-ANYONE CAN DO IT-inspiration for Bible [art] Journaling

A reoccurring sentiment that I am finding among some of my friends when they ask me about my Bible Journaling is “I’m not artistic–I could never do that.”

Well, I am going to tell you

–ANYONE CAN DO THIS!

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please read on!

Last Thursday I ran across this lady’s Bible Art Journaling Challenge through her tutorials on YouTube.

I have been so blessed watching them —for 2 days! hehe

Her name is Rebekah R. Jones, and she began a weekly challenge in January–so there’s quite a bit to soak in. 

Each week she delves into different art mediums and techniques, from very detailed drawing and watercolors to paint “splashes” with stencils and stickers–there REALLY is a technique out there for everyone 🙂

If you feel you are completely non-artistic, as several of my friends are claiming when they talk to me about my journaling, here are a few of her tutorials that just a few $ of supplies will get you going:

{please don’t skip my NOTE at the bottom} 

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click photo to go to her page of archived Bible Art Journaling Challenges

Joshua 1:9 Be BRAVE |uses die-cut letters and distress ink |on her blog

Psalm 98:4-6Shout Joyfully | music: uses stamps and stencils and watercolors |on her blog

Luke 24:49His Promise Remains | uses washi tape and alphabet stamps |on her blog

I have also enjoyed hearing/reading how the passages from each of her challenges speaks to her–because THAT IS WHAT this is ALL ABOUT!

{***NOTE: cutting your own letters or buying already die-cut letters, either can work!… and whatever selection of colors you can afford–OR just using a stencil and tracing the letters in pencil and coloring around them in a random pattern with colored pencils…

***I’m not trying to tell you to do exactly what she does… just that some of these techniques require no ‘artistic skill’ at all… And if you watch through her videos, you will find the reoccurring theme that since we are created in the image of a creative God, we ALL HAVE creativity… ALL of us 🙂

***Search Amazon for stencils and stamps–music is a reoccurring theme in Scripture, you’ll likely use them more than once. And an alphabet is definitely multi-use! AND, who doesn’t love washi tape? Probably only people who’ve never heard of it 🙂 ***}

Once you’r over on her blog or YouTube channel, visit around,
see even more techniques,
be blessed  and leave her comments!
I know she’d love it. 

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I am going to try to jump in with her next challenge [she shares them on Tuesdays] and share what I create the following week….

I would LOVE to have you join in too--using your own preference of tools and just on plain sketch paper if that’s what works for you 🙂 It’s what I’ve been using!

JUMP IN and SHARE with me on FACEBOOK or INSTAGRAM!

…and I will still continue with my James Study, but will be slowing to only 1 post per week {though my actual study will be a little swifter, I cannot post as quickly as I study}.

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let’s purpose to pray!

let’s purpose to pray!

I’ve seen several different series online with challenges to pray for our husbands with PURPOSE each day.

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Beginning tomorrow I will be posting specific areas to focus our prayers for “31 days of Praying for our Husbands” that will end on February 14. 🙂 [And I am approaching this challenge from the viewpoint of believing my husband to be a believer/Christian, not unsaved.]

These prayer prompts will definitely be as much a conviction to my own heart as they will be an encouragement to my husband’s; but I know I need it! How can I grow into what God wants me to be if I’m not willing to change also? I’ll be praying for my own heart and humility during this time of praying for my husband! 

And I am gaining my inspiration specifically from some notes my sweet preacher’s wife gave to us ladies at church a while ago… with a challenge to be on purpose in praying for our husbands. While I do pray for my man every day, I often lack focus in those prayers. SO, this is to bring my thoughts and spirit into a focal priority in prayers for the man to whom God is letting me be a help-meet; and I’m sharing it with you!

Have you ever done a Prayer Challenge
for praying for your husband? 

If so, please comment on how it impacted you!

If not, let’s do this together!!  

I’ve seen several different series online with challenges to pray for our husbands with PURPOSE each day.

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Beginning tomorrow I will be posting specific areas to focus our prayers for “31 days of Praying for our Husbands” that will end on February 14. 🙂 [And I am approaching this challenge from the viewpoint of believing my husband to be a believer/Christian, not unsaved.]

These prayer prompts will definitely be as much a conviction to my own heart as they will be an encouragement to my husband’s; but I know I need it! How can I grow into what God wants me to be if I’m not willing to change also? I’ll be praying for my own heart and humility during this time of praying for my husband! 

