Wow…for God so loved the world…His Son Jesus Christ willingly laid down His life and shed His blood upon the cross for us…sinners of every kind…He loved us that much…His grace is unmeasurable. He gave us a way that we by faith, know we are sinners, ask for forgiveness, because we know we need Him and our lives are nothing without Him… if we believe in Him…that Jesus is the Christ, He died for us, He was buried and He rose after 3 days so that you may have eternal life in heaven with Him. When the gospel drops in your life you are forever changed!!!!!! It is not about us….it is all about Him. How Glorious and Holy He is. I tell you that He has dropped like a bomb in my life. I am so totally overwhelmed by His mercy and grace.
We have been doing the 40 Days of Passion at church
and the teaching and worshipping and has been just awesome, you can see God working and changing lives.
I thank God for my church…funny coming from me…as some of you know even a year ago I was adamant that I did not have to go to Church to worship God, that I did not need to share my life with others. Oh how wrong I was…I tell you the truth when God comes knocking…He comes knocking…He has totally turned me 180 degrees left, right and all around. I can not wait to see what He has in store for us. The things that have been an obsession for me these last few years…do not amount to a hill of beans anymore. If it is not furthering the Kingdom of God what good is it?
So this morning I felt called to put this out there. I know I have spoken about what God has begun doing in my life before on my blog but I pulled it down because at the same time I had shown jewelry that I made and had entered into an Art Contest with Artists Celebrating Christ (and I didn’t know if the work had been accepted yet because you really should not show these things until you have been accepted)…which I now know I have been accepted and I just pray that God will use the pieces to touch someone else’s life.
So anyway the first thing my husband and I do in the mornings is to come together and read aloud 4 chapters of the Bible…this morning I was reading and we were in Mark Chapt. 15 and when I started reading
verse 17
And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head.
18 and began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19 Then they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshipped Him.
20 And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
I totally lost it…my heart was so overwhelmed with what they did to Him and I realized that my own sins were there that day too and every single day every single time I sin…I am just as guilty as they were on that day…but oh for His Grace He has forgiven me to never see my sin again….I am your humble servant God forever and ever AMEN!!!!
You know I have been a bad blogger of late…not really posting much and then when I do I feel like it is all about what new designs I have created…blah…blah…blah…same old, same old, and in my mind I feel like it makes you look all self-centered or something, when I totally am not. Yeah sure I get excited when I create, and I like sharing that, so I have thought about this long and hard and I asked myself these questions “What is your blog about? What do you want to convey? Do you want to help others? My answers…well currently my blog is not about much of anything. Well I want to convey that you can learn anything and do anything if you set your mind to it. Yes, I do want to help others. So, my thoughts are that I am going to try to make tutorials on metalwork.
My questions for you who follow my blog….what do you want to learn from me? How can I help you?
So, I look forward to hearing your responses. Have a great day!!!!
PS in the meantime here are some of my new designs…I started out taking vintage things apart and reworking them, then soldering with a soldering iron, then soldering metal…so yes if you have the desire and passion you can do anything!!! I am by no means an expert, I am self-taught and I am sure I do not always do things the way others do, but you know what I love learning by trial and error, some days it is hard and I just want to walk away from creating and never look at it again but then that old desire hits and I am like, you are not going to beat me today and I sit down and start all over again, I keep trying and keep trying until I get it.
I hope all are doing well. My family in Virginia have been slammed with snow and there may be more coming. Unreal…they have not seen snow like this in years. When you get that much snow it can be a nuisance but I would just love to be there and see it, especially on my Mom’s farm…however, my sister and one of my Aunt’s have emailed me photos, so I guess that will have to do.
Speaking of Virginia I have completed the belt buckle with the farm sketch. It is made of sterling silver and I added 14k gold filled branches with the sterling leaves.
Well it is Monday morning again, starting a fresh new week. Lord willing I plan to take these original sketches, the farm, sand dune & snow mountain and join them into my belt buckles. I will be revisiting hollow forms, don’t know if you remember the hollow forms I was doing probably about a year ago, some of them I painted on the top and some I made egg-shaped and one I used an old salt shaker top…they were a lot of fun but my plan is to use hollow forms again but take them in a bit of a new direction. We shall see what the outcome is…I can see it in my head but sometimes moving it from the mind to actuality is a totally different thing.
