tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52000891683095806192024-03-18T20:12:25.530-07:00Heart Du JourAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-76269263224810169902015-03-18T02:12:00.000-07:002015-03-18T02:12:21.862-07:00Working On It Wednesday #20Woohoo! Two posts in a row!! Look out!! Since missing last week's postings, I have a little backlog of pics to post (lucky us, eh?) And away we go!<br />
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First, a few Scripture doodles:<br />
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Then good old lettering practice:</div>
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I'm trying to learn calligraphy...trying, anyway...</div>
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I have this new favorite blog, <a href="https://thepostmansknock.com/blog/" target="_blank">The Postman's Knock.</a> Lindsey writes about all things postal and lettering and pretty. She posts tons of fun tutorials like this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePostmansKnock/posts/453730134786266" target="_blank">watercolor monogram</a> I had to try:<br />
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Just some more practice:<br />
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And then a few <a href="http://penandpeplum.com/" target="_blank">Pen + Peplum</a> prompts:<br />
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She got me on a coffee kick:</div>
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And I started Mr Mercedes this week...aahhh, King never disappoints!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3lAymynkt_Hm3qrV11F1Y_lpNNSqfmjRV1s-ez7hxf9xw6R6BJnK1xnktrXHfdilpLc5Je5mVyKhGO5SmTfMnHFXbNOKd_rAC4kggTeoxqSFTpGQxJLqDmVgXT8czHAS379c4ZoTU8fl/s1600/mr+mercedes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3lAymynkt_Hm3qrV11F1Y_lpNNSqfmjRV1s-ez7hxf9xw6R6BJnK1xnktrXHfdilpLc5Je5mVyKhGO5SmTfMnHFXbNOKd_rAC4kggTeoxqSFTpGQxJLqDmVgXT8czHAS379c4ZoTU8fl/s1600/mr+mercedes.jpg" height="320" width="226" /></a></div>
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That's all I have to share this week....Boats are finally free of ice, so rowing finally resumes once more--hallelujah!! I have the years's first 5k coming up in three short weeks, so I really need to get out there and hit the road. Lots to look forward to!! Have a great week--hope to see you here again soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-25752106638054678392015-03-17T03:24:00.004-07:002015-03-17T07:33:20.436-07:00Mailbox Monday #8 (on Tardy Tuesday...apparently...)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A little grace, folks--a little grace...I bookended last week with ridiculous headaches both on Monday and Friday, so blogging was simply not a priority for me. But, here we are back again--a day late but nonetheless, still here. And the mail continues to trickle in little by little...</div>
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Last week's highlights--letters from England, Tasmania, and here in the states: PA, TX, and a super cool postcard from Florida--which has a funny story to it that I'll share in a minute...</div>
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But first--a couple more letters that arrived yesterday from CA and OK--I love Tracy's </div>
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Okay--postcard story. Last month I posted a Month of Letters challenge and had a nice response of people who wanted to play along, left me their addresses and I mailed out postcards to them during the month long challenge. The first postcard I'd sent out came back to me two weeks later. I hesitate to put my return address on postcards for this very reason--the brilliant post office employees are easily confused. But, being as these were new friends, I wanted to let them know where the cards had traveled from, and so wrote clearly "FROM:" with my address, tiny, at the bottom of the card by my signature hoping this would clue the postal peeps into NOT returning the cards to me. All of the other cards I sent last month managed to be delivered (at least, I haven't gotten any of those back...I suppose they could be floating in Post Office Purgatory somewhere...) So, I scribbled out my return address, jotted a quick apology for the delivery delay, slapped another stamp on this card (which was already above the regular postcard rate since it was heavy cardboard, too stiff for what's considered 'machinable' mail--increasing the rate from the thirty-four postage card rate to the standard first class rate of forty-nine cents, and now costing ninety eight cents for this second attempt at delivery:<br />
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And....the post office RETURNED it to me AGAIN!!! Even WITHOUT my return address on it...for realz. So...at this point, I had come across Roc in a faith journaling group I belong to, messaged her quickly to let her know I hadn't forgotten she had signed up for the Month of Letters challenge and that I did indeed mail her a postcard, yadda yadda yadda....and that I would try one more time to send it out to her--in an envelope!!! Which, also non-machinable because of the thick postcard inside would cost an extra twenty-one cent surcharge--AND another first class stamp...this postcard that should've cost thirty-four cents to mail, now cost $1.68--but it finally made it!! And that super cool postcard in the pic above is from Ms. Roc--and I love it!</div>
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The life and times of mail today...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-18886177256462386112015-02-23T03:33:00.000-08:002015-02-23T03:34:06.473-08:00Mailbox Monday #7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had another quiet but very inspirational mail week. Monday, of course, was a holiday, and Tuesday we were still recuperating from the latest snow storm, so that was three days in a row of no mail--gah!! Alas, Wednesday made up for it when I found this bonus stash filling my mailbox:</div>
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First, a belated Christmas giftie from my friend, Dawn! An adorable journal, cute, cute cards of the family and a super fabulous Sharpie pen (I had to include the box knife in the pic since Dawn super taped the box shut! Haha!) </div>
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A stash of Valentine goodness from Eileen:</div>
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And this beautiful geniusness:</div>
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I love mail art. Seriously and truly. I've been piddling around with pretty handmade envies and fussy lettering, but it's not all out mail art. Brian's work totally inspired me to knuckle down and MAKE ART again. Brian is <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%40sirlapsley&src=typd" target="_blank">@sirlapsley</a> on Twitter and Instagram if you want to give him a follow--great stuff!</div>
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So, I made a couple art cards over the weekend:</div>
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One is winging its way to Brian...</div>
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And in other mail this week, an outgoing envie to my friend Beth:</div>
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Who in turn sent me this lovely envie and letter:</div>
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And so I replied with this Animalia envie:</div>
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And a couple watercolor and resist cards I made during Sunday's bout of insomnia:</div>