And I am gaining my inspiration specifically from some notes my sweet preacher’s wife gave to us ladies at church a while ago… with a challenge to be on purpose in praying for our husbands. While I do pray for my man every day, I often lack focus in those prayers. SO, this is to bring my thoughts and spirit into a focal priority in prayers for the man to whom God is letting me be a help-meet; and I’m sharing it with you!

Have you ever done a Prayer Challenge
for praying for your husband? 

If so, please comment on how it impacted you!

If not, let’s do this together!!  

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on having rights & doing right… and perceived safety & following Jesus

The longer I live, the crazier this world seems to become. I’m thinking many of you reading this might agree!

{And I apologize ahead of time if the tone of this occasionally seems harsh… I often come across that way IRL [in real life] too. I don’t mean to. It just means I am utterly passionate about that of which I speak. But I do attempt to speak the truth in love, though sometimes with a little sarcasm. And I hit the publish button with some trepidation. 

Some of this may seem random, but it should all come together in the end. 🙂 I hope.

{I know this treads on ground we do not like to even see, let alone walk through; and I want to state up front, I am NOT against boycotting a business on principle in order to make your voice known; nor am I against protecting yourself and your family; nor am I against being concerned that now, in some places, there will be no ‘pause’ if a man is seen going into a woman’s restroom… this world is absurd; but I am not supposed to be comfortable in it.

The more I study Scripture, God’s intent for His people [that would be me, people who profess to be Christians] becomes very clear.

And the more I look into world history [have you ever really studied the culture surrounding the Israelites in old testament times? or Rome’s culture!? They both sound a LOT like our current world, just without any LIGHT that should come from those who know Jesus!!] and simply hear the news about current events, the wickedness of this world, while terrific and sometimes terrifying, paints God’s Grace as an absolutely stunning masterpiece.

God’s Grace IS an absolutely stunning masterpiece.

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And I am in awe of my privilege to even have become a Christian.

I have many privileges as an American; and one of them, freedom of speech, allowed a lady to speak to my family about Jesus many years ago… without fear of imprisonment, which is how witnessing looks in some other countries.

But sometimes, the difference between having these privileges, sometimes called “rights“, as an American  and doing right, as a Christian, is a wavy, blurry line. [I wrote about this before, with a distinctly different “cause” in mind, but all the same principles apply.] 

I have many privileges [rights] as an American. I have vast amounts of opportunities when I am willing to work and sacrifice, because of ideas set forth by our founding fathers.

The constitution tells me, as an American, I have the right to: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

I have the right–as an AMERICAN {this is different than any rights I may have as a Christian} to live. I had the right to be born {and that’s, mostly, already been taken away from this generation…} and, hopefully, not be murdered.

I have liberty: this can be explained as–free rein {flexibility & room to maneuver}, self-determination {I can decide who and what I become}, latitude {breathing space to make my own decisions}, autonomy {self-rule-a right I think we should all exercise a little more!} civil liberties (live where you prefer, choose your own school & occupation, marry whom you desire, etc), prerogative (an advantage by birthright to make your own decisions)… and in context with the writing of those words, it basically meant that the central government of the land was to stay out of my personal business.… I think most of that is gone now, too.

And I have the “right” or opportunity to pursue happiness… not HAVE happiness, mind you, but PURSUE it- as in try to find/obtain it.

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And contrasted: As a Christian, I have all the ability I need to DO right, because Jesus is [or should be] my strength.

And as a Christian, my standard for ALL things I do should be the example of Christ and the principles in His Word.

This “my rights’ attitude” {yes, even for basic safety in public places} that currently is the trend, is not constitutional or Biblical. We tread on sticky ground when mixing the constitution and the Bible, I know.

There are laws put in place to protect people, yes. They put a guardrail around our freedoms so that my freedom does not overlap yours: my right to have my own opinions and thoughts is NOT in opposition of your right to opinions and such, even to the point that we are not supposed to be allowed to publicly publish lies about someone. I cannot come live in your house or take your possessions just because I like them better than my own. I cannot use my right to life as a means of taking another’s life. {I think you get the picture.}
But laws have never–NEVER, in the history of mankind–provided safety for the common man. I’ll get to that a little further down, if you stay with me. 😉 {Again have you ever really studied the culture surrounding the Israelites in old testament times? or Rome’s culture!?}

[And, as an aside, public restrooms are not a right. They are a common courtesy provided in most public areas.]

