Time Flies

Our lives are short so why do we live as if we have millions of years here on earth?! 

I'm guilty. Of waisting precious days. Are you? 

Ephesians 5:15-17 

See then that Ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be Ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of The Lord is. 

We need to go through life with responsibility, knowing our purpose, seeking Gods will! 

But this verse shouldn't just apply to seeking God and being responsible, we should also spend as much time with family and friends, especially your loved ones! 

Do you ever find you and your spouse/ family all sitting on the couch each on your phone or IPad watching tv not even enjoying the tv show together? Or worse. All in separate rooms? 

Don't take advantage of the short time we have with our loved ones! 

Psalms 90:12 So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

Look Up

Colossians 3:2 set your affection on things above, not on the things on the earth. 

Are you looking up? Usually when we are in need, we are thinking of God praying to God and hopefully looking up! But what about when everything seems to be going perfectly? I wouldn't ever go as far to say my life is perfect. Ever. Not even close. I love my life and all the things in it, but spiritually I need a lot of work, I'm sure I always will. I still have times though that everything seems to go just right, I'm happy and good things are coming my way, but. Those are the most dangerous times, don't get caught off guard and find yourself focusing on all your earthly treasures. Focus on things above. 

No matter what circumstances we are in we need to LOOK UP! Remember what Jesus did for us, and most of all pray that you're staying in Gods will for you. 

Clothed in Strength & Honor

In Proverbs 31 we learn a lot about the "virtuous woman". All the characteristics she has are things we need to being doing as women of God! I've been wanting to watercolor these dresses for a while now and thought this verse was fitting for it. 

Strength and honor are her clothing, in an earlier verse we learn about her actual clothing but here we look at her inner clothes. She is strong and highly respected by others and completing Gods will for her she can rejoice in the future. 

Let your inner clothes be as beautiful as your real clothing! 

New Mercies Every Morning

Have you ever done something so awful, that even though you know the people you hurt, including God have forgiven you, you just can't seem to let it go? I'm sure at some point in our lives we've all done something like that.

Lamentations 3:19-23 gives us comfort for those times, or just when you have had a terrible day you can read that and be at peace for the next day.

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions  fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

I looked up consumed online and got these words:
》devour
》destroy
》overwhelm
》raging
》powerful

These are things we say we go through all the time, more specifically being overwhelmed by our day. This verse though tells us we are not consumed because of the Lord's love, and that we have tomorrow to look forward to because his mercies are new everyday!

Excited for Christ

Acts chapter 9 starting in verse 18, Saul becomes a new man. He treated Christians horribly and yet God wanted to use him to spread Gods word. Saul went from persecuting and imprisoning Christians, to being saved, baptized, and excited for Christ.
He didn't just go about normal everyday life after being saved, he was beyond happy.
He wanted to go out and share the truth about Jesus to everyone!
So why don't I do that? I was raised in church, have been saved since I was very young. Shouldn't I be excited about telling others the truth about Jesus?!?
It's our job to help spread the word of God, do it with joy!

My journaling page is done with water color, the gold lettering is a paint marker.

Fishers of Men

When Jesus called the disciples to follow Him, they dropped everything to go with Him, they went everywhere with him and even after Jesus rose and went to heaven they kept spreading Gods word everywhere they went. 

We should be that way too! It's not just up to the preachers and leaders of our churches to spread the light it's up to ALL of us in everything we do. We need to be the light of the world!  

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 

                                                 Mathew 5:14

God puts us in places he knows we can do something for him. 

He gives us each special talents, we all have different ways we can spread Gods word, God wants us to use those talents FOR HIS GOOD WILL, not to just hide and blend in with the world, we are to be fishers of men. 

SUPPLIES : For "fishers of men " I used,  acrylic paints, "precision pen" , stickers. 

For "light of the world" I used water colors.