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Now I'm all caught up on mail but have a few lettering projects to work on today--yay! But first it's time to get the Bug up and ready for school, scrounge up a little breakfast and visit the treadmill for a quick run--gotta get the day under way!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-51311850666628284362015-02-18T03:05:00.000-08:002015-02-18T03:05:44.506-08:00WOIW #19Just a quick post this morning before I head down to the treadmill for a run. I don't have much to show for my week--been a bit busy shoveling snow every day...But I did get called to do a painting job which was a whole of fun last week. A friend of a friend has a painting business and a particular client had asked if they could have their mantel painted to match their living room furniture. Since this was a little out of their wheelhouse, they offered the job to me and I jumped on it--I love that kind of work!<br />
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Before, the furniture to match, and after:<br />
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And one quick Scripture doodle--I must've had a quiet prayer journal week....but I did get a second set of Scripture bookmarks done for the<a href="http://theblueberryloft.blogspot.com/2015/02/first-love-series-bookmarks-now.html" target="_blank"> Blueberry Loft</a> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlueberryLoft?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Etsy shop.</a> I've sold a few sets on there--it's always great to get those sales confirmation emails from Etsy!</div>
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I'm planning on lettering practice for a while--I really need to work on my cursive...it's just not what I want it to be yet. Practice makes perfect!! So, run, shovel, a couple errands, then lettering--not a bad day, eh? Thanks for stopping by--have a great warm and cozy day!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-37393291742445834142015-02-16T04:13:00.000-08:002015-02-23T03:01:13.511-08:00Mailbox Monday #6 and Neptune<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
If you know anything about me, you know I love snow and a good blizzard is just my thing--everything completely blanketed in snow, the world covered in white as far as the eye can see. But Neptune has been one vicious storm. I don't know how much snow it dumped on us--I do know I've been shoveling over four foot drifts, trying to toss snow on banks above my head. The wind chill is killer cold. Just listening to it whipping around the house and through the trees feels ominous and honestly a bit worrisome at times. A few pics from shoveling yesterday--and I haven't even made it to the street...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pea almost couldn't turn herself around....minor pile up on the way back in...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our fence is just about gone--and that's not from the snow plow--the bank from the plows is beyond the fence--and they haven't even gotten close to our street yet</td></tr>
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But, it is Mailbox Monday today! I wouldn't be getting any mail again today even if it weren't a holiday...I've not gotten mail on a Monday for over a month now because of the repeated snow storms!</div>
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One little incoming from my friend, Beth. I've gotten more than that this week, this just happened to be the only pretty decorated envie:</div>
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And now I need to head back out into the bitter cold to try to make some headway to the actual road if Bill's gonna make it to work today...I hope everyone is keeping warm and toasty!! Have a great week! Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Only a quick couple of pics this morning (makes me wonder what I've been up to all week--not taking pictures, at least!) First, a bookmark for my Blueberry Loft giveaway:</div>
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Then <a href="http://penandpeplum.com/" target="_blank">Pen+Peplum's</a> #52handlettered prompt this week is to do a love quote, so this is in my prayer journal this morning:<br />
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I have a list of prompts sitting idly by...perhaps I need to quit goofing off with the mail so much and refocus my attention on more productive matters...For now, it's time to run. Have a great week!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-26184504671975322122015-02-09T02:58:00.000-08:002015-02-09T02:58:44.210-08:00Mailbox Monday #5 It's not been a bad week for mail here. I've had several pretty envies coming and going:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Incoming from Tracy and Beth--from our Snail Mail Society, and a Postal Society swap from Singapore.</td></tr>
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A street next to a hotel...?? Seriously--that's how her addy reads...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last but not least, a lovely lettered envie for a blog contest winner at my friend, <a href="http://enthusiasticallydawn.com/" target="_blank">Dawn's blog.</a> <br />
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February's <a href="http://heartdujour.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-month-of-letters.html" target="_blank">Month of Mail</a> is well under way! I've sent out one or two letters and cards each day so far and I hope if you're playing along, you're keeping up with the challenge as well! Everybody loves happy mail! Have a great week! School is cancelled again as another 6-12" of snow is heading our way...looks like I'll be shoveling today! Cocoa, jammies, and the Walking Dead! After mail of course!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-72401613023870645492015-02-07T03:34:00.000-08:002015-02-07T03:35:48.317-08:00RJD #48I'm running a day behind here this week. I haven't been feeling 100%, my neck and shoulder are giving me grief. I really need to go rowing but the harbor is a sheet of ice and it's been too bitter cold to be safe out on the water. So, we sits...Instead, I went and had all my hair chopped off yesterday (what happens when I have entirely too much time on my hands...) But, I like it!! I was way overdue for a new look. Mister loves it, Little Mister hates it--but he always hates my hair, so this is nothing new. Now I'm tossing around color ideas--and not plain, neutral browns or blonds to blend my ever increasing greys, but possibly a super vibrant red--or purple! Something artsy and daring...It is only hair, after all! We'll see...Good heavens, I really need to row!<br />
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So, it is (the day after) <a href="http://enthusiasticallydawn.com/2015/02/06/random-journal-day-48-with-featured-journal-keeper-jeannie-pallett-giveaway/" target="_blank">Random Journal Day</a> over at <a href="http://enthusiasticallydawn.com/2015/02/06/random-journal-day-48-with-featured-journal-keeper-jeannie-pallett-giveaway/" target="_blank">Enthusiastically, Dawn's</a>. Her guest this month, Jeannie Pallett, is offering a giveaway if you wanna pop over and check it out! Good stuff! There's always good stuff going on over there at Dawn's! Go. Look. I'll be here while you peek...<br />
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I have just a few journally pics to show from my prayer journal and also my <a href="http://bulletjournal.com/" target="_blank">bullet journal</a> (I love my bujo!!)<br />
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(If you left me a comment, you won a bookmark--<a href="http://theblueberryloft.blogspot.com/2015/02/handlettered-valentines-day-love.html" target="_blank">send me</a> your addy's!)<a href="mailto:williammaurice44@comcast.net" target="_blank"></a></td></tr>
