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Falling Forward

11/14/2013

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My children play carefree in the masses of colorful leaves. They are innocent and heartless in their trampling, heaping and jumping. I rejoice in their play, beginning to contemplate their future, their destiny in the light of this season.
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 The very idea Fall conjures up images of falling leaves, burning piles of them, and the  ringing of axes as they chop firewood.  While each of these images are positive, gilded by nostalgia, their analogies seem ominous, if not foreboding.
The burning after the falling, the imminent death and subsequent barrenness drives home a point, which in Biblical context is not without hope, yet bears heavy implications for the willful.
Yet the fall of Eden, and the continual falling is softened by the provision of forgiveness, restitiution.
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Summertime Art!

7/16/2013

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The KARITOS and CIVA conferences were wonderful! I met interesting and genuine people, and benefited from the input of talented professionals who are serious about their faith and art.
I am encouraged to create MORE, connect with local artists MORE, include my kids MORE, and visit galleries as a family MORE, too! Here we come!
Perfect summertime art activities for parents with budding artists include: outdoor photo shoots, hiking through an art fair, sketching at the zoo or park,  sidewalk chalk art designs (take pics!), and ginormous finger painting (hose off afterwards). Plus, there is always collecting natural stuff for projects. Hope you all have a beautiful art-filled summertime.

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Winter is over!

4/2/2013

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Today is not warm, but it is sunny, and yes, it is officially spring! Thanking God for all the little things and for the wonderful feeling of emerging life surrounding us everywhere.
I have used this winter to plan attending art fests, a couple of shows and have signed up for two awesome summer arts conferences; Karitos and CIVA.
Hurray for spring!
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A Fall Thought

10/22/2012

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Leaves fall. Rains fall. Stars fall. We fall, too. Then we get up and try again and again, until we finally get it. Some things are just meant to be left on the ground.
After months of  half-hearted attempts, I have finally abandoned Mona. She creeps me out. I tried to be interested and focus on painting her several times, but the joy I usually feel in painting was absent. I felt the humanism, the sensual curiosity leaping into my paintbrush and had to distance myself from the subject as I painted, which wasn't good for motivation. I came to a point of being afraid to smash the spiders in the basement. Now, with cobwebs dangling beneath the browny-green canvas, I am officially done with her.  Time to clean up and set up!
A new friend of mine came over today and prayed with me about my summer-long creative block, among other things. I repented for painting Mona.  And the result is that I feel free to stop, free to say this just is not working and it's ok to destroy something not birthed from the Spirit of God. I am so relieved. Now maybe I can enjoy the pleasure of God's company again as I paint what He wants me to paint.  After all, when He holds my hand, I won't fall so easily.

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The Greats

5/30/2012

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“How great Thou art!” I love the message of this song. There is no gift so great as the sacrifice He made for me, and nothing so great to look forward to as the day I will join all the other believers in Heaven in laying down my crowns at His feet in testimony to His greatness!

I love experiencing how God truly does delight in the creativity of this child of His. I am given opportunities to share God's love through art and writing. I pray that my legacy will be of a life path marked so clearly that other creative people will be able to follow with success.

Like many others, I started out on my own journey with a craving for a balanced life style. I learned to overcome many fears, to reach out to other people for advice and help in many areas and also to be available for people who were struggling in areas that I had struggled in. My dreams in art and writing never quite came together for me, though, because of a tendency to abandon a plan just before it became successful. Since recent prayer and counseling, I have experienced unprecedented artistic freedom. Suddenly I am creating more, meeting delightful artists nearly every day, and accepting new, lovely opportunities with anticipation.

Tom, the kids and I all attended a local art fair this weekend. We had so much fun meeting artists who do what they do because they love it! I think Tom might be inspired to invest in a tent and start doing art shows. Here are a few links to their beautiful work. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did!
www.AnastasiaMak.com www.susanelizbethdesigns.com www.kevinlahvic.me www.eheinz4@comcast.net  www.edcookminiatures.com  (one from our old home, Michigan; www.beyondletters.com and one from Wyoming, previously Michigan; www.johnrichterphoto.com)

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Almost here!

