What Did You Notice?

Finishing the prompt isn’t the goal. Noticing is.

When you reach the end of a study, resist the urge to immediately close everything and move on.

Look back.

What surprised you? What became clearer? What confused you? What question did the passage create? Did you notice a repeated word, command, promise, warning, pattern, contrast, or connection?

And sometimes:

What do I need to study next?

You don’t need an answer to everything you noticed.

Some things deserve another page.

Some deserve another study.

Some deserve prayer.

And some deserve to simply sit in the margin for a while.