Category: Faith and Hope

  • Atitude of Thanks

    Yesterday 2025 was a great joy of God’s love. It comes in lots of different ways. Our daughter was born many years ago and yesterday it was her birthday!! She loves the Lord. Our son loves Jesus!! so many thanks to God. My husband and I start day with watching various mentors on TBN. They…

  • being Aware

    On June 3 , I made an announcement that I was shutting down my website including my blogs. Instead I have just downloaded my website to more affordable use. I’m now uploading new painting images and in the future will see if I’m able to podcast. Have been dealing with many things happening physically but…

  • Choose to be loving

    We can choose no matter how hard things seem to be, we can be loving! We have a long or short a journey to deal with and why not in peace? God loves us totally no matter what we have done and why not share that by being loving and kind. 2024 was a challenge…

  • So Thankful

    Jesus came to give joy!!! This year has been a blessing to me!! After fracturing my back and learning through the tough lessons to walk and be in balance, I discovered joy again. My husband has been such a helpmate and friends have helped through prayer and physical help why wouldn’t I be grateful and…

  • Moving Forward But Slowly

    Since March 4th 2024, when i fell and had fracture in my lumbar 1, I’ve been just slowly improving. I’ve been in the hospital and under physical therapy and now mid June walking in the store to grocery shop being in peace over all. This month started physical therapy on my right side for my…

  • Holding On through a Storm!!

    It’s been 9 and a half weeks since I fell. I have a compressed fracture that affects my spine a Lumbar 1. It was a surprise. Two days I went to the Emergency room and had a scan. The fracture didn’t show up so went home to deal with it. 2 weeks later went to…

  • Believing in your gift

    We all have moments of Joy when we create, but then the devil comes craftily to doubt. It is so easy to fall for that. We can control our thoughts when we believe in the gift God has given us and realize we can be authentic in our doing. Yes, I can make mistakes when…

  • Renewing an old friend

    In our home we had new tiles and and baseboards after putting our furniture in the garage this summer. Had boxes and boxes of books etc. so going through them I found an old friend Robert Henri who wrote “The Art Spirit” in the early 20th century. He was a teacher that has helped many many artists.  He…

  • Freedom in a few lines

    As a creative, I tend to forget I don’t need a lot of lines to translate my art to what I want to express. I get to a point where I put too much information in the painting. What am I really trying to say? I bring confusion instead of clarity. Instead of freedom, I…

  • Becoming better for each stage of life!

    Using Scripture for daily living, has calmed me with peace and hopefully love. I’m not putting pressure on to do but to be. Accepting the guidance from the Lord has broken the need to have a career anymore but to let go and let God lead me into the next step of my journey as…