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A New Song

Watching in Hope

Future Hope

A new year

Solved: The Mystery Of The Disappearing Blogger

Hello there.

I've missed you.

I miss writing here. 

For a couple years, I've been walking through some things. 

Hard things, friends. 

Disappointments. 

Loss. 

Betrayal. 

Grief. 

The weight of a shattered and weary heart. 

I could no longer do all the things. 

I hit pause. 

Learned to breathe again, to be still, to know. 

But, finally.

Finally. 

I'm ready to jump back in. 

It's good to be back!

Rejoice

This is the day the Lord has made;

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

It is amazing when I think of all I have to be grateful for! God has blessed me more than I can ever express. Spending today praising my Jesus for his faithfulness. 

Waiting

I wait for the LORD,

my whole being waits,

and in his word I put my hope.

Psalm 130:5

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Finally. . .

 

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Boldly

 

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Blessed

 

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Happy 4th of July!!

 

Blessings to you and your families… may your Fourth of July be filled with true freedom.

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.  Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

John 8:34-36

Photo via Pinterest. 

Willingly working

 

^“Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working

for the Lord rather than for people.”

Colossians 3:23

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Hope

 

“But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior;

my God will hear me.”

Micah 7:7

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Peace

 

“Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can

make them stumble.”

Psalm 119:165

the Lord Most High

 

Strength and Peace

 

“The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.”

Psalm 29:11

My Portion

 

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The Sweetest Valentine

I completely love this VaLeNTiNe arrangement of John 3:16 . . .

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

Notice how the words and lines are positioned so that the word VALENTINE is spelled from letters in the verse?

I make some every year in different craft forms.  This year I made a wood version (which I’ll show you soon) and this pillow. 

The words are embroidered on muslin.  I sewed and stuffed a larger red heart, then used buttonhole stitching to attach the muslin.

Added fabric flowers, a vintage key and some buttons. . .

The sweetest Valentine. 

I participate in THESE linky parties!

Love Never Fails Valentine Box

I found this vintage wooden recipe box at the thrift store awhile ago.  And it languished about before until I could decide what to do with it ;) 

I had planned to use it to display some seasonal  decor and finally decided on a Valentine theme.   I left the lid open and put everything in the area where recipe cards would have gone. 

The hearts are sewn from cotton fabric.  After turning right side out and stuffing with poly fill, I hand stitched a smaller heart to the front and then embellished with bits of lace, old buttons, rusty safety pins and rolled felt roses. 

The love bird is my favorite!  I drew him like a hundred times before I got the pattern right.  He’s holding a chocolate brown crochet heart in his beak that has a vintage key pinned to it. 

The tag is tea stained and stamped with “Love Never Fails” from 1Corinthians 13:8.  I put another crochet heart on it and then pinned it to one of the bigger hearts. 

Tucked them all into the box along with some greenery and berries, then tied a strip of red fabric around the box. . .  Now I can’t wait to start decorating for Valentine’s Day!