Showing posts with label journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journal. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

WOYWW: In the Midst of Chaos

What can I say?
I like working in the midst of chaos!


This is the table on my right.
I have been trying to clear it up for some months now.
Every time a space gets cleared up,
a pile starts growing!
It's like a fungus!

On my journal:
I have been reading about St. Paul and 
his missionary journeys.


When St. Paul went to Athens,
he was aghast at how many gods
they were worshiping! 
But there was one particular shrine
that caught his attention-
it was inscribed "To an Unknown God".
So he wanted to introduce the Athenians
to this unknown God.

God made us with an innate desire
to know Him, our Creator.
In the same way that an adopted child
will go looking for his natural parents
eventually, we want to get
to know the one who gave us breath
and life.

And the way to really know Him is to read
the book He left us!

Even when St. Paul was imprisoned,
he and his companion Silas
were praising God and praying!
He could be joyful
in the midst of chaos or tribulation,
because he knew that he would 
not be forsaken!

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Patsy




Friday, April 06, 2012

PPF: It is Finished!

I finished reinforcing my endpaper 
in my Altered Book Lover,
which I started because of the 
amazing Elizabeth of Altered Books.
She teaches many things,
including how to get started
So far, that's where we are.

I'm sorry, Elizabeth, I'm not a 
very good student!
I get so happy painting and pasting!
You've got some wonderful students 
who are really great at 
following directions! 
I covered this page with gesso first,
and then used gel medium,
glue stick and white glue to attach
my collage elements.
All of them worked fine! 


Today is Good Friday and 
the reading for today is from John 18 and 19
about the Crucifixion of Jesus.

Jesus uttered, "It is finished,"
after three hours on the cross,
three hours of darkness.

Leonard Ravenhill, an evangelist, wrote:
There was an historian in Egypt
at the time who wrote this, 
"In this awful mid-day 
that has become midnight,
either God is suffering or 
Somebody He loves is suffering."
That was pagan testimony.


 
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Blessings,
Patsy

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

WOYWW: From the Heart!

 

Oooooh what a big mess I have for you today!
A pile of unfinished canvases....

My journal...
I bought something new - Golden Glazing Medium-
and I've been timidly experimenting with it.
So far I love it!


 "Delight" is almost finished, 
just a few finishing touches.
It is propped up on my easel.


And on my journal, a verse from Mark 7:
"It's not what goes into your body that defiles you,
you are defiled by what comes from your heart."

....and from the abundance of our heart,
the mouth speaks.
We will know what's in our heart 
by the words that we say!
So let's speak only good, 
encouraging, building up words!

Like the comments I get every week!
Thank you to all who take the time to comment!
It is SOOOO appreciated!

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Patsy



Wednesday, January 25, 2012

WOYWW: Faith Journeys!


I took this at about 5 in the morning,
after my prayer time.
As you can see, I can pray, work, whatever,
on top of piles of paper!

This is what's beneath my journal:
studies of birds.
I don't know how many birds I've drawn!
Finally, I went on pinterest
and got inspiration from the many
feathered friends I saw there!
I need to draw a bird for the unfinished painting
you can see in this post!

My reading was about how
Saint Paul would recount what happened to him.
"On that journey as I drew near to Damascus,
about noon a great light from the sky
suddenly shone around me.
I fell to the ground and heard a voice
saying to me, "Saul, Saul,
why are you persecuting me?"

St. Paul, the great LION of God,
had an amazing faith journey!


As I reflect on my faith journey,
I realize that God does not send us out
without equipping us for the tasks He wants us to do.

"Each of us may be sure that if God 
sends us on stony paths,
He will provide us with strong shoes,
and he will not send us out on any journey
for which He does not equip us well."
Maclaren


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Patsy