Christmas Crochet

little crochet christmas tree...

looks a bit like a hat ;)  but it is a tree (egg warmer) with a star on top...

Christmas...Thank you Christ Jesus for coming and saving us....for keeping all your promises

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews 1:1-4

Crochet Tree/egg warmer pattern free at  GarnStudio,
I used aunt lydia #3 cotton crochet thread in off white...it is what I had on hand :)

there is hope, even when our hearts are breaking

I do not know what to post, so I just grabbed a photo of a recently finished shawl that I completed last month...the colors remind me of candies on gingerbread houses.....

my heart breaks for France....and the turmoil for people in this world......if I did not have a living hope, I do not want to imagine the despair...but we do have hope...we do

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. john 16:3

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 
1 peter 1:3-12

Progress - of quilt block & more

Quiltmania/Colmar, quilt block 1 nearly finished

I have been working on the first quilt block via Quiltmania's youtube videos (colmar mystery quilt),
and have been learning and practicing appliqué, trapunto, embroidery embellishment and more..

some flower bud embellishment

and it all begun ( as projects do)  very humbly, as I pieced together fabrics...determined to use fabric which I already had on hand....

not knowing how it would look - or whether I had chosen properly...

but by just starting, and stepping out, and learning,  this  has become

this :)   life is like that, no? :)   

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.  
philippians 3:12-14

πρωτεύω (prōteuō)

                                                      preeminence chart

 I have listed this chart in the etsy shop, and am writing this so that the verses used can be read by all - how wonderful God's Word is :)



                       ("Preeminence" in Greek letters/πρωτεύω (prōteuō) )

                                                          πρωτεύω

Giving thanks unto the Father...who hath delivered

us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us
into the kingdom of his dear Son:
In whom we have redemption through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:
Who is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature:
For by him were all things created,
that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers:
all things were created by him, and for him:
And, he is before all things, and by him all things consist
And he is the head of the body, the church:
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things he might have
the preeminence.

colossians 1:12-18

A Little Direction...

A Little Direction Couldn't Hurt...by RandomishPhotography

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ
2 thessalonians 3:5

The Trio

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;  Knowing brethren beloved, your election of God." 

1 thessalonians 1:3-4

In The Palace

AP photo from www.businessinsider.com

So, the rebels came in, and threw the strong man (woman) out -

the Gadhafi/Qaddafi's.

.....but who replaced whom? 

And, who will be in charge? -

it is the same in our hearts - we push something out, and something stronger takes it's place.

We are governed by a leader in our hearts - 

it is either the Rebels, or a Gadhafi.......

unless it is the Lord Jesus Christ enthroned.  
 

Do you have your reusable bag?

The plastic bag by eyetOy


they are now *"banished"  from the local markets - the reusable plastic bags that I collect and reuse...
Clerks have told me...repeatedly...that the bags would be banished!...though I really wanted to ignore it  -

 
Whether I have a reusable bag, or not, or even whether reusable bags are banned or not is meaningless -

ignoring God is entirely different


 where will you go eternally? 
Haven't you heard?

we all will pay for our sins.  you think you are paying now? guess again - the federal debt of trillions of dollars can be paid off but you and I cannot pay for our sins - not even one.  Eternal death is the penalty - don't believe in eternity? - guess again;
your soul is eternal; plastic bags are not. so, while folks are running around worrying about having too many plastic bags supplied by markets, grocery stores and the like, and what a great achievement it is to have the bags "banned",


I am saying - grab your salvation while you can! please! you need it, and Lord Jesus Christ is the One and Only Way - He paid your debt!  And the gift of life in Jesus Christ, the gift of grace is free - receive it.......
or not,


 and the wrath of God is something only Lord Jesus could satisfy  - get your account clean with Him now, please -
you will spend eternity paying for it in horror, without grace or mercy...only His Wrath punishing you eternally

just like all the folks telling me that the bags would be banished one day, I ignored it, and here it is ......there WILL come a day when it WILL be too late for you to make a decision -


Time to get yourself right with God - right now, between you and Him and you can do so by praying to God from your heart and mouth-
talk to Him - He needs to hear from you

plastics bags do not matter.

You do.

*Los Angeles County, however, they may still be found

rejoice! yes - do it :)

i will rejoice by adrienne berry

Encouraged by Savannah's blog , Christie Cottage , 
and the beautiful, inspired art by the gifted artist, Adrienne Berry
here is a Scripture for Scripture Sunday:

Rejoice Always!  philippians 4:4

- yes you got that right - 

Rejoice!! Always - 

not just when you feel like it...

                           not just when things are comfortable...

not just when there is no suffering...

           nope......!!!

ALWAYS!!!!!  Halleluiah!! He lives!! His joy is IN YOU!! and if it isn't...don't you want it to be? His Joy never varies or changes...like Him...the same yesterday today and forever :)

Explanations that don't work

Cannot help those falling hook line and sinker, but CAN throw them a life saver, and try to pull them out........

Someone took the time to

Click on the following Calvary Latvia link, scroll down the page and you will see on the left hand side "March Prayer Requests" and directly on the left (under three crosses a little bit further down) a small button saying Make a Donation - click that button after you click here:

Calvary Latvia


The adorable hand made, needle felted bear in the photo above?.
Made by Latvian designer and artist Rudu..