Tag: create
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The Gift of the Hummingbird: Love Never Ends
It’s almost that time of year again—hummingbird season. I recently felt inspired to put my love for these precious creatures to paper, and I ended up with two very different pieces of artwork. I love the feeling I get when I see my very first hummingbird of the year. They will usually show up right…
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The Gift of Letting Go: If Pink Were a Person (Part II)
If pink were a person, I imagine she would be full of love, full of peace, and of course, she’d be very, very beautiful. What is it that makes someone beautiful? It’s more than just well formed molecules; true beauty is about surrender. It’s about letting go of others’ expectations or even your own and…
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The Gift of Freedom: Why Caged Birds Still Sing (Part II)
What’s caging you right now? Anxiety, depression, heartbreak, illness, poverty, maybe a failing marriage, or even children? Freedom is not a physical place or circumstance but rather a state of being we create. It’s part of nature to use our God-given gifts to bring ourselves and those around us joy. We as humans forget this…
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The Gift of These Flowers: Created With Purpose
Created with purpose— indeed we are. Every person, every animal, every flower and star. . Created on purpose by a God who is love. Created to glorify our God above. . Thank God for these flowers; they remind me I’m known. They remind me I’ll never have to live my life alone. . These flowers…
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The Gift of Unity: Created For One Primary Purpose
I recently purchased a blouse displaying a beautiful array of colors, primary colors specifically. This blouse inspired my latest painting project in which I decided I would use only primary colors. Primary colors were created by God for a purpose—to produce other colors, to produce the rainbow. The Body of Christ, like primary colors, were…
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The Gift of a God Who Loves Color
Our God is an artist; He created color for me and you. I’m grateful our God is a lover of color because I love color too. . Primary colors are simple— red, yellow, blue. All colors are beautiful no matter the hue. . Soft colors are mesmerizing like the sea and the sky. Bright colors…
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The Gift of Life Made Beautiful
What is it that makes life beautiful? It’s not only the beautiful things or even the beautiful people that color our lives, but rather, what we have chosen to create from the mess thrown at us. A lot has been thrown at me in 2024; I’ve faced trials I never imagined I would, but I…
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The Gift of Peace and Pretty Things
Life has been heavy lately. My ceiling falling in on my kitchen was nothing but the cherry on top of the cake. While the maintenance crew began to create for me a new ceiling, I decided to do some creating of my own. I had a craving for soft and light colors, blues and purples.…
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The Gift of Peacemakers: Peace is in Your Hands
What makes you feel at peace? For me, it’s pretty simple—I love creating. When I stop creating, I soon start to feel different in my spirit. I was made to create, whether that be a painting, a book, a poem, a home, or even peace itself. Recently during a podcast, the host began to speak…
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The Gift of Joy: Finally Finding Freedom
How would you describe joy? Like a field of wildflowers on a bright summer day—vibrant and warm; free. If you asked me this question a month ago, this is probably how I would respond. God’s been speaking to me lately. He’s been speaking to me through pain, through waiting, through uncertainty, through trials, and tribulations.…
