It's always a treat to have you stop by to join us here at Word Art Wednesday, and we have yet another super FUN challenge waiting for you today. There's lots of inspiration, a fabulous long-time sponsor, a brief devotional to encourage and bless your week (and beyond), and lots of other encouraging elements to share with you all. Thanks so much for choosing to play along with us. We value each of you and we really enjoy seeing all the fabulous art you create to share in our challenges. Best of luck to everyone in the random draw. You're ALL WINNERS in my book, and I really do PRAISE GOD for each and every one of you.
The Bible verse in focus when creating this lovely word art is Ephesians 5:2(a) which reads, "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us..." which is just the first half (a) of this verse. So, what does it mean to "walk in love"? I would first look to our (perfect) example. We know that "God is love" (1 John 4:7, etc.), so if we are told to "walk in love", we would need to walk in the way Jesus (God) walked this earth. Walking in love (as Christ did) would involve us becoming very humble. Jesus walked in love.....all the way to the Cross of Calvary where He died for our sins. Surely, I can find a way to "walk in love" in a way that honors Him and points others to Him while I'm here on earth. This is an "agape" (perfect and selfless) love that God has given as our example. While we will never achieve God's level of perfection as we walk in love, we do honor Him by living in a manner of lifestyle that pleases God, draws us close to Him, and points other to Him as well. This world is NOT our eternal home, friends. We WILL, each and every one of us, spend ETERNITY in either Heaven with God or in Hell separated from God.....FOREVER. Let's each make the right choice today and every day to "walk in love, to walk with God" and to be someone who lives their life to shine for Him.
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 for each 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:
YES!! It's the wonderful Stamp Simply
The Stamps of Life is such an AWESOME store.
Stephanie and her awesome team have supported our
challenges here at WAW for quite some time now, and
we're always SO grateful for it. It's a blessing to see
the ongoing kindness of this amazing company, and we
pray that God will BLESS Stephanie and SOL
for being such a blessing to others (including us).
We'd really appreciate it if you would consider stopping
by The Stamps of Life to check out their wide variety
of wonderful stamps, die-cuts, stencils, Papers and much
more. One lucky person, selected by random draw, is
going to WIN a generous $25 gift card to spend at
The Stamps of Life. Just link up your cards in our
gallery (using Linky Tool below) to be eligible to WIN
this fabulous prize from The Stamps of Life. You can
always find lots of great inspiration on the Stamps of
Life Blog. We do hope you'll make a visit to say hello,
to say thank you, and to just look around at The Stamps
AND NOW....Here's Another WINNER:
Clear Stamps is sponsoring this challenge.
Stamp Simply carries SO many fabulous stamps,
die-cuts, embossing folders, ribbons, and.....well
just about everything else you can imagine. Be
sure to stop by Stamp Simply to take a look around
and say hello on the Stamp Simply Blog where
you'll find lots of fabulous inspiration. One lucky
person, selected by random draw, has won a very
generous $25 gift card to spend at Stamp Simply.
The lucky entrant who has WON this prize is
Entry #157 - April W.
Email Karen to claim above prizes (per rules)
PLEASE DON'T FORGET to check the blogs
of each Design Team Member to find out if you
have won a prize (or prizes) from their offerings.
This is in addition to what's posted here.
Our Top 3 Honors Go to Our Friends:
Entry #9 - Becca Sadler
Entry #84 - Cynthia O.
Entry #124 - Kailash
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 Our February Guest Designer, Our
Sweet & Talented Sister in Christ, Karen Mead
From Our Own Design Team
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