Abundance of Things

So.. after having my AP cart for the last 2 weeks, I've finally taken it out and played with it - thanks to my very inquisitive 4yr daughter. She opened up the book and oohh'd and aawww'd over every single image she saw. It was refreshing seeing her reaction to something that I had already taken for granted in less than 2 weeks...Yikes!! She selected multiple key and butterfly images and was just so thrilled to have them all ready to paste to a piece of paper for her next project. I really love creating with her. I sometimes forget how much fun creating just to create can be. No trying out the newest trend, latest fad, or next big tool or technique... just creating for the fun of it. She reminded me that: "...take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of things which he possesseth." Luke 12:15 Thank you Lord, for reminding us of your Word, by lessons taught in seemingly obscure ways. Hopefully, I will post a few pics of something made today. Abiding in Him, Tiff

Slice of My Chaos

Wheeeeewwwww.... I have spent the last 3 hrs tweaking a blog to which I've never posted to.... hahaha. All in a vain attempt to motivate me to feel like Ive actually accomplished something towards my creative goals. Although, I must say the majority of the 3 hrs has been researching code and tweaking html within the template to be aesthetically pleasing to me... Wow... Ive got big brain!! My husband says that whenever I do something, I usually do it big!! Thanks honey. Hopefully in the next few hours I will have actually created something more than eyestrain and will post to both blogs.

Abiding in Him,

Tiff

Wow.. it just occurred to me that its been Well over a month since the last time I posted. Lots been going on here on the homestead. We've all been sick with one type of illness or another, with my poor daughter getting it the worst. Aside from the physical challenges, there is always the too much month at the end of the money, which always makes me feel a bit more guilty about doing anything for myself; including anything creative like Scrapbooking. [SIGH...] So as the Lord has been stretching me in various ways, I've also been praying for the last 6 months whether or not to start a home based business... more as a creative outlet but with some income earning potential. Pleased to say that my husband gave the go ahead and after a ton of research and waiting on the Lord's timing, I am now a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant. Yippee.... and as soon as I received my kit I instantly became overwhelmed... so what do I do now??? I keep plugging along. I started another blog to post all my projects and I am committed more than ever to keep this blog updated as this is my outlet to voice what the Lord is doing in my life. Like, He gave me a New (to me) laptop with a ton of bells and whistles for free to help me in posting to my blog (as I was posting from my Smartphone before and it was a bit tiring).

I know, I know this was a long post, but so much info to share. God is so incredibly good to us that sometimes it is hard... almost unbelievable ...to understand how and why He loves us... but He does and no words can adequately describe the depth and breadth of His love for us.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

...That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us....

Ephesians 3:14, 16-20.

Thank you Lord.