Mother of all the Living

Inred the Twelve Extraordinary Men from John MacArthur and really enjoyed it, so I had to get the Twelve Extraordinary Woman.  He start with Eve of course and I really got a lot out of it.  Women are a gift from God to men.  One thing he points out is when everything created was brought to Adam to name and there was nothing found suitable for him, so God took it upon himself , without Adam asking, to create a special helper from Adam for man, woman.  We are made in mans glory and we are to be his helper.  I feel so honored to be created in this manner, as a special gift.  

The first picture had such a reflection on the alpha sticker, so I took this one without the light above, but the image isn't as bright.

I used Prima Faith stamp of Eve.

The heart flips over and reads:

The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam, not made out of his head to rule over him, not out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.

Matthew Henry

Thanks for looking, I hope you feel honored today as a woman.

Jill

Outstretched

Sunday's sermon was so moving! His outstretched hand reaches down to save us, and we need to stretch out our arms to him.  When we do we invite him to walk with us and work his power through us.  He is not a genie to work for us but loves us so much that he wants to come with us on our journey and work through us.

Won't you outstretched your arms today and walk with Jesus!

Blessings,

Jill

Faith Art Journaling class

We had such a fantastic time today at Trinity Baptist Church in Sun City Center today! They were all brave in trusting God to lead them in their art worship adventure.  

We plan on meeting again March 26th right before Easter and doing a page on the empty tomb.

Look at all those beautiful pages so full of color!

The Resserected King

Our church played this song Resserecting from Elevation Worship for the first time this Sunday.  It will be our main Easter song this year. I have not been able to get the lyrics out of my head and love every word and verse of this song.  I had to do an art worship page for it this evening.  Used watercolors and pencils. I hope you are as uplifted and inspired by the song as I have been. Blessings, Jill

Kiss Of God

Hi Faithers,
Today's entry is from my study on the book of John.  I was reading about Nicodemus and Jesus telling him that you must be "born from above", born of water and Spirit.  And how he related the wind blowing to the Spirit.  The Spirit works in a mysterious way, but he is very real and I can feel him in me guiding me and my thoughts and actions.  Thank you Jesus for sending the Spirit.

This is a Phyllis Harris stamp from Unity Stamps and I gessoed the page first, then stamped with Black Archival Ink and watercolored.  Love the image and the verse with it!

Next time you feel a breeze on your face, thank God for the gentle kiss he just gave you!

Hugs & Blessings,
Jill

Every Breath

Happy Weekend Faithers!  Today's page is in Job...every breath is a gift from God.  He gives us life through breath.  These are stamps from Unity Stamp Co, Phyllis Harris is the artist.  I did prep the page with clear gesso, I take an old credit card and dip it in the gesso about a 1/4" and then scrape or spread it across the page, putting a thin coat down.  Then dry it with the heat gun or let it air dry, then repeat, so you have 2 thin coats.  This prevents the ink from the stamps bleeding through. I used my Inktense Blocks to watercolor the image.  I like the Inktense because they go on like watercolors, but after they dry they are permanent and do not reactive with water like regular watercolors.  The pages doesn't need to be sealed to be protected against moisture.

Make the most of this day that has been given to you....share your smile with those around you and don't be stingy....give freely!
Hugs,
Jill

Walk in Love

 Happy Sunday!!  I am so excited....Wednesday is my big reveal on my new rubber stamps!!  Yes, I said my new rubber stamps!!  I have created 4 stamp sets that will work with so many different themes and pages in your Faith Art journey.  Here is a peek at 2 of them.  Lots of words and images in each versatile set that will inspire you in your art worship time.

I started by prepping the page with Clear Gesso.   I watercolored the page with Inktense Blocks.  I love the boldness of the colors.  The walk is cut out with alphabet dies.  The "in" was hand written with a Micron Pen, and the journaling was done with the Microns as well. A white Signo Pen was used around the letters and the reflection of the sun in the water.

I've been thinking about this verse with these stamps the last couple of days.  It always amazes me then how God brings stuff into your life....because that is what the lesson today at church tied to.  He referenced Psalm 37 and was talking about how to deal with jerks without becoming one....and ended in Matthew 5...Love your enemies.  So I connected it with 2 John 1:6, Walk in Love.

I hope you get to spend some time in your art worship this week....take some time and be restored and reignited for him.

Hugs & Blessings,
Jill

A Study in Hosea

 I recently did a study in the book of Hosea and wow, what and eye opener to the depth of God's love, mercy and grace!  It is a book of God's redeeming love.  The first time I read the book of Hosea was after I had read the book Redeeming Love from Francine Rivers.  What a great book to read, if you haven't yet I highly recommend it! Then about a month ago our Preacher preached out of the first chapter and so I decided to read it again.  I also looked up a bible study from "She Read Truth".  It can be an challenging book to read because it is 13 chapters of Israel sinning against God and His righteous anger towards them.  After I had read half of it I came across Journibles.  The idea of literally writing your own bible....I thought that was a wonderful idea and decided to start mine out with Hosea.  So I started writing and the scripture came to life even more and it really slows you down and lets you think about each word in every verse.  I was amazed at the depth of God's anger toward Israel.  But I was more amazed at the little single verses sprinkled in a couple of places of God's love for his people.  So after 13 chapters I was really having a hard time reading about all the bad stuff Israel was doing, then the rainbow came!  Chapter 14, the final chapter is about God's mercy and grace towards His people and how much he loves them and wants to be with them.  Even though they deserve destruction, He will not do it.  I saw God on a new dimension after all that and saw how much he truly does love me/us and that he longs to supply us with everything we need and want....all we need to do is trust and turn to Him!

 

 If you are doubting if God loves you or wants you, Hosea will encourage you that he loves you with everything he has and deeply wants a relationship with you.  Reach out to Him and he will be there for you and supply all your needs and more!

I did multiple pages in the book of Hosea with mostly watercolors, but the last page was done with acrylic paints scrapped on the page.

Blessings & Hugs,
Jill

Bible Journaling - Testing

If you already have a variety of different products in your collection and want to know how they react on your pages make a test page.  In the front and back of your Bible you have some pages that can be used to see how they react on that thin Bible page.  Some products bleed through and some don't.  As you can see I went through my stash of products and did a variety of different methods to see what would bleed through on an untreated page.

Stamp with Memento  -  bleeds thru 
Stamp with Archival   -   bleeds thru 
Distress Ink -   went on easy-does bleed thru 
Gelatos   - dry—uneven, wet smooth, no bleed thru

Dylusions Spray -  nice color—bleed thru

Pan Pastels   -  good color little smearing

Prismacolor Pencils   -smooth & vibrant

Watercolors (Inktense)-    vibrant—little bleed thru

Acrylic Paints-  put on thin with credit card is transparent—put on thick for opaque with paint brush

Distress Stain  - bright color—bleed thru

Pens Micron Pens, Pitt Pens & Fude Ball, no bleed thru

These are the products that I used and the outcome on the back of the page.  It's good just to try different things and see what you like.  What your style is.

May you be blessed with some quiet moments today to get in the word and share some time with our Lord.

God Bless,

Jill