But, from where in the world did the thought of personal freedoms not overlapping or even the fact we should not take another’s life come!? {I’m fairly certain it was NOT an original idea by man!! Ten commandments, anyone? GOD laid down these laws for His people because they were in direct CONTRAST to the REST OF THE WORLD!!! -not because they were basic common sense and He just wanted to make rules.}

Sometimes I read what other Christians write and hear what they preach and think, They’ve confused our privileges as citizens of America into being rights we have as a Christian. But they’re NOT!

Do you know Christians who live it or are from other countries? Their citizenship rights from those country are all different than ours, as Americans. But our rights and privileges as Jesus-Followers–those are the same.

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Has your Bible study ever brought you across a list of rights and privileges we have a believers? Mine has, and not ONE of them lists “safety” as a basic right as a Christian. Do you know what kind of rights we have a believers?

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Matthew 16:24

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Mark 8:34

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Mark 10:21

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Luke 9:23

I see a recurring idea here. Do you?

Denying self, taking up our cross, following Jesus… all those things are directly related to how WE live and being bold witnesses of HIS SALVATION! Denying self! …I think that puts my attitude of “self” and “rights” to death.

John 15:17-These things I command you, that ye love one another. 

Can we just stop right here for a second?

LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

I feel like this subject has been “defined” to death, but love is not tolerance. Love is not feeling anything. 

Love is humility {not being prideful}. Love is kindness-in action. Love is not rejoicing in iniquity or evil. Love is rejoicing in truth. Love BEARS ALL THINGS [perhaps even the loss of perceived personal safety?] for the sake of the one that is loved… and are we not to show Jesus’ LOVE to the lost and dying who live in the darkness of this world?

Love is THINKING OF OTHERS.

And not just “others” but those who are without Christ… We are to GO to them and share Jesus. We are to be a LIGHT to them; and we are to be an example to those who are newly saved.
This includes our own children. My sweet babies are learning how to react to sin in a sinful world from my reaction. My children are learning how to treat someone living in continual sin by how I TREAT them, not by what I “say” about Jesus loving them… but how do I actually TREAT them? {And honestly, THIS is where TRUE change will come: when we teach our children the love of Christ and model this love in front of them! “Morality” has never had success at being legislated. That’s not the way it works.}

CONTINUING ON….John 15:18-If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19- If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20-Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21- But all these things [things that hatred causes people to do] will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. 22- If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. 23- He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24- If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25- But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. 26-But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 –And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. 16:1-These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 

Jesus is light. And the world hates Him. When Jesus is in us, we {should} have this light shining out. Thus, the world will hate us. Unregenerate people will twist what we say and see us however the devil twists in their minds. We are not called to fight their hate, but to LOVE THEM in spite of it {wow!}.

Darkness, and all humanity without Jesus IS dark {whether or not they appear moral -this is not my opinion, this is Biblical} hates light. 

And we are not to be wounded or disgruntled by their hatred ...light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:19

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Now, while I am all for the laws, as an American, that create the illusion of safety, my safety & the safety of my precious children [3 of whom are girls] is not in the hands of lawmakers, policy makers or even common decency of the human race {I mean, pardon my bluntness, but do you have ANY idea of the absurdity of that idea? Human trafficking, child pornography, even basic slavery in many countries kills the idea of “common decency”.}

SAFETY comes ONLY from the Lord, {and He instructs us to seek wise counsellors}.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safetyPsalm 4:8

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 11:14

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. Proverbs 21:31

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 24:6

1 Thessalonians 5:1-But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2- For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3-For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4-But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5- Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness6- Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

In light of all these thoughts from Scripture, I will continue my occasional shopping at stores that change their bathroom policy to be “gender neutral” [and use the family restroom if the need arises while there with 4 children]… and any other store I need to that decides to act against God [and use their family restrooms, because I’m always more comfortable with that option as a mom of 4 children]. And I will not shop at stores that do not offer things my family needs… and I will likely not advertise it either.

Not because I agree with all of their policies, but because they may offer a good or service I need at a price I can afford. This is economics.
[I do not agree with any of my local grocer’s policies on alcohol sales or retailer’s decisions to sell provocative clothing or bookstores to sell secular books, or even the way in which most companies choose to spend their profits; but I still must shop for food and clothing and pay my bills. I live IN this world, but I am not to be OF it.] 

