great way to help with kids with engaging in the Bible.
Lord Jesus please me with a journal bible. Amen
it's not a "regular" font size. It is size 8 which is far too small for most older people to read.
I certainly agree with your comment. My comment is merely to explain what is the most common font size used by publishers when printing Bibles.
Very helpful video thanku 😊 I have an inspire bible and I love it.
Where do you think the HCSB falls on the spectrum? The HCSB and ESV have become my favorite two as of yet, but it used to be NIV.
I haven’t seen any Bibles with the HCSB which have journaling space that would make it to a list of favorites for most people based on publisher layouts and features. As far as how the translation stacks up in the spectrum of translations, I have a great page on my Journaling Bible Guide which talks about translations and it explains how all the main translations fit into the spectrum of ways they are written. HCSB is in there and may be helpful to you. rebekahrjones.com/journaling-bible-guide/understand-bible-translations/
In English, I have a KJV My Creative Bible, an ESV Interleaved Bible and a CSB She Reads Truth Bible. The one I used the most was the My Creative Bible, because I bought it first and went wild with tip-ins and mixed media. My Interleaved has become some sort of a commonplace book, slowly collecting quotes for a lifetime. I haven't started working on the She Reads Truth Bible, it is soooo beautiful I'm afraid to ruin it. Which is nonsense, of course. 🙂 I could never ruin the ethernal Word of God.
In Portuguese, I have a NAA Verdadeira Identidade, a NVT para Anotações e Esboços and a huge ACF Margens Grandes. I love them all. My current everyday carry is NVT. Cute enough, portable enough, single column, readable print and good plain margins for notes. I used Verdadeira Identidade for about two years before that and it served me well, but now the gospels are too crowded with highlights for new notes, so I switched to NVT para Anotações e Esboços. Still trying to figure out how I wanna use the ACF Margens Grandes, it is simply too immense to carry around.
Thank you for this video! It's super helpful!
Thank you for this
Thank you for the review, excellent!
Can you link your videos on how to decorate the page edges ( like the one with the painted green leaves on the page edges)?
What's your favorite Journaling Bible? Let us know what you love about it!
View links to the best Journaling Bible favorites: rebekahrjones.com/journaling-bible-guide/favorites/
Which illustrating Bible would you recommend? Would you recommend getting the whole one? If not, which of the smaller ones would you recommend for the purpose of using the space for creative purposes or for notes/studying?
anyone having a hard time finding a ESV interleaved journaling Bible or a journaling Bible that doesn’t have lines in the margin?
Amazon has some!
I love reading my Bibles as well taking notes I have a world bible school study edition journaling bible and a Spanish bible as well king James bible can I write in them with a Bic stic pen or with a pompom pen or with a regular pencil
Where do you get the inserts for the illustrating Bible? And the tab inserts?
Dayspring publish that Bible and all accessories for it.
Thanks for sharing your video 🙂
I want to get that first chapters insert for the illustrating bible! Where did you get it?
Have you found a bible with 3" or larger than 2.5" lines for note taking? I can;t find anything over 2 or 2.25 in one.
I don't have any bibles with more than about 2 inches ("Journal the Word") but when it comes to note taking, I tend to use "The Annotatable Bible". I think the margins are around 2 inches, and there's also space between lines for notes. It is a multi-volume bible but probably has more space for notes than any other bible. And the covers are nice!
Thank you for a very detailed video. Very helpful.
When did you purchase the esv wrap around leather one? I see it won't be released on their site until feb 2023..
I think they may have run out of stock and are getting a new round made but Bibles take about 6 months to produce hence the reason it appears to be taking a while. Also, that flap with strap style comes on a few different “insides”, so it could be one is discontinued and the one you see is new to come! Hop on the guide I have linked below the video as you can look at my guide and search Amazon or ChristianBook for some of these which they will have extra stock of. Xx
Amazon has the wrapped Bible and one that’s interleaved
my name is rebekah too! and ive never met anyone who spells it the same haha my parents names me after Rebekah from the Bible and everyone spells it wrong
My parents named my sister Rebekah as well. Nobody gets it correct.