4/5/2012

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Easter is almost here. We are ready with little gifts for our children and the painting for the play is done and delivered. Now all we have to do is prepare for the weekend itself.
I want to prepare my heart and the hearts of my children as well.
I envision telling them the story of the Resurrection of Jesus and giving them little canvases to paint on.
Maybe I can dig up some Easter music while I paint with them. On the top of my list will be: "Hallelujah! Christ our Lord is risen today..."
What will you be doing to prepare your hearts and engage your imaginations for this weekend? I would love to know!
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Springtime Joys

3/26/2012

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Spring has arrived early in all its glory and fury! While we were racing to stash away all the Christmas decor and dig out Valentine's projects, the March winds were sneaking up on us. Before we knew it, the tulips and grape hyacinths stuck their determined little green shoots through the dirt and shouted "Look at us! We're here!"
And we looked. And we shouted. And we danced together, my little girls and I.
Now we are preparing for the joyful celebration of Christ's resurrection. I'm honored to be painting a banner for the church play.
When Easter is over, I'll try to post a picture of it.
Meantime, I am pondering the true meaning of the Christian Easter.
Christ's resurrection is so much more than a symbol of life triumphing over death. When He arose, He not only defeated the power of sin and its consequences of sickness, chaos, death and eternal torment in hell. Jesus, the only Son of the living God, also arose as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the King of Kings and the Judge of the whole earth.
When He returns, we will look, shout and dance, to be sure!
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After Christmas Wish, Mirroring Christ

12/26/2011

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The days of shopping and planning, baking and making, finding clothes to match for that Christmas photo, wrapping and bagging are almost over. For us, Christmas means celebrating in stages. Visits with his and her families and wishing “Merry Christmas” to friends everywhere completes the holiday season, but the crowning moment is when we share the true meaning of Christmas with our two precious children.
I am reminded this Christmas that what and Who we love shows in everything we say and do. If we Christians love Jesus less than any of these wonderful things, the children know it. “The Best Gift of All” is God’s Son, forever and always. May we bless this world with children who have seen our passion and commitment for Jesus on a daily basis, and through that relationship have seen how much Jesus Himself loves them.
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I imagine a child looking at her mom. The mom is looking into a mirror. The reflection in the mirror is of Jesus.
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Thanksgiving List

11/26/2011

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Thanksgiving List

11/26/2011

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Ah Thanksgiving! So many things to list!

  1. A fun husband to go antiquing with! We’re having a blast!
  2. A big basement! There’s so much room for projects!
  3. Two enthusiastic little girls to paint with! They are inspiring me!
  4. Finally feeling a little better after two weeks of fever/cold/flu thing. (Cough)
  5. A great new purple sweater... very royal! Thanks for the early present, Tom!
  6. Making connections at church with artsy, on-fire-for-God people!
  7. Sunny days this week!
  8. Friendly neighbors!
  9. Christmas lights on our street already.
  10.  Time to write this list. Haha!
  11.  Getting back to regular homeschooling. I love how my kids eat it up!
  12. Homeschooling groups. Other moms are amazing!
  13. Tom chasing the girls and pretending to not find them.
  14. Storytime at our house. We are reading the Swiss Family Robinson.
  15. Good movies to watch while I fold clothes. Right now it’s the Dawn Treader.
  16. Answered prayers! My knee is unswelling and healing.
  17. Thrift stores and discounts. We love paying less.
  18. Sweet kid movies.
  19. Great music to play while we break down boxes and clean up.
  20. Playing dolls, dress-up and mega blocs with my kiddos.
  21. Healthy food and great recipes to try in Nutritional Traditions cookbook!
  22. Energy! Thanks, God for helping me get over Lymes and EBV!
  23. A car that works! What a blessing to be able to get out and go places!
  24. A husband who loves to eat out now and then. ;)
  25. Thanksgiving! So much joy comes from a thankful heart!
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