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That is my RJD offering this month. I'm hoping to have the week's Grace Awakening post up tomorrow--if not, it'll post next weekend. It just depends on how our day goes here. More snow is on the way for the next four days (that oughta keep me out of the hair salon! Haha!) I will be busy making bookmarks for a few days anyway! Suzie and Cecelia--I'll be looking for your addresses (Dawn, I gotcha! Haha!) Have a great weekend all!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-52396915117090026982015-02-04T01:46:00.001-08:002015-02-04T01:46:50.943-08:00Workin' On It #17<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Life is finally getting back on track here since Juno blew through last week. Mister has gone back to work, Little Mister has gone back to school. Once more my brain has some semblance of sanity with which to create...So, I did up a couple sets of printable bookmarks for the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlueberryLoft?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Blueberry Loft:</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These were created with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Journaling-Bible-Cloth-Board-Flowers/dp/1433548372/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422961456&sr=1-6&keywords=journaling+bible" target="_blank">Journaling Bibles</a> in mind. They can be printed out and glued into the margins for those who are worried about ink bleed through, or for others who just aren't quite artistically inclined. Or, they can always be printed out for use as regular book marks for bibles or otherwise!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I did a second set geared toward planner people--a little planning inspiration to help 'mark your spot'.</td></tr>
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I have a couple journal pics to share BUT! Friday is Random Journal Day over at <a href="http://enthusiasticallydawn.com/" target="_blank">Dawn's</a> so thought I'd wait and share on Friday for the link up party! Ooooo---a teaser! Haha! For now I have to see if the driveway and car are thoroughly encased in ice or not and get a-scrapin'! Stay warm, my friends! See you soon!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-59900871173312038212015-02-02T00:42:00.001-08:002015-02-02T00:42:49.487-08:00Mailbox Monday #4It's been a much better mail week, in spite of our blizzard Juno, who left us digging for days under three feet of snow:<br />
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We have a fresh 8-12" coming today and into tomorrow. It's good to know winter has finally fully arrived--a little late, but not holding back one bit of what we've been missing through our earlier portion of the season!<br />
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So--incoming goodness!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At long last--this finally appeared in my mailbox yesterday after we'd given up hope thinking it'd gotten lost as it had been mailed out more than two weeks ago. Which gives me hope that a missing letter I'd sent to the Netherlands may still find its way there! But! This joyous arrival is from my dear friend, Alex, from the UK--envie made from a map of where she and her sweet hubby stayed this Christmas in Maine! (So very jealous!! But so very happy to see this safe into my hot little hands!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bright happy envie and letter from new penpal Bea in Spain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another awesome friendship folder from Cynthia here in MA <br />
and a beautifully hand decorated envie from Elizabeth in the UK!</td></tr>
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And outgoing this week (in no particular order...):<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A letter back to Bea--so happy it's February and I can use my new super cute Valentine washi! <br />
So sad to have to use a Christmas stamp but the post office is still waiting for the new 2015 international design to be released, so gotta use what we can get for now!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A happy package of the most adorable washi tape that Beth and I split for a double order from <br />
Aimee over at <a href="http://www.artsyville.com/" target="_blank">Artsyville!</a> She hosted a super clearance on her tape designs, Beth and I couldn't resist! </td></tr>
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Playing with pretty border doodles...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And last but not least, a birthday card for my sweet friend Missy! <br />
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And today begins our <a href="http://heartdujour.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-month-of-letters.html" target="_blank">Month of Letters</a>! I hope everyone has their pen, paper, and stamps all set and ready to get writing! I've got a nice little stack of cards all addressed and ready to go--if you signed up, watch those mailboxes!<br />
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All right--have a super great week! I'll be playing in the snow again! And sending out lots of happy mail love! Thanks for stopping by--hope to see you all again soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-13959107742333437402015-01-31T03:07:00.000-08:002015-01-31T03:07:13.212-08:00Grace Awakening Week Four, Chapter Four: Undeserving, Yet Unconditionally LovedWelcome back to week four. I almost had to skip again this week--it has been rough here lately! We got hit by blizzard Juno, dumping a gorgeous three feet of fresh white snow on us--took two days to get dug out, then another before school and work schedules resumed. So I had an unexpected houseful and a schedule tossed to the wind. Then I got the news that a dear friend's husband had passed away, the wake and funeral would be Thursday and Friday. I'd gotten absolutely nothing accomplished that I'd hoped to achieve all week, and another slice of time was cut away. But, I'm so glad I attended the service--such beautiful words remembering and honoring a most loved father, husband, grandfather...and it was just good to be in the company of my rowing/church family for the occasion as well. <br />
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So I determined to set aside all mail, lettering, and planner pursuits for the afternoon until I got my post written--all those things can wait just a little bit longer...I should have some time to play over the weekend (I hope, at least!) And we carry on with Chapter Four: Undeserving, Yet Unconditionally Loved.<br />
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I struggle a LOT with the whole feeling of being undeserving of God's lavish love and grace. I have made mess upon mess of my life and yet He's done nothing but shower me with His unlimited love, forgiveness, and bounty of blessings. I live it--every day in awe of all that God has given me. I don't even remember to thank Him most of the time. Yet every day, new grace, more gifts, unbounded love.<br />
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Chapter Four explores the stories of David and Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 4), and that of Paul. How King David bestowed grace on Jonathon's crippled son for the sheer love of his childhood friend. Paul, consumed zealot, condemner, murderer of Christians given grace by God, turned apostle who couldn't stop himself from preaching God's love-from the depths of prisons, bound in chains. He lived to preach God's grace to the rest of us until his last dying breath. <br />
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This gift is given freely. God does what He does by His grace. Because of this, I am what I am by the grace of God. He gets every ounce of credit for whatever good I am able to achieve. And just as God shapes us in His grace, we need to allow Him to be the One to mold those around us in HIS way (not ours). And since He gives us grace, we need to extend it to others, rather than trying to turn them into what <em>we think</em> they should be.<br />
