With all the traveling and company coming in, I haven’t had
much time for creative projects. I’ve
only gotten 5 done in the past few weeks!
This collage was for a challenge prompt “wings”. I
immediately thought of Amelia Earhart. I’ve long admired her gutsy joy-of-life
and ‘get it done’ attitude. The
background paper was handmade using a stencil and chalks. The photo of Amelia
came from the ‘net, as did the compass star where I added the words “She flew
with her own wings”. The wings are a bronzed plastic self stick that I found at
Hobby Lobby.
Crazy
Amigos challenge was “Tea Time”. I love tea so there were many ideas filling my
head as I thought about what I wanted to do for this. Then the perfect
opportunity presented itself! We were visiting with a classmate of Himself and
she offered me a cup of tea. The beautiful china cup had belonged to her sweet mother.
As I admired it, I noticed C’s reflection in the jar. It didn’t take long to
set up and snap the photo without her noticing. I love how it turned out! It’s
a nice remembrance of a lovely day.
I’ve
gotten three new note card photos worked up using the challenges from Word Art
Wednesday.
One
of the verses given was Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.” Too many people are
like this little squirrel… storing treasures that will not last or may be
lost.
Another
Word Art Wednesday prompt was James 1:17 -- Every good and perfect gift is from
above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change
like shifting shadows. The picture I
selected is from our trip to Scotland.
There was a lovely little farmer’s produce stand where you paid by the
honor system. The produce was so
beautiful… carrots, turnips, potatoes, cabbage…
Not only was the perfect produce a gift… the opportunity to be at that
little stand was too.
While
in Kenya, we visited an island on Lake Baringo that is the home of the Njemp
people group. The Njemp are an
endangered people group, with most living on the small islands around the
lake. When our boat landed, this youth
carefully and respectfully… yet confidently… approached me as we walked up the
hill to the village. I could tell he
wanted to speak to me and I had our guide translate. I then found out he wished to sell me the toy
boat in his hands… a replica of the boats his people use to fish on the
lake. By approaching me as he did, he
was able to have a one-on-one conversation.
His need to sell this trinket wasn’t to have some money to buy an iPod
or some new video game. It was to help
feed his family. This little boat now
resides in TN. As this boy approached me
with his need; so much more so can we approach the LORD with our needs to find
His mercy and grace.
Let
us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive
mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16
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