Journey in Faith & Creativity With Me!
“Just a small town girl, livin’ in a lonely world…“ Ordinarily on Thanksgiving Day, I would arrive at my parents’ house after work to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with my family. This year, we did not follow the same trend. My parents and son attended another Thanksgiving, Ryan went hunting, and my daughter stayed home. I…
I didn’t feel like going. My husband, Ryan, suggested we serve at an impactful church event we had attended prior. After a long work week I was tired. We were new to this church and hardly knew anyone. But this was witnessing a miracle in itself– that Ryan Dean wanted to volunteer at a church…
Just because you care ABOUT it doesn’t mean you should care FOR it. God is serious about His children exercising their ordained rights and responsibilities, led by the Holy Spirit, while giving others permission to do the same. Download this PDF to help you visually define what’s yours, what’s not, and what you can give to God today!
Y’all know I love sentimental gifts and surprises. At the beginning of this year, Kyle asked me to make some pillows from her mom’s clothes to gift her family at their upcoming mountain vacation. After giving me some of her mom’s outfits, she told me to “use your creativity to make some other stuff.” You…
This year the Lord said to me, “Hunger is a good thing.” He elaborated no more, leaving me too simple a statement to ponder for months. One day when I read through the book of Luke, I came across the verse where Mary, Jesus’ mother, celebrates by saying “God has brought down the powerful from…
3 minute prayer of liberty and affirmation for the Christian mom
Sentimental gifts and surprises are my favorite things to make. When Angela asked if I could make a wedding garter from her daughter-in-law’s late father’s shirts, I couldn’t wait to get started! One garter turned into 3 plus a teddy bear. Having a reason to write a personalized poem for the special day just added…
“It’s time for a brand new dance,” God whispered to my heart as I read the Scripture. “It will take some practice, but I’ll show you how it goes. Dream big. No limits. Just know I’m with you at each new step. It’s time to do your dance! Know Whose you are!”
It would be insufficient to say I just woke up one morning and decided, “I want to die today.” It could never be that simple. Four years have gone by and I still don’t know how to talk about it. I am afraid you won’t be able to understand, but I have decided that’s okay because honestly, I’m not sure I understand either. And whatever I think I have figured out, still the lingering question inside my head remains, why does God save some and not others? Much more to my confusion, why me?
Made from fabric blocks found in my grandmother’s home is my second quilt, named Mema’s Hands. Mema could really sew– Clothes, wedding dresses, and I can only imagine what else. One memory I treasure is the time she told me she could sew a purse so I begged her to make me one. She did,…