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Grace is not something simply to be claimed, it is meant to be demonstrated. It is to be shared, used as a basis for friendships and drawn upon for sustained relationships.<br />
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"Grace focuses on who God is and what He has done and takes the focus (and credit) off ourselves. Yet it's so easy to think we need to do something to earn or deserve God's favor, as though grace is too good to be true." -Jackie Hudson<br />
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In what ways have you experienced God's grace in your life and relationships?<br />
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Do you find it difficult to let people be who they are? Why do you think this is so?<br />
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Do you find yourself being harder on family members or coworkers than you mean to be? In which of your relationships is this an issue?<br />
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<a href="http://www.insightforliving.com/3/ArchivePlayer.asp?id=1012476&date=1/30/2013" target="_blank">Click here to listen to the chapter podcast</a>.<br />
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Thanks so much for your patience with last week's delay, and thank you for joining me again this week. I hope you're getting as much from this study as I am. Please leave a comment below--I'd love to hear what you think so far! Have a great week--see you next Saturday for Chapter Five!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-31952470856695451282015-01-28T04:06:00.000-08:002015-01-28T04:06:50.766-08:00WOIW DelayHopefully I can get a post up tomorrow but for now I have to head back out and keep digging...The plows and more snow overnight have us buried again...Oh and more snow on the way Friday! Who wants to come play??<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A plow got stuck out in front of our house last night and not the only one. <br />
Plows, police, ambulances and fire rescue trucks were getting stuck all over town...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A path for the poochies--you can't even tell there are steps that go...well...down into the yard....It's just all snow!</td></tr>
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I'll take some more pics of the neighborhood once I get the cars dug out again--stay warm everyone!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-18894561581966875032015-01-26T04:04:00.000-08:002015-01-26T04:15:01.538-08:00Mailbox Monday #3Well, I don't know what happened to the pics of the rest of my mail this week--unless I simply brain farted and forgot to take pics? Uhr-duhr....it's been known to happen. I <em>did</em> have a lot on my mind last week with getting (mentally) prepared for our NYC trip (me? worry? NAH! Okay...yuh....) Nonetheless, I do have a few pics (thank goodness for saving grace...) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This lovely creation is a friendship folder from new penpal Ina from the Netherlands. I've seen so many of these on Instagram lately so I was quite tickled to receive my first one! Now I have to return the favor and make one to send back (and of course others to share with my other beloved penfriends!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A panic picture taken yesterday when I thought I had zero pics to share...yikes! Again, Ina's folder, a super cute thank you card from new friend, Eileen (adorbs!) and a pair of tie die envelope experiments I made this week that turned out so super cool I'll have to make MORE!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two original tie die envies. I started with a pink/red palette for Valentine's day. <br />
Loved it so much I had to break out some purple....</td></tr>
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Okay, the next two have absolutely nothing to do with mail, just my heart....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at this giant lump! He's crushed all the cushions to our (er, his!) sofa!</td></tr>
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A gianormous blizzard is en route for later today, tomorrow, and parts of Wednesday. I've waited all winter for some snow--I didn't think they'd save it all up for one blow out event! And, Bug is off school today for a professional development day, not likely to be going to school Tuesday, Wednesday or even possibly Thursday from the looks of what's about to hit the coast this week...Pajama-rama Week!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-62920019924340133482015-01-25T04:19:00.000-08:002015-01-25T04:19:14.444-08:00NYC Nightwatch Youth GatheringOur church's youth group joined three other groups this weekend for an overnight trip to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City. What an incredible night of fellowship in this amazing, breathtaking setting...We shared our bus trip with another group from the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Foxboro, MA and arrived excited, if tentative, about the full night of activity waiting ahead for us...<br />
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Everyone unloaded into the gymnasium in the undercroft (mad rush to find outlets to plug in all the drained devices! One genius among us was brilliant enough to pack a power strip and all electronics commenced charging while some mad One Bounce Pseudo Volleyball Insanity broke out. Another group poured in from New Jersey while a fourth group from CT was running late, held up in the weekend traffic. <br />
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Eventually we all trailed upstairs to begin the night's program. I couldn't possibly photograph what was waiting for us on entry to the cathedral--I tried the next morning but even Googling on the laptop, I couldn't find a decent picture of the <a href="http://www.stjohndivine.org/programs/art/current-exhibitions" target="_blank">colossal Phoenix sculptures</a> hanging suspended in the cathedral's nave. At first, all was dark except for the sculptures, lit with tiny sparkling lights like Christmas...then--they lit the cathedral...and you could see these two incredible creatures...hanging in the midst of this incredible, huge sanctuary....You can Google for pictures, but it's really something that needs to be experienced first hand. Just amazing...<br />
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The delayed group from CT finally arrived and the activities began. We were kept busy and moving well into the night with a closing candlelight Eucharist and meditation at midnight that was the perfect ending to a really wonderful night. We were then allowed to curl up with our sleeping mats and bags back down in the undercroft's gymnasium, though very little sleep actually ensued...I waited patiently and quietly for morning and coffee and an opportunity to head back upstairs to a day lit cathedral...Still, my pictures don't do any kind of justice to the beauty of that building:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crazy detail everywhere you look--I could sit in here and sketch forever!!</td></tr>
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I couldn't get in to all the chapels yesterday morning for pictures, plus the light was still so dim from the snow/sleet storm that was happening outside...After a quick round up of the troops, bagels and coffee for breakfast, we loaded back into the bus and were off to see the WTC Memorial museum, which I just cried through the entire time...To stand where those two towers once stood and to take in the total tragic loss of life that day, less than two weeks shy of giving birth to my Bug...Another experience that needs to be done firsthand...<br />
