tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80008587189528540962024-03-13T12:01:05.094-07:00KippysSoMaturethreads & cloth & the WordJ Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-43599682492064196522020-12-25T12:23:00.002-08:002021-08-01T15:54:12.007-07:00Christmas Declaration<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3sxRrGPBokM/X-Y7wZyRi3I/AAAAAAAADKQ/T1Gyg_tg0nQcAIWjYX2o-_k1KzoxM08sQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_1737.jpeg" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: medium;"><i>Merry Christmas! This declaration is from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjHCAMJOoMU" target="_blank">Christmas Eve service</a> at Parkside Church in Ohio:</i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>As followers of Jesus Christ, living in this world-</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>which some seek to control,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>But which others view with despair</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>We declare with joy and trust:</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>Our world belongs to God!</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>God remembered His promise</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>to reconcile the world to Himself;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>He has come among us in Jesus Christ,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>the eternal Word made flesh.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>He is the long-awaited Savior,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>fully human and fully divine,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>conceived by the Spirit of God</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>and born of the virgin Mary.<br />We long for that day when Jesus will return</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>as triumphant king, when the dead will be raised</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>and all people will stand before His judgment.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>We face that day without fear,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>for the Judge is our Savior.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>He will heal our hurts, end our wars,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>and make the crooked straight.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>Then we will join in the new song</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>to the Lamb without blemish</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>who made us a kingdom and priests.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>God will be all in all,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>RIghteousness and peace will flourish.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i>Hallelujah! Come, Lord Jesus.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r-pcXDFqTQU/YQclr2V2FfI/AAAAAAAADPI/0ERCyu12ToI0vs_0Nx2XqmxLeSqPpe9lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1379/newreindeer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="1377" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r-pcXDFqTQU/YQclr2V2FfI/AAAAAAAADPI/0ERCyu12ToI0vs_0Nx2XqmxLeSqPpe9lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/newreindeer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: Dosis; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed; font-size: large;">Indeed - He saved us from our sins - this is everything - this is the point:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed; font-size: large;">He saved us from the wrath of God, which we all deserve because of our sin - we earned that wrath</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed; font-size: large;">YET, Christ lived that perfect life without sin that we need, yet are incapable of</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed; font-size: large;">AND He presented Himself as the perfect sinless sacrifice as payment for our sins.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed; font-size: large;">Doubly blessed - He paid the debt for sins, AND lived that perfect life for us - Oh receive Him as your Savior! and live no longer under condemnation, but as a child of God - both born as His child and adopted into His family.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ofBaM8ROvoQ/X-ZFgI1hx-I/AAAAAAAADLI/Mt23pEqCSag-QtUcvGvMoxPBlugAcIucQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_1976.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ofBaM8ROvoQ/X-ZFgI1hx-I/AAAAAAAADLI/Mt23pEqCSag-QtUcvGvMoxPBlugAcIucQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_1976.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i>Titus 3:4-7</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, </span><span class="reftext" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="http://biblehub.com/titus/3-5.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>5</b></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, </span><span class="reftext" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="http://biblehub.com/titus/3-6.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>6</b></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, </span><span class="reftext" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="http://biblehub.com/titus/3-7.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>7</b></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. </span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i>Matthew 1:21</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i>She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” </i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i>Romans 5:9-10</i></span></span></p><div class="verse font-helvetica" id="v-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i> <span class="verse-9" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! </span></i></span></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span></i></span></p><div class="verse font-helvetica" id="v-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i> <span class="verse-10" style="box-sizing: border-box;">For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!</span></i></span></div><div><div class="verse font-helvetica" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px;"><span class="verse-10" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div><div class="verse font-helvetica" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px;"><span class="verse-10" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i>2 Corinthians 5:20-21</i></span></span></div></div><div><div class="verse font-helvetica" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px;"><span class="verse-10" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.</span></i></span></span></div></div><div><div class="verse font-helvetica" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px;"><span class="verse-10" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div><div><div class="verse font-helvetica" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px;"><span class="verse-10" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">Galatians 4:4-7</span></i></span></span></div></div><div><div class="verse font-helvetica" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: 0px;"><span class="verse-10" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Fira Sans Condensed;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. </span><span class="reftext" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/5-21.