I am working on another of my OWN books! I loved writing and illustrating my first book, “Little Lamb, Little Lamb, Follow Close.”
Little Lamb is pretty much a book of loving admonition that we sheep need to follow the Good Shepherd.
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Called to Follow
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Prepare Me a Table
Is God’s Word active and alive as it says in Hebrews 4:12? Yes it is.
When you are going through a major ordeal, and six friends who do not even know each other, all send you the same verse, it is time to pay attention.
I never really had paid attention to Psalm 23, thinking it just for funerals, I shrugged it off. Especially the part about the Lord preparing a table in the presence of my enemies. I didn’t have any enemies like the author of the song, King David. No one was trying to hit me with a Javelin, so I thought that section was only for people who had real wars going on.
Then the Cancer/Rejection season manifested itself here in 2019, and while I dealt with treatments and emotions, I watched in horror as a whole bunch of enemies realized it would be the perfect time to attack. Okay, so they didn’t have javelins, or as one observant said,
Hot Glue, Burnt Scrolls, Gold Paint
In my quiet time today, I read in Jeremiah 36 that he called Baruch to write on a scroll the words that the Lord had spoken to him. I imagine Baruch listening closely to Jeremiah as he recited the things God had said, knowing that these prophecies from the Lord were precious, holy and so very important. Baruch must have thought it such a task, such a privilege and honor, to be asked to be the scribe, and I know he was probably striving to do his very best and most precise work.
Are there moments in my life, where I can say I feel commissioned by the Lord to do a certain thing? As an artist, I am often commissioned to paint a dog that passed away, or a loved ones portrait. There is a pressure to please that client, and it sits heavily on me the entire time I am working. I do not feel a freedom to be creative, and I don
Tacky Plastic Idols
The Life of Faith Canvas
I have been traveling around, teaching folks how to paint up a canvas at my Ambassador Art Adventures parties. Many times, a ladies event at a church will ask me to give a devotional as I paint. Although this is a blessing to me, I always feel intimidated by it. First off, can I paint and talk at the same time? (Those who know me, know that doing two things at once is an issue.) Secondly, how can I teach and offer encouragement, when I am a desperate woman of messy emotions? The only thing I can do, is rely on my faith.
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:19-23
I hold on to my faith very intensely, like an artist looking hard at a blank canvas. I step back, look at it, trying to see what isn’t there yet, what could be there, then what will be there, and when I get to the
Oz’s Door Shuts
Poor Dorothy, such a journey, so many friends made, trials overcome, and so much hope hinged on getting in that door.
I have just lived a similar 6 months, that culminated in making it all the way up to the door, only to hear,
The Simple and the Deep
The Simple and the Deep
One day, I am
Devotional Art
Years ago,