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So today, we are iced in with a blizzard on its way for tomorrow night! Seems like the weather has stored up all my snow this winter for one big blowout! I'm heading to the grocery store to stock up and then battening down the hatches for the storm ahead! Stay safe and warm my friends!<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-32882790819520760812015-01-21T03:05:00.002-08:002015-01-21T03:05:09.756-08:00Grace Awakening Chapter Four DelayI won't be posting Chapter Four this weekend since I'll be off in New York with the Youth Group until Saturday afternoon. So we'll see you next week!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-65507991432195495642015-01-21T00:50:00.000-08:002015-01-21T00:50:29.497-08:00Workin' On It Wednesday #16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Just a few hand lettered pieces to share this week:</div>
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And a couple Scripture doodles from the prayer journal:<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-8619731068578765372015-01-19T02:41:00.000-08:002015-01-19T02:42:03.564-08:00Mailbox Monday #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Still another quiet week of incoming mail but here are some of the prettier pieces that arrived-three from our snail mail group and a couple overseas letters:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dressed up just a simple white envie with a little scrapbook paper, washi, stamps and stickers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This envie was made from an old calendar page</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Secret Pen Pal letter for<a href="http://www.snailmail-ideas.com/" target="_blank"> Snail Mail Ideas</a> January Project</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doodled up another plain white envie--gotta make it pretty! :D</td></tr>
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I'm still getting a few sign ups for February's <a href="http://heartdujour.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-month-of-letters.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #20124d;">Month of Letters</span></a> and prepped more postcards to send out--click the link for more details if you're interested! </div>
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Today is Martin Luther King Day which means *BOOOO* No Mail *BOOOO*. But, alas, there are other responsibilities calling for my attention...Enjoy the holiday and I hope to see you later in the week!<a href="http://heartdujour.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-month-of-letters.html" target="_blank"></a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-37411217274787362152015-01-17T02:16:00.002-08:002015-01-17T02:16:28.529-08:00Grace Awakening: Week Three, Chapter Three-Isn’t Grace Risky?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="versetext4"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">What shall we say, then?<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="1" name="1"></a> Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?</span></i></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="2" name="2"></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">By no means! We died to sin;<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="3" name="3"></a> how can we live
in it any longer?</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The great risk of grace is the knowledge that we have been freed
from our sins through the death and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Some might say
people can then go on in their sinful living as before receiving this gift of
God, after all-all is forgiven! The debt is paid! We are free to do fully as we
please. And indeed we are. Whoa—like a kid let loose in the great candy store
of life!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Once we believe--and that is just simple faith, not a vow to change
one’s life, or a promise to give up all we have and off we go to follow Christ.
There’s no carved in stone commitment to never, ever sin again. That’s not even
possible. We’re still human after all. But, because of Christ’s commitment to
us through His death on the cross, God declares those who believe to be
righteous and justified. Then He gets to work, changing us day by day, bit by
bit towards maturity and sanctification.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">So, with this great privilege of living in grace, there will be
some who take advantage and abuse the gift God offers. Aren’t there always
people like that with any free offering? Why would grace be any different?
There will be people who simply don’t value or understand what this grace <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cost </i>our God. (I would encourage you to
read <a href="http://utmost.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest</span></a>
for a deeper appreciation.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Why are people who have accepted God’s grace dead to sin? What
happened that has freed us from being slaves to sin?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Side story—humor me a moment: All I can hear is Sarah’s voice in
the movie Labyrinth, telling Jareth, the Goblin King, “You have no power over
me!” Got that right!! And that realization shattered Jareth’s spell, Sarah was
freed. As instantly as we are freed from the grip of sin the moment we believe
in Christ. Sin no longer has any power over us!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">When we were set free from sin through belief in Christ, our old
selves-our former nature-died, never to return (can I get a “Good riddance!”?)
We now live with the presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, guiding and
enabling us to live more like Christ. And how did He live?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">As a believer, how does the fact that you are free and fully
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to sin, but you still have the choice of whether you’ll let sin reign in your
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The freedom we have in Christ is not the freedom to do anything
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God created us to be, we must pursue a life of grace, not chasing our lusts but
rather honoring Him with our righteousness. Such as:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that while grace came freely, it cost our Savior His life in a most brutal
manner.</i> We handle with care what comes at great cost. Handle your liberty
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set us free. He knew what He was doing. He knew we could learn to live
responsibly in the context of liberty. He knew rules could not change us but
relationship would. As we come to know “the God of all grace” we love Him all
the more. We love our freedom, and in that freedom, love others. Just as God
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you’re just joining us, we are working our way through
Charles Swindoll’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Awakening-Believing-thing-another-ebook/dp/B007V96SXG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421420726&sr=1-1&keywords=grace+awakening&pebp=1421420727497&peasin=B007V96SXG"><span style="color: blue;">Grace
Awakening</span></a> </b>and the accompanying<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Awakening-Workbook-Swindoll-Charles-ebook/dp/B003G83UEQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421420726&sr=1-2&keywords=grace+awakening&pebp=1421420766329&peasin=B003G83UEQ"><span style="color: blue;">Workbook</span></a>.