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>21</b></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.</span></i></span></span></div></div>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-25082786889589961462017-05-23T14:36:00.000-07:002017-05-23T14:52:00.234-07:00Number 10 (of 12) crazy quilt block<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Incorporated 7 stitches from <a href="http://pintangle.com/category/challenges/take-a-stitch-tuesday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Take a Stitch Tuesday</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; letter-spacing: -0.24px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>(upper) #72 basque stitch, #77 pistil stitch; (right) #71 alternating up and down buttonhole stitch; (around words) #76 whipped chain; (left) #69 magic chain; (center) #78 feathered up and down buttonhole; (bottom) #74 buttonholed cable chain</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. <a href="http://www.blbclassic.org/Bible.cfm?b=Heb&c=10&v=35&t=KJV&sstr=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hebrews 10:35</a></b></i></span></span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-18485168520546846792017-05-09T13:12:00.000-07:002017-05-09T13:12:08.372-07:00Stitches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stitches used here are <span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(35, 35, 35); color: #232323;">#69 magic chain,#74 buttonholed cable chain, #78 feathered up & down buttonhole stitch, #72 basque stitch,#77 pistil stitch all from the <a href="http://pintangle.com/tast-faq/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Take A Stitch Tuesday</a> challenge at pintangle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(35, 35, 35); color: #232323;">I have learned many stitches from this challenge, and am encouraged by seeing other embroidery work.</span></span><br />
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~apologies that the photos are not up to par!~<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Forgot to update with a finished photo - now blocked. The added green is a nice touch :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year~!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;">It is of</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;"> the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;">They are</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;"> new every morning: great </span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;">is</span></b></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;"><i><b> thy faithfulness.</b></i> L<a href="http://www.blbclassic.org/Bible.cfm?b=Lam&c=3&t=KJV#22" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amentations 3:22-23</a></span></span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-75551975092305367222016-12-30T20:03:00.004-08:002016-12-30T20:03:42.387-08:00Crochet doily..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is an unfinished small "doily" I am crocheting...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">almost looks like a rose with wings. It will look lacier once it is blocked and set; will post photos when it is finished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The crochet pattern is free from <a href="http://bellacrochet.blogspot.com/2016/12/carol-free-crochet-doily-pattern-for-you.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BellaCrochet</a>; I am using size 10 crochet thread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>This I know...</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">By </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">know</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. psalm 41:11</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">When </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> cry </span><em style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">unto thee</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">, then shall mine enemies turn back: </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"></span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">know</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">; for God </span><em style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">is</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> for me. psalm 56:9</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">For the which cause </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> also suffer these things: nevertheless </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> am not ashamed: for </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">know</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">whom</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">have</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">believed</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="color: #cc0022; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">have</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"> committed unto him against that day. 2 timothy 1:12</span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-2079156533262617592016-12-23T16:23:00.001-08:002016-12-25T20:38:41.973-08:00Christmas Crochet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">looks a bit like a hat ;) but it is a tree (egg warmer) with a star on top...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Christmas...Thank you Christ Jesus for coming and saving us....for keeping all your promises</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "arial" , "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: large;">God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "arial" , "helvetica";">Hath in these last days <span style="color: red;">spoken unto us by </span></span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;"><span style="color: red;">his</span></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "arial" , "helvetica";"><span style="color: red;"> Son</span>, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "arial" , "helvetica";">Who being the brightness of </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", arial, helvetica;">his</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "arial" , "helvetica";"> glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by <span style="color: red;">himself purged our sins</span>, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "arial" , "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: large;">Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained <span style="color: red;">a more excellent name</span> than they.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Crochet Tree/egg warmer pattern free at <a href="http://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=7298&cid=6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GarnStudio</a>,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I used aunt lydia #3 cotton crochet thread in off white...it is what I had on hand :)</span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-58523172594364636292016-12-09T16:31:00.002-08:002016-12-09T20:03:32.147-08:00Rejoice! (also register for CQJP2017)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">continuing with the <a href="http://cqjp2016.