Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Anything Goes - Weeks#493-494

Welcome back to Word Art Wednesday, and thanks again for joining us.  We hope you're ready for yet another AWESOME challenge with another AWESOME sponsor.  For this challenge, our friends at Pink & Main are joining us and offering a FABULOUS prize to their amazing store filled with sweet stamps, dies, papers and more.  We always hope and pray that you will be blessed and encouraged by our challenges; and that you will grow closer to the Lord, Jesus Christ as you create and share your art with us.  We want perfect peace and happiness for ALL our crafty friends...and for all the world.

The beautiful word art we're enjoying for this challenge is Psalm 138:8a, and it says "The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me".   What?  Perfect?  Does that mean I (we) will become perfect?  Well, no.  We won't be "perfect" while we're here on Earth because we are sinful humans in need of a perfect Savior (only found in Jesus Christ, God in human flesh).  However, when we give our life to God and submit to His will for us, He begins to change and mold us, and to perform His perfect will in us.  Each day, week, month, and year that we continue to walk with Him; we will grow to become more and more like Him.  We will eventually become better individuals as He works to "perfect" us into who He knows we can be as we shine for Him and point others to Him.  When we finally get to Heaven, then we will be "perfect" because we will be exactly what and where God wants us, and we won't have ANY more sin. We will live forever with Him in glory with NO stress, no imperfections, NO sin, NO sorrow or pain etc.  Our lives can get difficult here; but this Earth is not anyone's eternal home.  God wants to "perfect" your life...day by day; and He wants nothing more than for you (for everyone) to join Him in Heaven (a perfect place) to spend eternity (as opposed to Hell, separated from God forever - the only other option).  But in order for that to happen, we  must call on Him and ask Him to "perfect" us and guide us.  Let God "perfect that which concerns YOU".  Let Him have and guide ALL of you so that when your life on Earth is over, you can live in a PERFECT place, as a perfected being, in perfect eternal peace with a PERFECT Savior.  Praise God.
 
As always, you are welcome to save the word art to your computer; but you are never required to use it in order to play along in our challenges or to win.   We welcome you to share your all your art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family-friendly, and uses an encouraging or uplifting sentiment. This includes any type of altered or digital art (not just limited to cards).  You may link up to five (5) projects each week, for a total of ten (10) entries per two-week challenge. The more you enter, the more you increase your odds of winning.  It is our desire that God's Word will be a blessing and encouragement to you as we share it. If you have any questions about the rules, be sure to read the complete list of rules under our page tab for "Challenge Rules".  Because our ultimate goal is to honor God, we have no other choice but to delete any entries that do not adhere to the guidelines.  Please know that this doesn't mean we are judging anyone.  We're simply attempting to honor God and follow His rules.  Let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for your understanding and participation.
Check out our AWESOME sponsor for this challenge:

Our friends at Pink & Main are joining us for
this FUN challenge.  Pink & Main is a great
shop filled with patterned papers, the most darling
high-quality stamps, steel dies, and all sorts of
great embellishments and supplies.  Be sure to stop
by Pink & Main to check out ALL their awesome
products.  One lucky person who plays along in
this challenge will be randomly drawn and will
win a generous $20 Gift Certificate to spend at
the WONDERFUL Pink & Main.  Hurray!
 

AND NOW.....Another Lucky Winner:
The Project Bin Stamps was the sponsor
of our last challenge.  This FUN store is
filled with darling high-quality acrylic stamps
and lots of great inspirational samples.  Be sure
to stop by and check out The Project Bin.  You
will really love their sweet collection of stamps.
One very lucky person has now won a
$15 Gift Certificate to spend over at
The Project Bin.  How FUN is that??!!??

The Top 3 Honors Go To Our Friends:

Please email Karen if you'd like a
Top 3 or Winner's Badge for your blog.
All winners must also email Karen
to claim prize (per the Rules Page).  Thanks!

May God bless all our AWESOME sponsors.
We appreciate them all SO very much.  We
pray for them, and for God's hand of blessing
upon their businesses.  We're SO grateful.
AND NOW....Here's some inspiration to get you started:

From the Pink & Main Design Team
Rachelle Using Bold Butterfly
And Lynnea Using the New Bold Butterflies Panel
Kathy Using Plaid Cover Dies and
Butterfly Sketches from Pink & Main

From the Word Art Wednesday Design Team
Our May Guest Designer, Billie Anderson

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

9 comments:

Sandra H said...

Beautiful creations

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

I’ve loved this verse so much of my Chritian walk... it’s a grand verse to pray day by day too. Lovely DT inspiration as always too. I must subscribe to you on bloglovin, as now Bloggers feedburner is dying on 1st July I’m doing my blog post emails, have set up an email for it, and stated how on a post for folks to sign up for it too.
Thanks for Sharing, God bless and keep you safe, and all those you love, hugs Shaz in Oz.x

{Wonderful Words of Life - Shaz in Oz}
{Calligraphy Cards - Shaz in Oz}

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Congrats to the Top creators & winner.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"

Migdalia said...

Congrats to the winner & top 3! Yay!! Beautiful creations by everyone.

Karenladd said...

Thank you for another fun challenge and beautiful inspiration from the DT. Congrats to the winner and honorable mentions as well.

SHartl said...

Congrats winners and thank you for another challenge!

Janis said...

Congratulations to the Winner and Top Picks!
Thank you for the lovely DT work. The butterfly cards are esp beautiful.
Take care and thank you for another wonderful challenge.
<3 J

jwoolbright at gmail dot com
HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

mamawcindy said...

Great Inspiration from the design team. Congratulations to the winners!

Wendy said...

Gorgeous design team samples. Thank you for the challenge and chance to win a wonderful prize.