</b>I’m posting<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>a weekly chapter
every Saturday. You can also listen to Mr. Swindoll’s weekly podcasts for each
chapter online at his </span><a href="http://www.insight.org/broadcast/library.html?tab=Series&id=1000046&title=The%20Grace%20Awakening"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Insights.org
website</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Click </span><a href="http://www.insightforliving.com/3/ArchivePlayer.asp?id=1012475&date=1/28/2013"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">here
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks again to all for stopping by. I hope you’re enjoying
this message of grace as much as I am every week! Please share any thoughts or
comments below—I’m always happy to hear from you! Have a great week—hope to see
you back here again soon!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-13955502555447978232015-01-13T21:00:00.000-08:002015-01-13T22:27:18.264-08:00Workin' On It Wednesday #15Well, that seems like a good omen--WOIW #15 as the first such post of 2015...? Yeah? I'm runnin' with it! So! It's been a super slow, super quiet week...Too cold to row. Doing speed work on the treadmill in the mornings. Long days to fill with hardly any mail to speak of. What is a girl to do? Drink coffee. Made a HUGE pot of tomato basil soup (yum!) Playing with lettering and my daily journal. I'm writing but not quite as much as I'd like--I journal every morning but I've yet to take it further. And I keep telling myself I want to draw more. Like daily. But I haven't. I did try to put together one of Michael's Minecraft Lego sets--those things are TEDIOUS! And TINY! So, I'll have to come back to that later. When I'm super patient. And super bored. <br />
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I have been having a slight panic attack over the itinerary for our youth group's trip to NYC next weekend that I <strike>(stupidly) (courageously) </strike>(idon'tknowwhatiwasthinking) volunteered to tag along with as a chaperone. Okay. I <strong><em>thought</em>-</strong>"Oh cool! A chance to go to NYC! With the youth group! Very cool!" Then the letter showed up yesterday with our <strike>torture </strike>schedule....Oh man. Pray for me. One might think the prospect of sleeping on a gymnasium floor and no shower of vital importance in maybe reconsidering the coolness of a trip to NYC with the youth group. But the truly scary, or at least not so cool part is the scheduling of activities up until 2am! Oh man. Really?? As much as I like the idea of candlelight meditation and an agape feast Eucharist, I'm really not enthusiastic about the thought of doing so from 12:30-1:30am...Oh my...And then we're back up and on the road again at 7 later that morning. Maybe I can nap on the bus both ways? Not likely. I'm too much of a scenery hog. I hope someone's making coffee part of that agape feast! Sigh....<br />
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So, anyway. I did finish <strong>The Shining </strong>(which is way different from what I sort of remember from the movie version. I barely remember reading it the first time around...) But it was good--even though I had a total meltdown of the 'hotel' releasing Jack from the locked pantry so he could go kill Wendy and Danny--yeah, that's so not fair. But, they lived. He didn't. All's fair in love and Stephen King novels. Or at least, there's not a whole lot you can do about it other than rant in a blog post he'll never read. Now I am well into the sequel <strong>Dr. Sleep </strong>and loving it. More crazy Kingness!<br />
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And art wise--a quick couple pics:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The continuation of my daily journal. The Reality quote in the bottom right corner is for<br />
a<a href="http://daisyyellowart.com/vividlife/prompt60-4.html" target="_blank"> Daisy Yellow Prompt60</a> to letter a creativity quote.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Winter Love List for <a href="http://penandpeplum.com/blog/52-hand-lettered-project-2" target="_blank">Pen + Peplum's #52handlettered Week Two prompt</a>.<br />
It was supposed to be a Summer Love List but I don't love summer so much--I'm a winter kinda girl!</td></tr>
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I still have my Documented <a href="http://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/df/2015/01/week-three-january-12-18.html" target="_blank">Faith</a> and <a href="https://arttothe5th.squarespace.com/journal/2015/1/5/dlpjanuary10challenge" target="_blank">Life</a> prompts to work on for the week...Will try to do something with those maybe tomorrow. In the meantime, thank you, thank you for popping on by! I hope to see you over the weekend for <a href="http://heartdujour.blogspot.com/2015/01/grace-awakening-week-one-chapter-one.html" target="_blank">Chapter Three of Grace Awakening</a>! Have a great week!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-91976031202800734262015-01-12T00:00:00.000-08:002015-01-19T02:21:14.067-08:00Mailbox Monday Plus...I know it's been quite a while since I've posted regularly with any kind of schedule but since starting journaling daily again, following along with my friend, <a href="http://enthusiasticallydawn.com/random-journal-day-2/21-days-of-journaling-in-january/" target="_blank">Dawn's journal prompts,</a> I'm finally gotten the writing bug once more. Hopefully this will overflow into more regular blog posting--hopefully...I think I've relied on posting to <a href="http://instagram.com/dawnmaurice/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> to show what I've been up to lately, but it would be nice to blog about it all again.<br />
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So first, since I've been doing so much mail arting lately, I'm planning to post weekly Mailbox Monday updates with pictures of incoming and outgoing mail, and mail challenges like my proposed <a href="http://heartdujour.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-month-of-letters.html" target="_blank">Month of Letters</a> for February (still time to sign up and join in on the fun!) Incoming mail has been ridiculously slow. I've allowed for the holidays to be an excuse the past few weeks, but now that we are well into January I thought things would be picking up again, but they're not. I'm reconsidering the one snail mail group I've been a part of this past year and whether or not I'll continue with it for 2015. To not receive a fair response for mail sent out seems like maybe postage should be spent elsewhere for more productive responses. So, that's currently under consideration...But, first a quick peek at some postcards I'm prepping for February's Month of Letters:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of these could be coming to your mailbox if you<a href="http://heartdujour.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-month-of-letters.html" target="_blank"> join the fun</a>!</td></tr>
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Hopefully I'll have more mail to share next week but I do have some Scripture doodles to post:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous Cooper's Hawk sitting in my dogwood tree looking for a tasty sparrow dinner...</td></tr>
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Okay--that's all I have for today. Stay tuned for more later in the week. Thanks for popping by--have a great Monday!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-89988414736568094922015-01-10T01:05:00.000-08:002015-01-12T11:10:28.943-08:00Week Two Chapter Two-The Free Gift<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Someone close to me, during a very stressful time of my
life, had the audacity to say to me, “Having God is great, but sometimes it’s
not enough.” As if there is anything we can humanly do that is greater than
God. That was the last time I spoke to that person. If we cannot trust God to
see us through our darkest hours, then when? Only when things are going well?
