Love Your Neighbor

Hello friends,

Thanks for stopping by today.  A few days ago I completed a poster and display for my church library.  I love it when I can use my paper crafting tools in my ministry work.  I saw a similar poster on Pinterest and adapted it to fit my purpose.  You can see it in these two pictures. 

The wording on the poster is, "We are each unique and beautiful, but together we are a masterpiece!"

The theme is about loving your neighbors world wide.   As you know, love can break all kinds of barriers - skin color, different languages, customs.  As Jesus taught us, "The first commandment is . . . you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. . . . And the second , like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'  There is no other commandment greater than these."  Mark 12:30-31 

Below are a few books and movie titles that I put on display with the poster.  Check through them to see what you might find for your reading or viewing pleasure.

Blessings,

Annie

How to Love Your Neighbor (Book)

Thunder Dog (Book)

Abel's Field (DVD)

God's Not Dead (DVD)

Chasing Mavericks (DVD)

Rescue the Captors (Book)

End of the Spear (Book)



Small Things with Great Love (Book)

Kite Runner (Book)

Unconditional (DVD)

Fearless (Book)

Behind the Sun (DVD)

  

Artsy Rainbow

Hello friends,

Don't you just love rainbows!  Every time I see one I am awed by its beauty and reminded of God's promise, "I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth."  (Genesis 9:13) 

So . . . when I had an opportunity to join a rainbow swap, I jumped right in.  I didn't have an actual rainbow stamp but would have to be creative.  A fun idea came to mind and I started looking through my artsy stamps.  When I came to this stamp by Judi-Kins, I could hardly wait to get started.  Here you can see the finished card:

It was really fun to do something out of the norm and stretch my imagination.  The image was colored with Copic Sketch markers, which I just love to use. 

Stamps:
Judi-Kins 2907G
Paula Best 988-A called Rainbow Soul.

Blessings to you and watch for those rainbows!
Annie

A Good Book for Beginners

Amy Lively writes very enthusiastically about how she overcame her fear of getting to know her neighbors.  However, she didn’t offer anything new to those of us who study the Bible and try to walk the Jesus way.  But for new Christians or those who have little or no knowledge or experience in loving their neighbors, this book may give them a starting place.  It is based on biblical principles so that is a big plus.

The content is good, lots of ideas and suggestions on how to get to know your neighbors, but the writing is slow paced and a bit boring.  I like a good page-turner-book, and this one didn't light my fire.  I'm sorry to  say that to complete reading the book was very tough for me as it just didn’t hold my interest for very long at a time.  But for others it may be just the perfect help they need.  And for that reason, I still plan to add this title to our church library

 

Bethany House Publishers provided this book to me for free in exchange for an honest review.

Digital Birthday Card Making

Creating birthday cards is always fun to do and I like to personalize them as much as possible.  One of my son's hobbies is remote-controlled cars.  Not only does he have ones for himself, but also for three of his grandsons.  Perfect idea for his birthday card!  Bummer that I didn't have a remote-controlled car stamp, but I was able to find clip art that worked perfectly.  What fun!

 

Of course, I didn't have a sentiment to match exactly, so back to the computer to compose and print one.  Looking forward to hearing him laugh when he looks at the card.  I'm sure he will get a big kick out it!

 

Blessings,

Annie