“Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it, ‘I am the Lord, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand… Read More Mind Altaring
Peace… what do you think of when you see the word “peace”? What you think really says a lot about you. Do you think of the global community and how you wish people would all just get along? Do you think of daily news reports that keep you from believing that peace in the world… Read More Peace
I just returned home from a missions trip. While there, I met some amazing people and saw God in the faces of people in all the places we went. His Grace and Face are there to meet us all over this great big world in the faces of people from every nation. I have read… Read More A Lesson in Reversing “Reverse Culture Shock”
There is so much within me that is aching to get out. The “creative juice” of the soul wells up within me sometimes so strongly that I don’t know how to process it. Does this happen to you? I feel a moving within my spirit to create, yet I often don’t quite know how to… Read More The Artisan Within
Last night I was privileged to hear in person Pam Tebow’s story of her choice for life. As a missionary with her husband in the Philippines, she became pregnant with her fourth child. While in the Philippines she had aquired an amoeba which caused her to be very, very sick during the pregnancy… so sick,… Read More A Story of Life – Pam Tebow’s and My Own
I am looking back over this past year and seeing how God has done some amazing things in my life, and I am truly thankful. I began the year preparing for my oldest son’s graduation from high school and for entering the “art show” world (see this post). Winter was a really busy season getting… Read More Thankful for a blessed 2009…
Well, I delivered the last of my commissions last Friday. After a very full and wonderful weekend, I am so happy to feel Christmas cheer rising up within my soul. I don’t know whether it’s the relief of having all the artwork I promised to deliver done as promised, or whether it’s being with my… Read More Comfort and Joy! …artwork complete and delivered, let the celebration begin!
I have nearly completed my commissioned pieces (14 1/2 down and 1 1/2 to go) and am looking forward to really catching up with some of you. I know there are wonderful Christmas posts I am missing right now, but I must press on to get the artwork done by promised deadlines. In light of… Read More With 1 1/2 to go… some poetry for the season
I am in the midst of completing sixteen commissioned pieces before Christmas (and counting… as it seems right now I am receiving a new request every other day). This has been and will continue to be a busy season for me. But, it is such a blessing to get to do this and know there… Read More More artwork…
How do we understand what being thankful really means? To explore this, I went to some favorite verses and put them in my own words… Be thankful in every situation because this is what God wants from you if you are in Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Don’t be anxious about anything, but pray about everything.… Read More On Thanksgiving… (in paraphrase)