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Friday, June 28, 2013

PPF: The Wise and the Foolish Man

Here is my painting for 
Paint Party Friday!

"As my partnership with God deepens,
my plans will agree more with His,
because our hearts will agree."
This is what I read from The Word Among Us

Isn't this what prayer is about?
It is a conversation, a give and take
between God, who inconceivably loves us
and me who seeks to love Him more and more.

The story of two men,
one who built his house on rock,
and the foolish one who built his house on sand
has been retold again and again.
When the rains and the floods came,
the wise man's house was still standing
but alas, the house built on sand 
collapsed and was washed away.

I was watching how the strong rains 
washed away homes in India.
Torrents of rain just brought so much devastation.

In our life, we need to listen and act on the word of God
so that our life is built on a strong foundation.
Otherwise, strong winds and rains, challenges like
sickness, loss of our job,
addictions, etc. can destroy us!
I do not want to be like the foolish man,
and so I try every day to read the Word of God,
to embed it in my heart,
and to practice it!


The other day I embellished an aluminum tube
that used to hold Vitamin C lozenges
and made a container that I can put a nice letter in
for my sister's birthday.
See how I made this Personality Pillbox.


Every week I choose one wonderful visitor
who leaves a comment
to receive an ATC from me.
I know it takes so much time and effort
to leave a comment
and I appreciate it soooo much!

This week,
Random.org chose
#17, Jen Price of 
I Believe in Love!
Join her and Jeremy in their weekly
In the Studio link up,
and take a look at Jen's
wonderful inspirational art!



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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

WOYWW: Good Fruit



What's on my Workdesk this Wednesday?
I've got ATCs that I found hidden in between stuff,
a piece of paper listing apps on my iPad
which I am trying to organize,
dirty water (so what's new?),
etc.
I read from Matthew 7:17 about Jesus
warning his disciples against false prophets.
"Every good tree bears good fruit,
and a rotten tree bears bad fruit."
So here I am drawing a tree with fruit.

After I drew my picture, I used carbon paper 
to trace it on to one of my backgrounds.



Can't help thinking that this verse about good fruit
is also about how we parent our children.
We need not only teach them by our words,
but we need to be good examples,
we need to teach them by our actions as well.

We can't say, "Don't follow what I do!"

When I was painting, I was thinking about how 
my son is better than me in so many ways.
He's conscientious about his studies, 
he's a good friend and has wonderful relationships
with people of all ages, but most of all,
he's closer to Jesus than me at his age!
This tells me that when we do our best to raise our children,
even if we make a lot of mistakes,
God does the rest!
"Enter the narrow gate." Matthew 7:13
If we learn from Jesus, 
He will be responsible for our lives
and teach us a new way to live
and to parent!
Yesterday, I embellished an aluminum tube
that used to hold Vitamin C lozenges
and made a container that I can put a nice letter in
for my sister's birthday.
See how I made this Personality Pillbox.


Every week I choose one wonderful visitor
who leaves a comment
to receive an ATC from me.
I know it takes so much time and effort
to leave a comment
and I appreciate it soooo much!

This week,
Random.org chose
#17, Jen Price of 
I Believe in Love!
Join her and Jeremy in their weekly
In the Studio link up,
and take a look at Jen's
wonderful inspirational art!
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Monday, June 24, 2013

My Heart Wells Up!

I am not known for my cooking skills,
but when it is my husband's birthday, I give it a try.
Last Saturday, my husband turned 53 years old,
and my son, my helper and I tried our hand at making paella.
My husband is the good cook in our family,
and he had to be called in for the tasting and mixing of the sauce.
It tasted great! Thanks to everybody's help,
and the prayers mixed in with the ingredients!
ALWAYS season your food with prayers,
that's my secret!

This is one of my favorite bible verses:
"Truly you have formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother's womb.
I give you thanks
that I am fearfully, wonderfully made!"
Psalm 139:13-14

It's an appropriate verse to meditate on 
when we celebrate birthdays.
Truly, we are all fearfully, wonderfully made!
I am always in awe at how God was very particular
when He formed us in our mother's womb.
Even the hairs on our head are counted!
Our eyelashes and eyebrows serve a purpose-
they protect our eyes from dust and sweat and 
other foreign objects.

And did you know the philtrum,
the indentation above our upper lip,
allows us more lip movement than if we did not have it?

"Look at the birds in the sky;
they do not sow or reap,
they gather nothing into barns
yet your heavenly Father feeds them."
Matthew 6:26

There are millions of things our heavenly Father
does for us, provides for us,
that we take for granted!

If He took care that we have a philtrum so that
we could express ourselves with a wider range with our lips,
what more did He think about for our good?


Jesus is the limitless wellspring of all we need...
fed by the river that flows from the very throne of God.
from the Word Among Us


I sit here thinking of all the things
that God thought of for my benefit,
and my heart wells up! 


Every week I choose one wonderful visitor
who leaves a comment
to receive an ATC from me.
I know it takes so much time and effort
to leave a comment
and I appreciate it soooo much!

This week,
Random.org chose
#17, Jen Price of 
I Believe in Love!
Join her and Jeremy in their weekly
In the Studio link up,
and take a look at Jen's
wonderful inspirational art!


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