Welcome back by, everyone! Are you all ready for another AWESOME challenge? Well, we've always got something FUN planned, and this challenge is no exception. Our amazing friends at Divinity Designs have generously offered to sponsor us once again. How FUN is that? We also have some lovely art inspiration to get you started, a brief devotional to encourage you, and lots of great FUN for all. Let's jump right into our new challenge, shall we?
Our scripture of focus is 2 Thessalonians 3:16 which reads, "Now the LORD of peace Himself give you peace always by all means. The LORD be with you all". These words, when originally penned, were written by the Apostle Paul to the Church at Thessalonica. Paul was speaking to the people about their need for peace in their lives. Wow! What they needed then is what we still strive for today....peace. This is not "world peace", but rather, this is the peace (the calmness and control) in our hearts and in our daily lives that ONLY the LORD (God/Jesus) can offer us. This verse tells us that "He will give us peace always and by all means". This means that, because when we ask God into our hearts/lives, He is literally with us ALWAYS and that He will do whatever is needed to comfort us and bring us His peace. Along with the presence of God in our lives, we receive His perfect peace. The Bible describes God's peace as one that "passes all understanding". In times when the world would be going crazy, stressing out, crying and worrying like mad, we have God, and we have PEACE. I saw a sign once that really summed it up nicely. It said.....
NO GOD = NO PEACE
KNOW GOD = KNOW PEACE
We really can know complete peace. By asking God to enter our heart/life and surrendering everything to Him, we not only secure our ETERNAL place with Him in Heaven, but we have God Almighty dwelling in us and providing us with His perfect peace that passes all understanding. What a blessing!
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 or to win in our challenges. We welcome you to share all of your art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family friendly. 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. Any entries over that limit will be deleted and will make you ineligible to win. 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 an encouragement to you as we share it. If you have any questions about the rules, be sure to read the complete list of rules found under our Page tab marked "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 our guidelines. Please know that this doesn't mean we are judging anyone. We're not. We are simply attempting to honor God and follow His rules. Please let us know if you have any questions about anything; and thank you for your understanding and participation.
Meet Our AWESOME Sponsor:
Our friends over at Divinity Designs are
sponsoring this challenge for by offering
a $25 store cred to their AMAZING store.
What a treat! Divinity Designs carries so
and many Specialty Items. You can always
find lots of great inspiration on their social
media and Instagram Page. Special thanks
to everyone at Divinity Designs for their
generous support this year. We're SO
grateful for them and all the awesome art
they help us create. Stop by to take a
peek and let them know how grateful we
are to have their support. Best of luck
in the random draw, and thanks again
to everyone at Divinity Designs. What
an FUN and AWESOME prize!
Here's Our Next Lucky WINNER:
Our sweet friends over at Trinity Stamps
generously offered to sponsor our last challenge.
We're SO grateful for everyone at Trinity
Stamps for this support. One very lucky person,
by random draw, has WON a $25 gift card to
spend at Trinity Stamps. This AWESOME
store carries the loveliest stamps, dies, stencils,
and SO much more. Be sure to stop by Trinity
Stamps to look around. You'll also find lots of
great inspiration on the Trinity Stamps IG page.
Thanks again to our friends at Trinity Stamps.
The lucky winner of this FAB prize is
Entry #142 - Holly G.
Our Top 3 Honors Go to Our Friends:
Entry #22 - Erika
Entry #52 - Arnoldo
Welcome back, and CONGATS on that Grandson!
Entry #121 - Tatiana
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.
Here's Some Inspiration to get You Started:
From the Divinity Designs Design Team, Here's
Lisa Blastick Using The Harvest Stamp Set
This sweet card was created by Sara Furr
Using New Forever Friends Stamp Set
from Divinity Designs
And Here's Another Sweet Card from
Angella Crockett, Divinity Designs DT
Our September Guest Designer, Darlene Pavlick
Coming Soon
Using Star Quilt Die and
Sponsor, Divinity Designs
Using Sea Single Stamp Set from
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