The fact that some may boycott a company on the basis they have taken away our perceived safety in a restroom is certainly anyone’s “right” as an AMERICAN, be they Christian or not. My only problem is that the whole situation has blown up to sound more like “Christians hate transgenders and don’t want them to have the same rights we do.” {And I realize that whole concept is part of what makes our world sound insane right now. I am not even addressing if this policy is “right” or “wrong”… only what I am learning about how I am supposed to react.}

I KNOW many Christians are not feeling this way… but the WORLD does not see it.

And as a result, the WORLD IS NOT SEEING JESUS IN US.

And if the world is not seeing JESUS, we are doing something WRONG.

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So, shop at Target or don’t. Shop at your local grocery that sells alcohol or don’t… it is of no importance to the world. (And I’m fairly certain that proclaiming what and why is just going to sound petty to a lost and dying world… and will not help the cause of Christ.)

But, please, I beg of Christians, stop and think about the manner in which you choose to boycott a company. {And don’t get me started on Christians being upset about a person labeled LGBT being able to sue a bakery because they refuse to create transgender sentiments on a cake… and then not let another company make a policy to allow whomever wants to can enter their public facilities. We want to allow a company to openly support religious beliefs and get all bent-out-of-shape because the gender-confused individuals want to boycott a fast food chain that is closed on Sundays but it’s OK if WE want to boycott a retail store for deciding to make their bathrooms “gender neutral.” Do we not see how double minded WE are being?! A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8

Again, I know this treads on ground we do not like to even see, let alone walk through; and I am not against the rights we have as AMERICANS… and using them to protect ourselves, within the confines of the law… nor am I opposed to trying to appeal laws that seem to hinder our ability to have life or pursue happiness or exercise liberties… but as CHRISTIANS we should still be completely loving in this.

As a Christian, I must evaluate my motive for all actions and reactions and determine if they are Biblical.

The only true, purely Biblical motive is to do all to the glory of God [I Corinthians 10:31].

The Lord sets expectations of what He requires from us; but He also ALWAYS gives us the strength to meet them.
{because God gets glory when His strength is magnified through our weakness: 2 Corinthians 12:6-10}

Evaluating my motive is often a soul-searching, prayerful endeavor.

Because our hearts are deceitful [Jeremiah 17:9].

Our boldness should come out when defending and proclaiming Christ, Him crucified and risen as our HOPE FOR ETERNAL LIFE… not over our right to have perceived safety in a public restroom. 

Acts 4:24 & 29 {a prayer for Peter & John} …they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is… And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word…

Again, our boldness should come out when defending and proclaiming Christ, Him crucified and risen as our HOPE FOR ETERNAL LIFE… not in relation to SELF. 

Just a few other passages for contemplation:

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without [outside of the faith], redeeming the time. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man . Colossians 4:5-6

1 Peter 3:14-But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15- But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 16-Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 17- For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. [This one is difficult to swallow sometimes.]

Titus 2:15-These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. 3:1-Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 2-To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 3-For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4-But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5-Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost6- Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7-That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8-This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. 9- But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the lawfor they are unprofitable and vain.

We must speak with grace to those who are unsaved. We must be able to always speak of Jesus in every situation, with meekness and fear [have a mild, respectful disposition and understand the consequences if the darkness we speak to decides to react AS darkness].

We must be willing to lay down our own perceived rights as citizens of this world to pick up our responsibilities as citizens of heaven!

And we must remember the amazing Grace, Love and Mercy that pulled us from the pit of darkness and set our feet on The Solid Rock!

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some things {motherhood} has taught me

some things {motherhood} has taught me

Just some random, not necessarily earth-shattering, thoughts from my 10 years being “Mom”…

1. “little people” are not “small adults”–their minds are truly a blank canvas and must be written on carefully.

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2. I will never be ‘too grown up’ to need to apologize for doing wrong. {No one is!}

3. Attitudes are everything in the home.

4. I’m not quite as mature as I think I am. 🙂

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5. No one is ever too old to play in the dirt with a child… or just play in the dirt if that’s how you roll.

6. While crumbs on the floor bother me, they do NOT bother the child I am reading a book to.

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7. Food that is yummy is better than food that is pretty.

8. Batteries can be removed from new toys and the packaging reassembled… if you’re VERY careful.

9. New toys do not matter as much as some brightly colored paper and a box.

10. Nothing can pull the heartstrings of a momma quite like a mischievous grin from her little boy.

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What have you learned from being Mom? 

