Foundational Joy & Grow Your Blog

center 2 fabrics "perfect coffee" by remarkablysew

first, please register by January 15 for the Grow your Blog winter party, everyone (it is INTERNATIONAL) is welcomed ~ blog party will be January 25, but you must register by January 15, 2014 to be added to the blog list. Come along on the 25th & meet some new people and new-to-you blogs, even without registering!
thank you to Anneliese for posting ~

Now for the foundational joy! -  work has begun on the crazy quilt journal project for 2014 ....
 having learned from the  
participants in CQJP2013, thank you  Margaret :) , that making the 12 blocks at the beginning helps a lot ...


 I searched for a foundation upon which to start building the blocks... I have fabric but lacked a foundation, a base of colors, shades, etc......

Joy when I found RemarkablySew !
I purchased  8 step gradations of hand dyed cotton squares in coffee...and received the lovely package of neatly cut, pressed, washed and hand dyed fabric...
 all ready to SEW! 


A foundation of colors and piecing right in hand! ♥♥♥ Their selection of hand dyed fabric is beautiful  and wonderful to build upon for a quilt, crazy quilt, textile art - :D  They have all colors, and lovely batik too...& die cut/pre cuts!



What a difference having these pretty squares, all cut, washed, beautifully hand-dyed, has made  - I can begin working from a steady foundation, and it has helped me focus on the task at hand; having a view of the future (completion at the end of the year), and a view of the blocks  as they are embroidered and illustrated one by one over the coming weeks and months... stay tuned :)



For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.  1 corinthians 3:11
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. isaiah 48:13

Little Bear

"...Sin is powerful, even for those who have been reborn. 

Grace, however, is more powerful still. 

This is a true and trustworthy saying, that Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of which I am the chief
 (I Timothy 1:15). 

To diminish the power of grace is to diminish the scope of our own sin. Jesus, after all, didn’t come to save the polite, well-behaved people. He came to save His own, and gave them first repentant hearts."    blog by rc sproul jr

why do I keep drumming the message of Christ Jesus?  because I know that without Jesus Christ as Saviour there is no life, and only the wrath of God awaits those who reject Him,  and that eternity is forever, and each and every one of us will stand before Lord Jesus Christ (even those who don't believe now),

and that the folks I love through  embroidery and blogging must realize we all need the Saviour! what I am called to do - PREACH the gospel : "...we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.  For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." 2 corinthians 5:20-21

Gaze

Max is NOT afraid of Caspar by Dawn Huczek

It all depends on where one casts their gaze - I get distracted with politics, the world, the media.......then I remember to cast my eyes and gaze upon the One who matters - the One who is in control - the One who works mightily....and who Saves.  Lord Jesus Christ.  And He calls you too :)

and He will never cast you away.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment.  He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
We love Him, because he first loved us. 1 john 4:18-19


Here is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 john 4:10


smile and rejoice in that :) do you know Him?

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

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