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2016</a>- </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And registration is now on for the <a href="http://cqjp2017.blogspot.com/p/how.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2017</a>.<b> </b>I encourage you to register; it is a nice project to work on through the year, and at the end, have 12 blocks for a finished project.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>remember - Rejoice Always! Especially at Christmas, Think upon CHRIST </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>God sent His Son - God came to US!! Christ has come, paid it all - receive <a href="http://www.ligonier.org/blog/what-is-the-gospel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the free gift </a>of salvation and rejoice evermore! </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">continuing to work on <a href="http://cqjp2016.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">crazy quilt journal project for 2016</a>....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">my theme for 2016 was a USA patriotic theme, as this is an election year...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>This quote was chosen as I am called to speak up the truth (especially when people do not want to hear it), and to remember that the Lord is the One who strengthens me - who strengthens us :)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for any comments ~ I always appreciate hearing from people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">many of the stitches I use are part of the <a href="http://pintangle.com/2016/11/22/tast-stitch-65/" target="_blank">Take A Stitch Tuesday challenge on pintangle</a></span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-44071061613735118572016-08-18T12:03:00.000-07:002016-08-18T12:03:14.231-07:00Stepping Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">working in red, white, blue with gold accents for the colors of the USA, during 2016 this election year...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And trusting in God alone as I step out to volunteer for the campaign...</span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-90711535996991376122016-07-28T15:46:00.002-07:002016-07-28T15:46:59.787-07:00Will Not We Fear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, will not we fear.....</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">crazy quilt block part of the <a href="http://cqjp2016.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2016 crazy quilt journal project</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">stitches used can be found via <a href="http://pintangle.com/stitch-dictionary/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pintangle</a>, and excellent resource</span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-19508870547625008592016-07-13T10:18:00.001-07:002016-07-13T10:18:23.238-07:00Save LORD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looped Cretan Stitch, doubled and beaded with pearly #8 thread; part of <a href="http://pintangle.com/category/challenges/take-a-stitch-tuesday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Take a Stitch Tuesday</a>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-41172414244404297402016-06-22T11:53:00.000-07:002016-06-22T11:53:04.960-07:00crazy quilt blocks continue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;">And the LORD, he </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;">it is</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;"> that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be </span><span class="criteria" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0022; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold;">dismayed</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, arial, helvetica;">deuteronomy 31:8</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large;">All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me </span><span class="criteria" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0022; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0022; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">will</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0022; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">in</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0022; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">no</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="criteria" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0022; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">wise</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> cast out. </span>john 6:36</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> trust in Jesus Christ :)</span></span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-1163016483564717272016-06-14T21:20:00.000-07:002016-06-14T21:20:47.823-07:00Just One Crop....originally posted June 14, 2011<br />
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The Crop of Acorns<br />
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There came a man in days of old<br />
To hire a piece of land for gold,<br />
And urged his suit in accents meek:<br />
"One crop alone is all I seek;<br />
The harvest o'er, my claim I'll yield<br />
And to its lord return the field."<br />
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The owner some misgivings felt,<br />
And coldly with the stranger dealt;<br />
But found his last objection fail,<br />
And honeyed argument prevail;<br />
So took the offered price in hand,<br />
And for "one crop" leased out the land.<br />
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The wily tenant sneered with pride<br />
And sowed the spot with acorns wide;<br />
At first like tiny shoots they grew,<br />
Then broad and wide their branches threw;<br />
But long before those oaks could climb,<br />
And finally reach their forest prime,<br />
The cheated landlord moldering lay,<br />
Forgotten, with his kindred clay.<br />
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O ye whose years, unfolding fair,<br />
Are fresh with youth and free from care,<br />
should vice or laziness desire<br />
The garden of your souls to hire,<br />
No bargains make - reject the suit;<br />
Don't let one seed the soil pollute.<br />
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My child, the first approach beware;<br />
With firmness break the evil snare<br />
Lest, as the acorns grew and throve<br />
Into a sun-excluding grove,<br />
Thy sins, a dark o'ershadowing tree,<br />
Shut out the light of heaven from thee.<br />
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L.H. Sigourney<br />
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crazy quilt block for crazy quilt journal project 2016 :) see more beautiful blocks<a href="http://cqjp2016.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here </a><br />
