Give your worries to God...

One of our bible studies was on trusting God and not worrying. Shortly after that this Ziggy cartoon was in the paper. I took the liberty to modify it a little and create this layout.

Amazing Grace...

I saw the movie Amazing Grace last night. I thought it was a great movie. A wonderful testament about the challenges one man faced in order to change the opinion of so many. It is people like William Wilberforce who helped to shape the world that I know. I have never known slavery and for that I am grateful.

I did not know that the lyrics to Amazing Grace were written by a slave-trader. For some reason I had thought that they were written by a female slave. Guess I should have paid more attention in my history classes! But this slave trader *saw the light* and ultimately became a minister in England helping William Wilberforce in his campaign to end slave trading. Click on the music sheet to download a pdf file of the music. This is also available at the movie website.

Lyrics

Original verses

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now am found,

Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,

And Grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that Grace appear,

The hour I first believed!

Through many dangers, toils and snares,

We have already come;

'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

And Grace will lead me home. (Lead me home!)

The Lord hast promised good to me,

His word my hope secures!

He will my shield and portion be,

As long as life endures.

Yea, when this heart and flesh shall fail

And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess within the veil

A life of joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,

The sun forbear to shine;

But God, who called me here below,

Will be for ever mine.

Many hymnbooks omit one or more of the last three verses, but add the following at the end:

When we've been here ten thousand years,

Bright shining as the sun,

We've no less days to sing God's praise

Than when we'd first begun.

This verse is not by Newton, but has been attributed to John P. Rees (1828-1900) and was included in a 19th-century hymnal, Hymns Of The Christian Life. The verse was popularized in part by its inclusion in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), where it appeared with the two final verses of Newton's hymn (though in reversed order). These verses are said to be "a hymn, which he [Tom] had sung often in happier days."

Some versions include the verse:

Shall I be wafted through the skies,

On flowery beds of ease,

Where others strive to win the prize,

And sail through bloody seas.

This verse, borrowed from the Isaac Watts hymn "Am I a Soldier of the Cross?", has been included in recordings by Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie.

Note: The Lyrics were copied from Wikipedia

I can do anything in Christ...

I can do anything in Christ.
Philippians 4:13

Credits for layout can be found here.
Lyrics used in layout are by Michael A. Schmid
Lead Pastor St. John's Lutheran Church Napa

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet...

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105

Credits for layout can be found here.

Look up at the heavens...

"Look up at the heavens and count the stars, if indeed you can count them." Then God said to Abraham, "So shall your offspring be."
Genesis 15:5

Credits for the layout can be found here.

The flowers appear on the earth...

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing birds is to come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land...
Song of Solomon 2:12

Credits for layout are here

Turn up a child in the way he should go...

Turn up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6

Credits can be found here.

A Friend Loves at all Times...

A friend loves at all times.
Proverbs 17:17

Credits for the layout are here

Valentine's Day With Jesus...

Credits can be seen HERE

A Time for Everything...

Ecclesiastes 3

I made this word art overlay in memory of my son's friend. You can DOWNLOAD The png file by clicking on the thumbnail. When image appears *right click* and choose save as.

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2Samual 22:37

"Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip." 2 Samual 22:37

I found this old picture at my mom's house. My son, my daughter, and my niece. I thought is was cute of them sitting on the steps.

Credits for the layout can be found here.

"See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way, and bring you to the place I have prepared. " Exodus 23:20


I did a collage of my mom's 80th birthday. She passed away eleven days later. This was the last time she was with all her family. Unfortunately I don't have many pictures from this day. The upper picture is my sister and her daughters with my mom. The bottom picture is my mom and dad. The angel is from www.eyecandee.com

Another Layout I did for Genesis 1:1

I used two photos that I got from the internet. The whale picture is from www.freeimages.co.uk/ I don't remember the site I got the "beach" picture from; but the artist is Joe Pilinceon.

God's Promise to David

Credits: TK Doodle Font and Doris Castle Pure Love Quick Page from StudioGirls Scrapbook Graphics.

The Lord Looks at the Heart...

Credits: TK Doodle Font and Doris Castle Pure Love Quick Page from StudioGirls Scrapbook Graphics.

As for me and my household...

we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15


Doodles from Alice in Doodleland by Rene' Bross for the add a little whimsy challenge at Digital Scrapbook Place.

What does the LORD your God ask of you?

The book of Deuteronomy is like a refresher course. Moses is recalling the nation's history from its roots to the present right before the Israelites are going to enter the Promised Land. After reading all the laws and rules, I like this passage because it simply states what God wants his people to do.

The Blessing!

The LORD bless you
and keep you;
the LORD make his face
shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face
toward you
and give you peace.
Numbers 6: 24-26

Amanda Walter Faith Kit ScrapBook-Bytes.
Chipboard Interactive Script by Bart Hickman

I knew I wanted to do a layout of the Ten Commandments. I just wasn't sure how to present it. My daughter has a beautiful picture of the Ten commandments that I gave her for her confirmation. But after reading the Bible, this is more how I interpret it. I felt like it needed fire and clouds.

I created the stone tablet in Paint Shop Pro and made the text look like it was carved in the stone.

Rene from the Yahoo Computer Scrapping Elements (CSE) group shared the storm cloud and the brads were shared by Myszka also from the CSE group. The fire background came with my SuperBlade Pro Plugin.

I will surely bless you!

I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore.
Genesis 22:17

I had a lot of fun making this layout from two Pismo pictures. We go to Pismo every year for vacation. The beauty and the vastness of the sand dunes and the ocean are a reminder that all the creativity we learn or have by instinct never measures up to what mother nature provides us.




To create this layout I took two of my favorite things, the sand dunes and the ocean and combined them into one picture to represent God's awesome promise.