🧡 ThanksGiving Day 2 🧡 For the month of November, I’m meditating on passages in God’s Word on Giving Thanks. I’ll be sharing a different one each day. Use them to help keep your mind focused on God, His goodness, His blessings, and you having a grateful heart. It will draw you closer to Him, renew your mind, and rewire your brain.
give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Is this challenging for you? I’m sure it is for everyone. Paul wouldn’t have included it in this list of instructions, as God’s will for us in Jesus, if it came naturally. Gratitude can be especially hard when you’re going through trials, tragedies, or traumas. You may have trouble thinking of anything to be grateful for when your stress level is high and your amygdala has taken over. Yet, Gratitude is actually what can get you unstuck, and able to move into healing—and,… Continue reading
🧡 Day 1 ThanksGiving 🧡 For the month of November, I’m meditating on passages in God’s Word on Giving Thanks. I’ll be sharing a different one each day. Use them to help keep your mind focused on God, His goodness, His blessings, and you having a grateful heart. It will draw you closer to Him, renew your mind, and rewire your brain.
A person’s heart plans his way, but YHWH determines/directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9 Have you been dealt a major curve ball in life? When things took a huge turn from the direction you were going? Me too! Because this summer—this month—this week are significant “stones of remembrance” in those turns, I’m sharing a bit of my story today. Hoping it will help you see that God is still directing your path in your story too. As we walk the straight and narrow, there are still twists and turns in the path that we weren’t expecting, but that doesn’t mean that God… Continue reading
Thank you to all of you who recently subscribed here, through the Faith Journaling Summit. I’m so glad and grateful that you’ve joined us. I hope you enjoyed my session, and your Free Gift. (Check your Spam, and other folders, if you didn’t receive it.) And thank you to my other subbies who have been here awhile. I so appreciate you. Artsy Summits and Retreats are so fun, but it’s not a pace most of us can keep up with regularly. Even if you’re at a place in your life where you can pretty much create and study God’s Word… Continue reading
This neurographic drawing has been sitting on my desk for a week or so. Although I’ve been doing other FaithArt journaling pretty consistently this summer, that evening I just wasn’t drawn to my mixed media projects in process. There were no heavy feelings, or issues to work through. Just a heart that needed something different. So I picked up paper and pen and began drawing neurolines and rounding intersections, while meditating on God’s Word and worshipping Him. I hadn’t done any neurographic drawing in several weeks, not since at the CTPM Retreat in May. But that’s what I was being… Continue reading
As Freely Whole turns 10 today, I reflect on what God has done in this last decade. He has clarified what Freely Whole is and is to be, continually bringing more clarity. As I expected, Freely Whole exists to come alongside you, as a “helper of your joy”, to bring you comfort, encouragement, and support, while helping you grow more deeply in your understanding and love of Jesus. Not expected was its ministry to abused, divorced women, who love and follow Jesus. But not only to her! It is for any who desire to grow closer to Him. Who desire to express their worship to Him in creative ways. Who desire to walk in greater Freedom and Wholeness. Freely Whole is for YOU! Continue reading
I open up many of my journal pages to you, to come alongside you as a helper of your joy. Showing you that imperfect art is worthwhile to create, and should bring no shame—only joy and healing in the moment and making. And to bring you confidence that you too can do this. You were created to create! I’d love to help you learn how. Continue reading
What does a Retreat look like for you? Is it complete R&R time? No schedule. No plans. Just slowing down, resting and relaxing? Is it reflection time? Spending time in nature? Journaling. Creating. Reading. Pondering your life. Your purpose. Your present. Your future. Is it renewing time? Getting great teaching for growth? Prayer and support for healing? Connecting with old friends. Making connection with new ones. Iron sharpening iron. I just returned home from my annual Christian women’s Retreat for—domestic abuse survivors and people helpers that advocate for them, the Called to Peace Ministries Retreat. There, I experience all of… Continue reading
Day Four—of 100 Days of Creativity, (my makes for #The100DayProject.) My Layer a Day creating continues. Each layer in mixed media, each process and technique adds depth and interest to your project. Today’s layers on my background were stamping, Script writing and splatters. What did you create today? Share it in our Creative Community group.