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great resource for stitches and information at <a href="http://pintangle.com/category/challenges/take-a-stitch-tuesday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pintangle</a>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-38018332751189095132016-05-17T09:56:00.001-07:002016-05-17T09:56:48.744-07:00bow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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working on Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2016J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-60015581567463671182016-04-29T16:46:00.002-07:002016-04-29T16:46:48.957-07:00in your patience<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>possess ye your souls. Luke 21:19</i></span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-32402390073962664822016-04-29T11:25:00.001-07:002016-04-29T11:25:17.363-07:00Character matters<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Leopards do not change their spots. Even if they act or look like kitty cats.... </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Values and character are observed over time, especially when choosing a candidate...looking at someone who says what you want to hear & gives you that emotional rush, while disregarding how they live & act is like looking at that adorable leopard lying there gazing at you,& thinking...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? </span><em>then</em><span style="background-color: white;"> may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Jeremiah 23:13</span></span>J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-10476862330689872682016-04-24T14:05:00.001-07:002016-04-28T11:09:27.373-07:00standing up...<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">As we go about living, we are showing who and what we fall in line with daily.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">coffee is probably something you like and think it is ok to drink, no? I like coffee...and coffee bears too :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">but standing up is important, being a light that shines in a dark world....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">... standing up will mean that people call you divisive, and want you to go along to get along....but that is not standing up for the truth or being a light, is it? don't be afraid to be hated when you stand up; you are not the first......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #222222;">quoted from a Good Friday missionary update I received from a family serving as missionaries in very </span><span style="color: #222222;">rural</span><span style="color: #222222;"> China.</span></span></i><br />
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"The common US expression “Freedom isn’t free” describes how the blood-and-tear sacrifices of our militaries over two and a half centuries have secured for our citizens a freedom all can enjoy, though most do not fully appreciate its cost. In like manner, believers across the world enjoy a freedom in salvation which, although free for the taking, was never free for the giving, and most do not fully comprehend or appreciate its true cost.</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If ever inclined to do so, sinful human beings can forgive others who’ve wronged them, simply “out of the goodness of the heart”; yet this is something that God could never do. Such arbitrary, inconsistent, and likely short-lived “forgiveness” finds little comparison to the forgiveness God offers (Matthew 18:21-35), for it truly costs us nothing. In reality, our holy and just God could never forgive sin simply because He’s kind and loving, for it is neither kind nor loving (nor holy nor just) to let a debt of sin go unpaid. God’s forgiveness had a cost: His forgiveness finds its kindness, love, holiness, and justice in the work of Jesus Christ, in the shedding of His Son’s own precious blood on the cross (Hebrews <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1891511368" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:22</span></span>).</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We often (redundantly) describe salvation as “God’s free gift,” and Scripture also speaks of our having been “freely justified” (Romans <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1891511369" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3:24</span></span>, ASV) and how God will “freely give us all things” (Romans <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1891511370" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8:32</span></span>, ASV; 1Corinthians <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1891511371" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2:12</span></span>, ESV), yet these descriptions are fully people-centered.</span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">We must never forget that—divinely speaking—our justification was far from free. At great expense to Himself, God provided the world with a Gift, the life of His own dear Son.</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n His death, Jesus “paid the ultimate price” for our redemption, and this cost—having satisfied our sin debt outstanding—is the very basis of divine forgiveness.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Christ’s sacrifice was so complete that when He “bought us with a price” (1Corinthians </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1891511372" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204 , 204 , 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6:20</span></span><span style="color: #222222;">), His payment didn’t simply save us at a moment in the past, but instead continues to save us even now (1John 1:9). The death of Jesus Christ so many “Good Fridays” ago is truly the lynchpin to all history, human and divine, for it is the epitome of God’s immeasurable love, the declaration of His impossible mercy, and the foundation of His every grace. So as you celebrate this historical event this week, please remember: although it has cost us nothing, spiritual “freedom isn’t free.” " AF family</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">here is a screen shot of the chart; I stitched more than half from my chart, then free handed the rest. Copying what I stitched into the chart has been a labour.</span><br />
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Almost finished with the butterflies around the border, then on to stitching the middle - I have used overdyed floss for the butterflies, choosing to use more of the pinkish dyed strands on the bottom right - I like the soft effect (using simply shaker floss in vintage lace)<br />
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thank you for looking :)J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-15927443048364060932016-01-12T20:07:00.001-08:002016-01-12T20:07:46.964-08:00Work In Progress Wednesday, Butterfly Cross Stitch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Picking up from where I left off two+ years ago! and continuing to finish this cross stitch design, finishing two butterflies for this WIPW...<br />
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I designed it based on an antique filet pattern, and am stitching it in overdyed floss on white Jobelan fabric - the center will have some verses... :)J Hondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434325653230560263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000858718952854096.post-15386433159554744912015-12-24T11:46:00.001-08:002015-12-24T11:46:53.451-08:00Gingerbread Ornaments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Making ornaments for the tree, here is a first try<br />
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