Card Making

I'd like to add some new things to this blog that I've been making. Cards! I like to create cards to send to people. There's just something about matching colors together and adding small details to make the card meaningful. I'd eventually like to get good enough that perhaps people would be interested in

buying them. However, for now I am simply practicing and making these cards for people around me. I like to think of it as sending small blessings to people. I know that a handmade card certainly seems more genuine than a cheap, cheesy card from a dollar store.

Time

Time..... It slowly slips away until it's all gone.

Here's something I read in a book called Desire of Ages not to long ago:

"He [Jesus].... taught that every moment of time is fraught with eternal results; that it is to be cherished as a treasure, and to be employed for holy purposes."

Oops....Where did that hour and a half go when I was supposed to be 'just checking my email?'

New Sketchbook

Newest sketchbook.

This one I actually made by hand in order to save money. I haven't had a sketchbook for a couple of weeks now and I missed having a place to draw my thoughts and ideas.

Happy drawing!! :)

Delight in the Lord

What I have to say this time is short, sweet and to the point.

Psalms 37:4

"Delight thyself in the Lord and He will give thee the desires of thine heart."

Notice: Delighting in the Lord comes before the fulfillment of your heart's desires. God's wants us to find our happiness, joy, peace, love, and contentment
in Him first.

Create

Two days ago I finished reading through the entire Bible. I decided to start reading it again but with a slightly different take. This time I'm trying to find Jesus in every verse. So, I started in Genesis one and verse one.

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

There were two things that grabbed my attention in this verse.

1. "In the beginning" God was there. Before the beginning God was there. Before He even created anything, with sanctified imagination, I see God looking down through the ages at what this earth would become. I imagine Him seeing the fall of man, the first death, the first sacrifice, His death on the cross.....all the way to the Second Coming. I imagine Him thinking, "I want my people to have an opportunity to choose to love Me." He knew and saw all that in the beginning.

2. "God created the heavens and the earth." God created. I like that. He didn't just throw stuff together or let a couple objects smash together to form the earth. He created. He put thought into what He was about to do. Once again, I imagine God making a mental list beforehand of everything that would be good for His children and would bring them the most joy and happiness. I imagine Him planning out what needed creating first. But God created. He loved us so much, even before we existed, that He created the earth.

Thinking about Genesis 1:1 inspired me to draw a picture as well. :)

What's Important?

What is important to you? I do not mean your new iPhone or recent paycheck I mean what is really important.

Recently, I had to make a decision and it got me thinking, "I wonder what is important to me?"

"My computer."

"Wait, huh? My computer?"

That is not what I envisioned coming to my mind first. I spend a lot of time on the internet but surely I would have thought of something else a bit quicker. That surprise made me consider what aspects of my life have the longest lasting impact on me. It also caused me to think about who and what are most important.

"So what is really important?"

"God."

"My students."

"My family."

"My friends."

It is funny how easy it is to get confused! There is a Bible verse that says "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." It is my opinion that your heart will be with the things you judge most important. I will be the first to say I need to double check where my treasure is, double check what things I value as important.

"Lord, I ask that what You see as important I would see as important as well."

My Advice for You

Summer's Day 

We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

-Superchick "We Live"

That's my advice for you today. Live! Try doing something new and different! Love! Tell your family or spouse that you love them! Forgive! Don't hold grudges- they ruin life. Never give up!  Take a break if you need to, ask for help but persevere! 

Here's a painting I did.