What sort of faith is that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This week’s chapter expresses where our gift of grace originates-strictly
from God. How do we get it? Purely by believing. There is not a single,
solitary thing we do on our own that warrants receiving God’s grace. He gives
it freely from His love for us. And the glory of this gift of grace is that it’s
not just for the super good folks, the radically religious sect—it is for ALL
of us! And there’s more: there is nothing we can do to lose that gift. Once we
are adopted as a child of God, we are His forever, no matter how bad we might
mess up. Good to know, isn’t it? I mess up a lot…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The world would teach us that we can only rely on ourselves.
We are in charge and solely responsible for the direction and success of our
lives. God would have us learn differently. He would have us trust solely in
Him, on Him. That’s hard at times, isn’t it? We want to be able to rely on
ourselves, on the right here, right now. We want to be in control of our
circumstances. I have sat in a miserable holding pattern too many times to ever
think that I am the one in control. I’ve not always liked God’s timing, but I
do know for certain that I love His intervention and intention in my life—where
I’ve been placed by His loving hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have you ever trusted Christ to be the Master of your fate?
The Captain of your soul? If not, you can do it now. Tell Him that you want to
turn from yourself and turn to Him as Captain as you accept His gift of grace.
If you have already trusted Christ to be Captain of your soul, are you letting
Him steer your soul completely? If not, in what areas do you need to put the
wheel back into His hands?</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Don't forget to listen to Charles Swindoll's podcast for this week's chapter <a href="http://www.insight.org/broadcast/library.html?tab=Series&id=1000046&title=The%20Grace%20Awakening" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are welcome to share your thoughts in the comments below—I
would love to hear from you! And I hope you’ll join us next week for Chapter
Three-Isn’t Grace Risky?</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-86437608621398884432015-01-08T04:21:00.000-08:002015-01-12T08:29:25.929-08:00A Month of Letters<h2 class="pagetitle">
The Challenge</h2>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Most of you know I love snail mail. I would like to include you in that love this coming month and I have a simple challenge for you.</span><br />
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<li>In the month of February, mail at least one item through the post every day it runs. Write a postcard, a letter, send a picture, or a cutting from a newspaper, or a fabric swatch.</li>
<li>Write back to everyone who writes to you. This can count as one of your mailed items.</li>
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All you are committing to is to mail 23 items. Why 23? There are four Sundays and one US holiday. In fact, you might send more than 23 items. You might develop a correspondence that extends beyond the month.<br />
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Write love letters, thank yous, or simply notes to say that you miss an old friend. Send a fabric swatch from your new dress. A feather you picked up while on a walk. Whatever it is, let yourself step away from the urgency of modern life and think about an audience of one. Think of it as sending 23 little gifts. And, who knows, you might enjoy going to the mail box again.<br />
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And if you message me your address, I will include you in my February mailing list! Send me your address <a href="mailto:williammaurice44@comcast.net" target="_blank">here</a>. Happy Mailing!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-39973392539450837972015-01-03T01:32:00.000-08:002015-01-12T11:10:43.061-08:00Grace Awakening-Week One Chapter One<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy New Year and welcome to our study of Charles
Swindoll’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grace Awakening</b>! I am so
glad to have you joining us! The plan is to post a chapter each week for the
next fourteen weeks, God willing, and you are invited to join along with both
the </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Awakening-Believing-thing-another-ebook/dp/B007V96SXG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420107141&sr=1-1&keywords=grace+awakening"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">book</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
and </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Awakening-Workbook-Swindoll-Charles-ebook/dp/B003G83UEQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420107141&sr=1-2&keywords=grace+awakening"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">workbook</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
Feel free to share your insights and input below in the comments each week-I’d
love to hear from you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I came upon <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grace
Awakening</b> because I have been longing for something <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more. </i>I have a regular morning time routine well established over
the past eight or nine years now-reading the Bible every morning, prayer
journaling, and also participating in online studies with a group of friends
who have graciously shared their morning time with me as well over the past few
years. But lately, I just felt like I needed something more, something deeper.
