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Jesus—my Treasure

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This weekend, I’m spending some time working on more of the art part of Exploring Joy #faithjournaljuly2025. I’m mainly keeping the pages fairly simple, because I want to finish this project, since I have my new course launching next month.* Today’s page is Day 8 of the study, on Matthew 13:44. “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.” Jesus, my Treasure! There’s no way to depict all that He is in, even in just that… Continue reading →

The Fruit of Joy

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Today we’re looking at the fruit of the Spirit, in Galatians 5:22-23.Fruit can’t be rushed, nor does it come from striving and trying harder. It grows as the natural result of being connected to the source/vine/tree and being watered and fed through that source. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25 This… Continue reading →

Good News Great Joy

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The angels preached the Gospel—Good News, that God had come to earth to live among us, Emmanuel is here, to preach the gospel to the poor; to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. Emmanuel—God with us is the most Joyous news ever! But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: “Today in the city of David a Savior was born for… Continue reading →

Abide in Love

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Last week (actually the week before March 29th! This draft didn’t publish when it was set to.) I did painting of another kind—my living room*, and it turned out great. Even though it’s hard to wrap my head around the different. But now I’m back to working in my Greatest of These is Love journal—where I’m nearing the end of blank spreads in my journal to work on and inspiration sessions. It’s almost time to move on to the next creative project. (And if you’ve followed my posts for the last 3 months since this was supposed to be posted,… Continue reading →

Deep Calls to Deep

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Deep calls to deep. God’s Spirit is calling us to go deeper into Him. And the spirit that is filled with God’s Spirit searches the deep things of God. Creating this page reminded me of these truths from God’s Word. I had some trouble getting this make to come together, so I took my own path and reverted to starting with free-drawing neurolines and rounding them, in the way I’m very familiar with. I jokingly call my “off-road” detours I make when following a class “going rogue”. Following and learning from others is how we grow. But we’ve got to be… Continue reading →

That Your Joy Be Full

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Today we’re looking at John 15:11, and all the rich context surrounding it, and the Faith Art journaling of my study of it. {Video below.} There is a Free digital handout to go along with this post and video. Get it here! This section of God’s Word is so rich, deep, and exciting! And Jesus’ disciples just weren’t getting it. Even looking back on it, many times we don’t either. To study this verse, we need to go back and begin reading at John chapter 13, as that is where Jesus starts this discourse—and it continues through chapter 16/17. Judas… Continue reading →

Question—Need Quick Feedback

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Tomorrow my Exploring Joy video for #faithjournaljuly2025 goes live! 🎊 I’m so excited about this month long Bible Study + Faith Art collaboration. 25 different creators have come together to present this study, and thousands of others have joined us, as we explore the verses on Joy in the New Testament, and document our findings with Faith Art or in a Junk Journal. And tomorrow I’m the Presenter—on John 15:11! Here’s a Sneak Peek at a small section of my make. Quick Response Question for you You know I’m always learning and trying new things. I’m considering experimenting with my… Continue reading →

Sneak Peek

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What am I making with these supplies? Tune in here or on my YouTube channel on Monday to see! Hint! It’s Faith Art Mixed Media And it’s my day as Guest Creator day for— #faithjournaljuly2025 #FaithArt #mixedmedia #freelywholecreative Join me on this creative journey. And share YOUR creations with us! 👩🏻‍🎨

This is Joy

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Today, I’m opening that new journal I made on Sunday, and starting work on the inside pages. July is here and #faithjournaljuly2025 started today. (Follow that hashtag on YouTube.) If you haven’t seen my previous posts leading up to this, here and here, this event is a Faith Art Bible Study on Exploring Joy. In this collab, a different Guest Creator will present a New Testament verse on Joy along with a junk journal element or other Faith Art make, each weekday of the month on their own YouTube channels. (My day is July 7th.) My clean and simple wildflower… Continue reading →

Exploring Joy Journal {tutorial}

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My Exploring Joy journal is ready to go! Just in time. I made it yesterday and #faithjournaljuly2025 starts tomorrow. I really wanted a clean, colorful look to this journal, so it’s a departure from my usual vintage, sometimes grungy, style eclectic journals and definitely different than my mixed media journals. My own challenge accepted. I found the wildflowers wrapping paper at Hobby Lobby and decided that was a good starting point. Then I started digging through my digital stash for images that would go well with it. These colorful wildflowers were perfect. I altered and resized them to fit in… Continue reading →