Word Art Wednesday - Psalm 5:3

Good Morning!

I am so happy to be able to be here sharing part of this day with you.
It's Wednesday and that means it is time for another WORD ART WEDNESDAY post.

Today's verse couldn't be more perfect!

Today we are to have a Blood Moon total lunar eclipse!

One of the signs of our returning Savior and King!

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;  Revelation 6 :14

I am so thankful for each and every day God has given me.

Some days I fuss and complain about a dirty house or being tired -

but get in check really quickly. You can't live in the mully grubs.

We are to take no day, no moment for granted. We are to praise Him in all things

and praise Him every moment. Thank Him. Love Him. Serve Him. Have a relationship with Him. 

We must take time to read His word and get to know Him

and PRAY. So take time today to LOOK UP and listen to His voice.

I hope you will stop by the WAW challenge blog, play along in this challenge, 

and check out all of the beautiful creations the wonderful DT has made.

Have a happy and blessed day,

Heather

Word Art Wednesday: James 5:8

Good Morning!

What a beautiful day it is here in South Carolina.

The sun is shining, it is unseasonably cool outside, and my 

thoughts are on Him and His glory.

Here is the card I created using this week's Word Art

I think about God all the time. I walk around the house

singing praises to and about God and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

I also find I get too busy to get into his word and that I fall short in my walk

because of it. It is one thing to know about Him and think about Him, and

another to further build a relationship with Him. 

This post is so special to me. 

I know that the end times are upon us. 

I can not only FEEL it welling up inside of me, 

but Biblical prophesy are being fulfilled daily. 

THE LORD IS COMING SOON!

Prepare the way.

It is such a wonderful time, but still such a very serious time. 

There are so many who will be left behind and face tribulation.

We are the ones who are to witness, teach, help, share God's love and share how 

they can be saved to avoid these things.

I was speaking to a friend of mine on facebook the other day.

We were actually commenting on a song I had shared and this is what I said to her

and I feel it to be my biggest desire:

What does love look like? JESUS CHRIST - pure perfect love. His mercy and grace. Arms wide open. Love so great. He loved us SO much that he gave his life to SAVE us. Oh I wish everyone could just see. Feel. Know this love. Oh I pray that others will see and turn to him and to know what this love is.

*the song is linked in the text above*

To be saved is not  something we do or want just to avoid Hell and to leave during the rapture to 

avoid the tribulation. It is about LOVE and having a true relationship with our Heavenly Father.

All He asks of you is that you BELIEVE in Jesus. Believe that He died on the cross for your sins and that only His precious blood can cover your sins. REPENT of your sins. Confess and ask for God to forgive you.  Ask Him into your heart and to take over your WHOLE life. The old man is left behind and you will be born again! 

Turn away from old things and take up your cross and follow him. 

Such a simple thing to do, but the most important thing you will EVER do. 

I HAVE BLOG CANDY!!!

Since I am the August guest designer for Word Art Wednesday,

I thought it fitting that I have a small giveaway.

The big prize in my  package is this movie:

God's NOT Dead: DVD

Of course I will have a few crafty things to throw in the mix, 

but this is the main prize. 

To be entered in the Blog Candy Give-Away,

This candy will be available for the whole month! 

All you have to do is enter one of the WAW challenges for August. 

Simply link up to one of the challenges and then leave me a comment here on my blog post

 letting me know you entered! 

I will add a badge to my sidebar with a link so you can find it easily.

(I am accepting comments on all of my WAW  blog posts ... you do not have to comment on 
all or one in particular to win. Just link up to WAW! Thanks :)

Click here to listen to a sermon about the end times. 

I have listened to it twice already :)

Click here to watch a video of one of my church members tell about 

a dream God gave them Hell

Click here to watch any sermons preached at Crossfire PHC

Here are this week's amazing sponsors:

One lucky person will win a

$25 Gift Certificate to spend at the lovely

Flying Unicorn Store 

AND

Our Digital Sponsor this week is

the lovely Daydream Designs, and

one lucky person will win their choice

of three (3) sets. 

  

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

Have a very lovely and blessed day,

Heather

Jesus is the Reason for the Season 3 day Hop

Good Morning! I am so happy to be here with you this morning sharing the love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I cant think of a better way to start the day, can you?
I am the first hop stop! Lucky for you! You are right on track!!!