And then I came across this book and it completely resonated with my heart. I
am so excited to start this new journey!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And so we begin-Grace: It’s Really Amazing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grace received but unexpressed is dead grace. Rather than
spend our time debating on how we receive it or what it means to live by grace,
we need to just claim it and allow it to set us free-then grace will become
what it was meant to be-really amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The One we could call “Grace Embodied” never tires of
extending it to us. When we fully embrace His gift of grace, we will:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grace will bring the freedom to want the highest good for
and expect the highest good from one another. It will make us want to obey and
prompt us to love each other. However, when we don’t embrace grace for
ourselves, we have no grace to offer others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If we refuse to live by grace, our attitudes sour. We’re
certain that people can’t be trusted. We waver over whether or not God fully
accepts us, so we run from intimacy with Him. On our own, we drive ourselves to
obsessive intensity. Our spirits harden. Our rigidity repels. Our faces shout,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we choose to live by grace, our attitudes shift from
negative to positive. Our relationships with people are characterized by
confident acceptance rather than suspicious intolerance. With His grace, our
focus expands. Our intensity is relieved. Our spirits soften. We become more
winsome, affirming, contagious, and understanding. Our faces say, “Yes.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As an added bonus, I found that there is also a podcast by
Mr. Swindoll for each chapter you can listen to. For this week’s podcast click </span><a href="http://www.insightforliving.com/3/ArchivePlayer.asp?id=1012446&date=1/17/2013"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
You can also download the Insights for Living app free which includes the
archive of the entire series’ podcasts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you for joining me this week-I hope you’ll share your
thoughts in the comments below and come back again next week for Chapter
Two-The Free Gift.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-25435424937172166302014-12-05T02:59:00.000-08:002014-12-05T02:59:35.738-08:00Random Journal Day #46<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hi and welcome back to another Random Journal Day where the first Friday of every month journal friends share over at<a href="http://enthusiasticallydawn.com/2014/12/05/random-journal-day-46-with-susie-klein/" target="_blank"> Enthusiastically, Dawn!</a> I am still working in the same prayer journal, a simple Daler Rowney I had picked up at Walmart:</div>
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I'm already contemplating the next prayer journal and have decided I need one that will withstand water media so I can play with some color. I've signed up for the <a href="http://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/homegrown_hospitality/2014/11/documented-faith-2015.html" target="_blank">2015 Documented Faith Project</a> and have a mixed media journal already set aside for that-really excited to begin that for the New Year!</div>
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I'm about to finish up my fourth Bible, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inspirational-Study-Bible-James-Version/dp/0849951232/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417775989&sr=1-1&keywords=max+lucado+bibles" target="_blank">Max Lucado's Inspirational Study Bible</a>, a gift from a friend--oh how I love Max's Bibles! But I'm definitely looking forward to this new journey through the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Bible-Lutheran-Compact-Duotone/dp/075863854X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417776123&sr=1-3&keywords=lutheran+study+bible" target="_blank">Lutheran Study Bible</a>--so many notes and study applications--I am a Bible nerd!!</div>
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Just a couple more quickies--I've made some bookmarks to share with participants of my New Year's journey through Charles Swindoll's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Awakening-Believing-thing-another-ebook/dp/B007V96SXG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417776389&sr=1-1&keywords=grace+awakening" target="_blank">Grace Awakening.</a> So far the plan is to start January 3, working weekly through the book and accompanying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Awakening-Workbook-Swindoll-Charles-ebook/dp/B003G83UEQ/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0HMBK5VM4CK4B11QWC17" target="_blank">workbook</a> (oh my gosh, how I love a workbook! LOL!) If you wish to join me for the study, just shoot me an <a href="mailto:williammaurice44@comcast.net" target="_blank">email</a> and let me know. I will add you to my mailing list for the study and send out reminders as we get closer to starting in January! Oh! The bookmarks:<br />
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And finally, a quick tile coaster I'd made for my friend, Jenny of <a href="http://www.jennys-sketchbook.com/" target="_blank">Jenny's Sketchbook</a> (so super talented, give the link a click to enjoy her artwork!):<br />
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And that's all I have to share this time! Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and I would be so excited to have you join me for the Grace Awakening study, so give a holler and we will share!! Do pop on over to<a href="http://enthusiasticallydawn.com/2014/12/05/random-journal-day-46-with-susie-klein/" target="_blank"> Dawn's journal party</a> for more journal love!<br />
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xoxo</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737102703412263192noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200089168309580619.post-27325689836746939772014-11-10T02:16:00.000-08:002014-11-10T02:16:19.552-08:00A Thought from the CrossSometimes I can be super slow on the uptake, especially when it comes to symbolism. I have a friend, Noel, who is a voracious reader and is incredibly keen with finding and getting the symbolism in what she reads. Myself? Yeah, not so much. I let myself get lost in the beauty of the story, happy to gloss over anything deeper--but I often think how much might I really be missing if I don't press myself to dig for greater understanding? Wouldn't it bring the stories to a fuller life?<br />
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So this morning, it hit me like a ton of bricks--and don't even ask me how it came to me other than the Spirit gave me this shining tidbit of light. How many times have we heard and read the story of Christ's crucifixion? About a gazillion times since we began Sunday school and especially as Easter and Good Friday rolled around, right? It occurred to me just this morning, these two criminals hung on either side of our Lord, truly represent humanity--are we not as guilty and deserving of their death as they are? Do we not all sincerely fall short of the glory of God? <br />
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The guy on the left is insulting Christ, taunting Him to prove Himself before the crowd. He represents the world of unbelievers--doubting, accusing, hostile and angry. The guy on the right represents Christ's followers--he knows his guilt, he is full up certain he is deserving of his sentence. He is also completely sure of who Christ is: righteous, innocent, his only hope of salvation. "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." -Luke 23:42<br />
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Which side of the cross are you on?<br />
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Thanks be to God.</div>
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