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Motherhood

Motherhood

What a term for such an occupation, such a calling. It sounds so… simple, so… uncomplicated. HA

It has been the most humiliating AND exhilarating experience of my life!

It is a calling that cannot be completely understood until you are in it… knee deep in the murky waters that comprise this making babies {or choosing life for others} and training toddlers and shaping the minds that create inquisition style questions and fire them in rapid fashion, rarely satiated, often squelched before being fully recognized. Honestly, that one sentence makes me tired just reading it.

I read blogs. I read many different kinds of posts from many different walks of life…. And during this time of celebrating Mothers and motherhood, many bloggers try to encourage us that we’re all different and we’ll all do this mothering thing in our own way. {And we ARE all unique and WILL mother differently… there is no “one-way-fits-all” here 🙂 }

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Basically, a recurring theme I have found is that if you love your children and everything you do stems from this, you’re a good mom; and you are “enough” for your kids. We all feel inadequate at times, but we can still do motherhood [and we can!]… we just need to believe… in different things, depending on the blogger’s beliefs. Believe that you are enough just because you love your kids. Believe that God knew what He was doing in making you the mother of your children [and He did!]. Believe that each woman has her own instincts in how to do this mothering thing and who am I to question that-whether those instincts come from God or millennia of evolution. [I told you I read blogs from many walks of life!]

But, while this can be construed as a discouraging statement, I am NOT enough. And neither are you. Some women do seem to instinctively have that gentle touch we associate with motherhood; but it is not an innate part of us just because we are women. But knowing, truly realizing that I am not enough was a completely freeing concept for me. 

We are selfish.
We are confused.
We are searching.
We are unlovely.
We are fearful.
We are sinful humans.

We cannot be enough. 

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my, how they grew!

But Praise to the Lord, the creator of our very souls that cry out for help, that HE comes to help us and BE “the ENOUGH” for and through us!

2 Thessalonians 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

In context, these next verses are specifically about Paul and a physical difficulty he had:

2 Corinthians 12: 9-And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me10-Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

But I find that the principle of taking pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses can apply to every day life, when we are doing it for the glory of the Lord….  for Christ’s sake as it were.

Because in MY weakness, HIS strength becomes the most manifest.

And the weaker I am, the stronger the Lord can work through me!

What a thought.

So, dear mother… in whatever season of motherhood you find yourself: God can be your enough, when you let go and rely on His Strength in your weakness.

 

Happy Mother’s Day!!

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I’ve been posting recently on Instagram (sharing to Twitter & Facebook)… but I know that not everyone is on those platforms, so here are some drawings I’ve done in the last month:

HYMN JOURNALING

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BIBLE JOURNALING

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[day 1] PFYH: tender heart

[day 1] pray for your husband: a tender heart

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8

This is a truly a thought we should pray for our husbands {as well as ourselves!}. These things are GOOD… and require humility and tenderness of heart.

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In order for our husbands to have a tender heart towards the Lord’s voice, he must first desire God to cleanse his heart…

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Psalm 51:2-4

There are obviously many other verses we could turn to, but these few show us the importance of a man of God to have a heart tender towards God’s voice.

Let’s pray for our men to desire the Lord’s cleansing
and have tender hearts towards the Lord’s voice today!

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8

This is a truly a thought we should pray for our husbands {as well as ourselves!}. These things are GOOD… and require humility and tenderness of heart.

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In order for our husbands to have a tender heart towards the Lord’s voice, he must first desire God to cleanse his heart…

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Psalm 51:2-4

There are obviously many other verses we could turn to, but these few show us the importance of a man of God to have a heart tender towards God’s voice.

Let’s pray for our men to desire the Lord’s cleansing
and have tender hearts towards the Lord’s voice today!

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[day 2] PFYH: fear the Lord

[day 2] pray for your husband: to fear the Lord

This thought goes along with having a heart tender towards the Lord’s voice.

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A godly man must also fear the Lord to become
a man of wisdom and understanding. 

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Proverbs 3:7,8

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:9,10

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. Psalm 112:1

Let’s pray for our men to fear the Lord
and delight in His commandments. 

This thought goes along with having a heart tender towards the Lord’s voice.

heart

A godly man must also fear the Lord to become
a man of wisdom and understanding. 

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Proverbs 3:7,8

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:9,10

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. Psalm 112:1

Let’s pray for our men to fear the Lord
and delight in His commandments. 

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