Thank you
I didn't get which translation and font size is at 8 minutes with the leaves on the cover?
ESV
Hello I was wondering which is bigger the Journal the Word Bible or the ESV single column journaling bible? Which do you prefer?
The ESV single column is taller but they are both the same width. I will share more Bible videos in the future. I like them both for different reasons!
@@rebekahrjones ok thank you so much for this info. Now I must decide. I look forward to more of your videos.
Which ones have less bleed through?
I'd say the Illustrating Bibles as they've got 75% thicker paper. But, that doesn't particularly matter if you use my page prep technique. You can learn more about it on pageprep.com
There are bible highlighters that I use (more for making notes than journaling), and may be of use. Of my bibles the two with the thickest paper are "The Annotatable Bible" which can even handle regular highlighters, and an old 19th century Bible.
Maybe I missed it - I heard everything about the lovely bible with leaves, but did not hear the name of it? Thanks!
:)
I have just one question, which is WHY do you people always have to put your hands in the video? I want to hear what you have to say, not be driven to distraction a pair of hands that can't hold still!
Goodness gracious, how is she supposed to flip through the Bible without her hands? Perhaps you need to go to the store and look at Bibles yourself in person.
@@mkathrynblacker5960Never mind, forget I said anything. Trying to explain would not be a good use of what little energy I have this morning.
@regsun7947 don't watch the video, just listen.
Something about doodling in your Bible doesn’t seem right.
I kind of know what you mean! I use just one of my Bibles for annotating, and the others - especially my old Bible - I don't touch at all.
I feel the same. I've been thinking of journaling but i feel guilty doodling in the Lord's word so i bought a separate journal to do that. Maybe each to their own.
God Creates!
But what if God LOVES it? What if God loves His children spending time drawing their thoughts about what they read? What if God's Spirit is talking to you as you read, and you have a space to write what He said? A place to record your question WITH the verse? What if that was His reason for getting His word off scrolls, out of the church, and into the hands of each member--so you can have conversations and not just read words? The ideal Bible for me would be loose-leaf so I could add note pages when and where I needed them. I like keeping my notes WITH my Bible wherever I am, and carrying separate journals keeps me hauling a backpack. I take notes on every sermon, and that is enough extra!
Journaling keeps me connected to and IN my Bible.
Where is the Catholic Bible review?
Not only that, there was little consistency in the comparisons, for example: “These are the best cream page / white page / translation / size”. Quite rambling.
And where was the best Catholic Bible in your list
Maybe she's not catholic so why would she include their bible, any catholic could use the Bible she reccomended even if they dont have any of the 'added' books.
Yikes! Little harsh for someone taking the time for free to go out of her way to review a ton of Bibles.. not ALL but a lot! Maybe she's not Catholic? If she's not Catholic it wouldn't be right for her to review and have an opinion on a Bible she doesn't even follow/believe in it wouldn't be right! Why not just search Catholic journaling Bible reviews instead of being rude and judgemental to someone who has done absolutely nothing but have been kind and thoughtful!
@@misst1305 The "added" books are known as the 7 Deuterocanonical Books, which incidentally, were not added but rather deleted. They are also referenced in the "normal Protestant" Bible. There are over 40,000 "denominations." If they all agreed on everything in the Bible so they can ostensibly all use the same Journaling Bible, why 40,000 groups? Do you know anything re the content of *whispered* The Apocryphal Books? I'm guessing just some cherry picked items covered in poison ivy by some overzealous evangelists. There is useful and beneficial information in "Those Books." Did you know that the Ethiopian Coptic Christian Bible has 81 Books? Fun Fact. Also catholic, with a small "c" means "universal," but I'm sure you weren't meaning and disrespect to Catholics, right? Incidentally, I used to be a Fundamental/Evangelical/Way Off Church, so I have seen both sides of the fence... That is sad. There is One God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit. Just One Trinity for ALL of us... I have not heard and doctrinal bombshells in this presentation; just describing layouts, sizes, ways to take notes, etc. I Bid You Peace. Blessed Be... 🕯