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Sit and Listen

3/28/2019

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"I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah" -Psalm 143: 5-6 (ESV)

I love using coloring pages for art journals! The longest time spent is coloring but you can do that anywhere at anytime. This page probably took 10 mins with a basic blue splattered background and then glued on coloring bits. All of the pieces came from different coloring pages that I pieced together.

I did tape the verse over at the top but when I when I took it off the tape ripped the text off the page (I will not be using that tape again). I printed the verse I was using on a sticker label and it worked perfect! Good reminder if that happens to you! It also works if you want to do a page layout but your idea might cover up the verse you want to use.

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Boldy Face Your Giants

3/27/2019

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“We tolerate ____ at first. But then it establishes a foothold, a root. It becomes a giant. A default (mindless) routine is formed. Our giant becomes a habit in the way we think or act. It demoralizes you day by day. Giants steal your joy and rob God of His glory.”
-Louie Giglio, Goliath Must Fall

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Grace Like Rain

3/20/2019

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So this one is a bit different, even for me 😝 I saw one similar to this from @thinkingcloset 😃🌧 I tied some paper scrap rain drops to some holographic ribbon and made it rain! The page underneath is pretty enough on its own but why not be extra?
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The passage is in Numbers when the Israelites were wandering the desert and God gave them a cloud to follow. It told them when to travel, when to camp, and when to leave. Like a GPS! Except they didn’t have much idea of where they were going!
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But how gracious was it of God to allow them a navigation system?! It shows how much He really did care about them. It was also a lesson about obedience. If they didn’t follow the cloud as they were told, there would be punishment. But it was for their own well being and protection.

We don’t always see things in that perspective. We think if we’re withheld from something that He just being a big meany and won’t lost us play. We can be quite the handful when we have a spiritual tantrum. That’s where His grace comes in. He gives us grace like rain- soft, abundant, cleansing and brings new life all around us.
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Maybe you’ll think of that next time you see rain. Or a cloud 😉🌧☁️

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Clouds and Butterflies from FiveSeventeen Digital
ESV Single Column Journaling Bible
Bible Tabs Printable- Digital Download
Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint
Mod Podge Sealer, Glue and Finish- Matte
Duro Permanent Adhesive Vinyl Letters 3 Gothic- Black
Rainbow Washi Tape
Trace and cut raindrops from blue paper
Holographic curling ribbon
Moon and Stars Ribbon- Michaels

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Touch of Faith

3/19/2019

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And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’” And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” -Mark 5:24-34 (ESV)

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The Fragile Seahorse in the Dark

3/19/2019

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“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him; 9 on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does. For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind. Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me; yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face. -Job 23: 8-17 (ESV)

Most seahorses are no bigger than your finger. This tiny fragile little creature is able to swim the entire blue and sometimes black ocean. Easy? With predators numerous predators and some big as submarines? Absolutely not.

It can feel the same way in the this big world. We can feel awefully small, incompetent and just plain hopeless and afraid. Sometimes we don’t feel like God is there- like we’re swimming this big ocean by ourselves. But He’s watching us every step of the way. He foresees the dangers ahead of us and steers us clear from destruction.

It can also be a scary idea for us for what He has planned for us. The things He is able to do in our lives! He could give us cancer, cause us to lose limbs or bodily functions, lose loved ones and let loose enemies on us. But having fear of the unknown is not what He wants for us. That’s what the devil wants us to think. He wants us to worry. BUT GOD wants us to hope in Him! Trust in Him that He is our best lives intended for us. It’s not gonna be perfect. We might get swallowed by a whale or get stalked by an angry shark but God is ultimately in control.

Take courage my friend. He is FOR us 💪🏻🙌🏻.

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ESV Single Column Journaling Bible
Bible Tabs Printable- Digital Download
Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint
Mod Podge Sealer, Glue and Finish- Matte
Illustrated Faith Sticker Sentiments
Seahorse coloring page colored with Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens, Medium Point
Coral coloring Page colored with Sharpie Permanent Markers, Fine Point
Silver Bubbles- (see how I made these here)
Glitter Tape, Silver

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"I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah" -Psalm 143: 5-6 (ESV)

Boldy Face Your Giants

Grace Like Rain

Touch of Faith

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