Scripture Series: Not a Card but a "Humble Yourselves in the Lord" Gift Card Holder---Join our Inspirational /Anything Goes Challenge at Word Art Wednesday!

Hello Crafty Friends.  It's the middle of the week again and we are almost done with January.  Days are passing by so quickly.  I know it,  because I can't seem to fulfill the many chores that I used to accomplish before.  Things are piling up on me and all I can say is. "Oh Lord, help me!  Anyway, we have a free Word Art (by Karen Murray) being highlighted  at Word Art Wednesday (WAW) today, at our Anything Goes/Inspirational Challenge.  It comes from James 4:10 which tells us, "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."  As we all know, Lucifer was overtaken by pride in his desire to be God (Isaiah 14:12-15), iniquity (sin) was found in him (Ezekiel 28:13-18).  Out of pride comes multitude of sins!  When we start to think we can do it on our own and we don't need our Creator in our lives, this is how we align ourselves to the likes of Lucifer (Satan).  The Bible clearly says in Acts 17:28 that "For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'" God formed us from the dust of the ground, unto His image and likeness but until He breathed unto our nostrils the "breath of life"---we were useless (Genesis 2:7).  Its God's breath that gave us life!  So how on earth can any of us look unto ourselves and declare in our hearts, "I don't need God!?"  Who among us knows what could happen in the next 5 minutes of our existence?  Who can stop a drop of rain from falling nor control our own mortality?  I tell you, in God's Kingdom, there is but One King and rebellion will not be tolerated.  God wants us to come to Him like a little kid who depends solely on his parents for love, sustenance and protection.  We are to humble ourselves before Him, call unto Him every moment of our lives!  He has our best interest for He knows everything in our past, present and future.  He will not turn away anyone who calls upon His Name (Jesus) and answers our cry for help in His perfect time.  More than that, He already prepared a place for us in the eternal where sin and by-products of sin can no longer ravage us.  Jesus paid for our freedom---past, present and future---through His finished work in the Cross.  Because of this, we can walk with utmost confidence because our shame is taken away and we possess the righteousness of God as His children.   Best of all, His gift of salvation is free for those who seek His face, who would come to Him at their wits end, broken and hopeless from trying it on their own.  He is the Only One who can make beauty out of ashes, joy out of sorrow, love out of hatred.  Call unto Jesus---He is waiting for you!  I want to share some verses to encourage you to seek the Lord:

"God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God." (Psalm 53:2)

"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." (Hebrews 11:6)

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."  (Matthew 7:7-8)

So, here's my inspiration project for you at WAW.  For this gift card holder, I used an image I got for free at Time for Tea (gorgeous images, if i can only get all of them...LOL) a while back called "Moving Day" which I colored with my ProMarker and Prismacolor markers.  One of our sponsors for this week is Paper Temptress and was so generous to allow us to choose and sent us (postage free---thank you!) some wonderful, high-quality papers that I used in this project.  All of the CS you see here except the grey one is from them.  It's pretty thick so I didn't feel the need to layer a lot on this project.  I stamped a flower image from Stampendous, added a layered Prima flowers with brad and attached a white nail gem from Imaginisce.  I punched a small circle and attached it to the top and punched it to create a hole.  I decorated it with a ribbon and made a bow using some twine.  Lastly, I stitched all over this project and placed a gift card for photographing.  I got some inspiration for this project as I browsed a book called "Card Sketches for Paper Crafters" from a sketch by Kim Hughes.  Just perfect for my project today. 

 HUMBLE YOURSELVES IN THE LORD GIFT CARD HOLDER:

 HUMBLE YOURSELVES IN THE LORD GIFT CARD HOLDER LAYERS:

HUMBLE YOURSELVES IN THE LORD GIFT CARD HOLDER IMAGE CLOSE-UP:


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This Project is entered into the following Challenges:

Make It Monday---ATG
Scribble and Scrap---ATG
My Sheri Crafts---Delightful Digis
Glitter n Sparkle---Stitching (Real of Faux)
OSAAT---Use a Digi
Artistic Inspirations---ATG/Use Ribbon
Card Mania---ATG
Scrapbook Stamp Society---ATG/Option: Use Real Ribbon
Party Time Tuesday---Use Ribbon
TTCRD---ATG
Divas by Design---ATG
2 Creative Chicks---ATG
Crafting for all Seasons---For the Girls
HIMCR---CAS
SweetPea Stampers---Flower Power
Bunny Zoe's Crafts---Stitching
Always Something Creative---Stitching
Natalie and Amy---One for the Girlies
One Crazy Stamper---ATG
Card and Scrap---Use Bling (Brad, glitters and white gems)
Life in Details---Bling (White gems, brad and glitters)
Scribbles Designs---Sparkle It Up
Seemacrafts---ATG
Crafting Cafe---ATG
Crafting by Designs---Get Your Girl On!
Digistamps4Joy---Add Real Ribbon
Fab 'n' Funky---All About Words
Inky Impressions---Ribbon
Little Red Wagon---CAS
Paper Pretties---ATG
Paper Shelter---Digi Image + Sentiment


Time to go, everyone!  Please make sure to visit us at WAW and link up the projects you make out of our free Word Art although not mandatory.  You can link up any inspiring, uplifting, family-friendly projects, up to 5.  We have a couple of wonderful sponsors this week namely, Moonlighting by Mary and Paper Temptress.  That means a couple of chances to win so, head over to WAW and show us your wonderful projects.  Enjoy your week.  Always remember that God loves you and has a great plan for your life!