On another note…you know I am finding I do not care for the Facebook Fanpages for several reasons.
1. You are not notified is someone post on the fanpage unless you remind yourself to go look at the page.
2. The only way to send a notice to your fans is thru the facebook email updates (which is not an email but just a notice that goes to email) and I know for myself the pages that I am a fan of most of the time I forget to check email for updates from them).
3. The bad thing about anyone having access to your fanpage is that there are people out there that try to take advantage of your page by posting their own advertising. I had a company from India that does large volumes of direct sales of sterling silver jewelry post on my fanpage and I do not know how long it was there, when I found it I deleted it. Then someone from Thailand did the same thing and I deleted them. I mean what’s up…who has time for all that?
So that is my 2 cents worth…at least on your own blog the spam is removed and most of the time you don’t see it.
Well hope you have a fabulous Monday and creative week!!!
You know you really realize how time flies by when your 3 surviving grandparents all just had birthdays…my Grandma Giles is 92 and my Grandma & Grandpa Gibson both just turned 90. You realize they will not be here forever, I would love to sit down with each of them and write their stories. My eyes have always seen them as such fascinating people, each one a strong Christian and they have touched and influenced so many lives, including my own, they have a legacy, they are the salt of the earth. I want to know all about their parents and their ancestors…what shaped them into who they are. I know my Grandma Giles is from Irish descent, my Grandma Gibson’s grandmother was full-bloodied Cherokee Indian her name was Amanda Clementine Fitzhugh Waller Clay…I know one of our relatives was in the Civil War ( a great great grandfather? my mom has told me so many times..she has a mind of steel…Haa Haaa… but I never remember) I really need to take the time and write this stuff down. My Grandpa Gibson is a welder and he is in his shop everyday…he does work like you would not believe…I would love to learn from him. These things are all so important to me now in way that I never thought about when I was younger.
PS I did remove posts and photos especially of the work I have done that I am entering into a juried art show…I found out you should never, ever show that work until it is all over. Also to see what I am up to, events, videos, new work that will be in my online shop you will have to check in on my Facebook Fan Page. Time is so precious and I would rather be in my studio creating than be online.
OK so I am out in my studio this morning concentrating really hard on a piece I am working on when my husband opens the door and says ” I have a strange headache”…I turned around to look at him and this is what I see…need I say more?
I hope each and everyone of you will have a Happy New Year. Today is a time to reflect back on the events of the past year, the good, the bad and the just blah!! blah!!! then with excited anticipation ringing in the New Year!!! I love when the New Year comes around it brings a fresh newness to everything, motivation is high and creative ideas are rolling around, just waiting to come out…can’t wait to get the projects started.
So HAPPY NEW YEAR and may this year be the most prosperous year of all…time is ticking…let your light shine…don’t stay caught in your gallows…keep growing in every way!!!! (EXCEPT THE WAISTLINE)
I wanted to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas. This is the most wonderful time of the year as families and friends gather together, may we all take time to remember what the real meaning of Christmas is…
This last year has been all about reinventing myself…it is so liberating…and I highly recommend it.
1st – Really analyze what is most important to you…in your heart…in your soul…then do it!
2nd – Look at every new day as an adventure and get excited about the possibilities.
3rd – Realize that you can do anything you set your mind to.
4th – Reinvent yourself…look around you and see what you can remake, revamp and create from things you have around you.
So today I am revamping the Cardinal painting on canvas that I did a couple of Christmas’s ago, I have never framed her so I decided to add a little bit of natural festivity to her this year with leaves, berries and pine needles from my yard and a little bit of hemp cord.
This next year I will really be concentrating on reinventing things, of course my metalwork, sewing, painting…3 of the things that I absolutely love creating with.
I have pulled out some old sweaters that are just crying out for something new…I can never seem to find clothes that I like in Florida, so here goes, something new from something old.
And they should come out looking something like this. Well hopefully better than this drawing.
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