“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”
If not for today. Would the world even know what a cross is? #goodfriday
Jesus Loves You.
That’s it. That’s all that matters.
#divinecrosses #Jesuslovesyou #woodcrosses #woodcross #jesussaves
It was right there all long..
I’m cutting out the last of the Magnolia wood for the scripture blocks next Sunday. Right at the end of this first piece it lined up to leave the very end of one that Brandi tested burning on. Since we we first got these out of a garage almost 4 years ago we have racked our brains on what to use them for.
It didn’t hit me at first when I cut it off today either. I was too concentrated on what I was doing in cutting to really see what God was showing me.
She simply burned the word Love and a little Flower in it.
Then it hit me.. WOW… God had a plan for these four years ago, for exactly at this time. Everyone of those Strength of Heart Magnolia Blocks has had a message of His love through scripture, with a heart on them! It was foretold to us four years ago what they’d have on them.
I did not realize that until now. 🙏
I’m kind of sad we probably won’t ever have Magnolia in here to work on together again.
But, I am so grateful now that we had any at all, to work on together in His name for this little moment in time.
What’s the message here?
He has a plan for every “little” thing he brings into your life for the right time.
It may not last long and it may be only for just a moment.
Open your heart and please let Him in.
He has so many “little” things to show you everyday that he put into your life for this day, many years ago.
Perspective
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Corinthians 4:18
This picture was taken Jan 2014 at Shiloh, Tenn.
When taking this picture I could not see the blue sky with my own eyes the way it was reflected in this creek. It made me change my perspective when taking this picture to capture that beautiful blue color among all the brown and gold.
This verse reminds us to do just that. (Change our perspective.)
That day, I knew the blue sky existed and is there.
Just as I know Heaven is.
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
When I was a child I was always fascinated by how my Mom’s Camellia Bush would bloom in fall. I can remember saying to her, “But, it’s not time for spring!”
That Camellia became a huge tree by the time we left the old house.
As I got older I appreciated how it was the only thing that did bloom in fall. When we moved Brandi and I couldn’t see not having one in the yard somewhere. This year our little Camellia bush has bloomed more than it ever has. Even with as rough of a year it was with all the heat and the drought.
With God, who says you can’t make it through the worst year ever and still bloom in Autumn? 🙂
8 years ago tonight. It was a Skatepark!
When the cross orders came pouring in I was pretty ok still working in the old shop where we used to live. The almost an hour drive back and forth didn’t bother me. The 14 hour days didn’t bother me.
What did bother me, is that I was used to having my boys with me.
At the old place next to the house they could come into the shop anytime they wanted to.
Missing them motivated me.
I started working through the nights at the old shop and napping occasionally on the old work table.
I was working as hard as I could to be able to take any day off to get this Cross making Barn up.
This is the night I broke down and cried in the yard as I watched them and thanked God for this gift of getting to see them again.