I am sure many of you remember the Jesus is the Reason post a few of us ladies participated in over the Christmas holiday. This one is much similar to that one. This is indeed a blessed time of year, as we remember Christ sacrifice on the cross at Calvary, and celebrate his triumphant victory over death! I know that for many families, we focus more on the FUN things rather than the true meaning of the holiday. Perhaps we have gotten busy and not realize how much the material and commercial things have seeped in and overshadowed the true meaning of Easter. I am not saying these things are bad. I do enjoy attending our church's Easter Egg hunts. I remember my fat legged babies trying to find eggs and falling and dropping them. Very wonderful memories indeed. I remember their first chocolate bunny that they gnawed on for weeks. hehehe. I also KNOW that every Easter Sunday and throughout the year how we reflect on his love for us. A love so strong and wonderful it is so difficult to even explain. He loved us so much he died to cover our sin. He suffered so much pain for US. For ME! He took my place on that cross to cover the sin he knew I would have to make a place for me to be with him forever in Heaven. He ROSE AGAIN and said he would be back for me someday. What a beautiful glorious day that will be! We reflect on these things throughout the year, but there are many who do not know of his love for us. Easter has become so commercial that the true meaning is hidden by baskets, bunnies, eggs, and candy. That is the reason God pressed it upon our hearts to have this hop so that we can all reflect on his love, share and spread his love and hopefully reach out to those who have never know his love so that they will be able to see how much he really does love us all.


This image I used to create this wall hanging , Love Everlasting, is one that can not be expressed in words. It just reaches out and reminds me of his love and promise. I chose the dogwood branch to symbolize his love and sacrifice. If you have not read The Legend of the Dogwood Tree, please read it here.

While we cannot even begin to reciprocate the Lord's gift to us, there is "blog candy" on some of the hop stops as a token of appreciation for your comments and encouragement. I do have blog candy to share with you today. I have more surprises to add to the candy that are not pictured here. I do have one request for you. Please take a few moments to watch this video I have added here and let me know in the comments section that you did. If you do not, please do not say that you did. All comments will still be added to the drawing for the prize.



From here you will head on over to the beautiful and sweet Kelly's blog. This lady has touched my life in a mighty way. She has daily reminded me of Gods love and through her friendship I have grown in my walk with Christ. I love you Kelly Girl.

Here is the hop order in full in case you need it:

Heather http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/ (me! you are HERE!!!)

Kelly http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/

Maria http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/

Sammi http://stuffbysammi.blogspot.com/

Lorie http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/

Stacy http://impressionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/

Kadie http://mymindseyecreations.blogspot.com/

Carolyn http://utsukushiikami.blogspot.com/

Paola http://paola-sama.blogspot.com/

Linda http://stamperstouch.blogspot.com/

Susan http://pinkflannelpajamas.blogspot.com/

Karen http://krbskorner.blogspot.com/

Catherine http://paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com

We also invite you to celebrate the real "Reason for the Season" by posting your own creation celebrating Christ's Resurrection. There is a place to link on Catherine's blog, and a prize is up for grabs for one randomly selected card/project.

Enjoy the hop and God bless!

Beautiful Love

Happy Saturday!
I do hope you are all having a day full of sunshine and smiles. If not, I am sending you some from where I am. I hope you feel them :)

Today I have some new images to share with you. Today I have added several new digital stamps to the shop. These images were inspired and created after prayer and asking God to guide me to create something to reflect how much he loves us all. I was looking outside and thinking of how much I love him and how in the world I would be able to capture even a piece of that on paper. Days later he gave me these images. I cried while drawing most of them.

You can see them all in the Fresh Brewed Designs shop under

Holidays / Religious - Easter
Jesus - Religious

Beautiful Love Digital Stamp

This first card was created using the Eat Sleep Stamp sketch

This second card was created using the recipe at PaperCraft Star.

Today I am sharing a very personal image with you. This one came when the internet, cable, telephones and all were not working. While the kids and my husband was asleep and I was up sitting and thinking and listening to a few CDs. This image came to me while listening to the songs One Touch by Nicole C Mullen and Beautiful by Kari Jobe. I do hope you will take time sometime to listen to these songs. It is about how when we seek his face, pray, and show him how much we love him ~ He will wrap his loving arms around us, surround us with his love and peace and will guide us and direct us in the way he wants us to go.



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