Scripture Series: Thou Hast Made Heaven Card---Join Us for Another Inspirational Challenge at Word Art Wednesday!

Hello fellow Crafters.  It's time for another Challenge at Word Art Wednesday.  If you haven't joined us before, we feature a free Word Art (by Karen Murray) that you can download  each Challenge.  You can use it in whatever project you desire to make, link it to our Challenge for a chance to win some fabulous prizes or keep it for future use.  Today's Word Art comes from Nehemiah 9:6 which says, "Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee."  Anyone in their right mind would agree that everything has an origin.  Take a good look around you and all of nature reveals this truth. If we see a tree, we know that a seed was planted. If we see a kitten, we know that somewhere in there is a Mommy kitty.  When we see wonderful structures, we know that an architect planned it and an engineer built it.  Everything that is on earth is explorable for as much as God would allow us to discover things in our environment.  But how about things in the heavenlies?  Truthfully, we have very limited knowledge when it comes to our universe/galaxies.  Our telescopes can only go so far in seeing all of what's out there.  But just because we are limited doesn't mean there's nothing beyond what we can see.  Throughout history, we relied on many theories from finite beings with regards to how the heavens and the earth came about.  We allowed them to shape our minds and fill us with their ridiculous, outrageous and bizarre theories as if they were absolute truths.  We were led to believe that we evolved from apes rather than seeking the Truth from the account of an infinite God, who not only gave us his General Revelation (General Truths revealed by God through things that were created---Nature) but also His Special Revelation (Specific Truths revealed by God through supernatural means---includes physical appearances of God, dreams, visions, the written Word of God, and most importantly—Jesus Christ) to prove our origin.  All creation speaks of a Creator Who is intricate, systematic, perfect and all powerful.  He holds everything together in their proper time and space.  Psalm 19:1-3 tells us, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard."  Romans 1:20 also tells us, "For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."  But God didn't stop there.  He revealed Himself even more through His written revelation (the Bible) and perfected His divine revelation by sending His One and Only Son---Jesus Christ in order to rescue mankind from sure death!  Jesus was the perfect image of the Father in human flesh.  This was made clear to us in John 14:8-11, “Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied. Jesus replied, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do."  

What I am trying to say here is that all the answers to our daily existence are seen through what God has created.  Each one has an expression of their Maker.  We didn't come here by accident.  God made us and equipped us with everything necessary to fulfill the purpose and function He intended us to do while on earth.  Each one is unique and beautiful in their own little way.  We are to work under God's supervision and keep communion with him all the days of our lives.  Yet the Fall of Man changed all of that as it corrupted our spirit and injected us with Satan's nature.  Unless we die from that old sinful nature (in Adam) and come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, we are at a lost---detached and oblivious of our full potential.  We often tell people , "You can be anything you want to be!" But I beg to differ...We can try everything to be someone else but the result of it is a sad and empty life.  At the end of the tunnel, we can only be "truly" fulfilled if we walked in the purpose and function God had predestined us to do.  Until we exchanged our finite minds and allow the infinite mind of  God to shape our worldview, we will always have questions and doubts on the world around us--even our own existence.  The Word of God contains all the answers to all of our questions in both the seen (physical) and the unseen (spiritual) world.   If we take off our blinders and see with our spiritual eyes (only possible through new birth in Christ---John 3:3), we'll see a God Whose love for us is boundless and immeasurable---we can only bow down to His magnificent presence.   One day, we will come face to face with the King of kings and the Lord of lords.  As Philippians 2:9-11 tells us, "Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,  and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."  Blessed are those who came under His covering for they shall never be apart from Him.  Are you ready to meet your Creator?

Anyway, my inspiration card today is more of a CAS style.  Many of you are familiar with my elaborate cards with lots of layers and bold colors but when I saw the scripture we are featuring, I wanted it to be the focus.  So, I chose a cute image (freebie) from "A Day for Daisies" and colored it with my ProMarker/Prismacolor markers with neutral colors.  The white base is cut and scored to make a 5.5 inches square card.  I embossed with my Cuttlebug, die cut with my Nestabilities and adhered some white nail head gems from Imaginisce.  I added some glitters (Stickles-Crystal) as well as Liquid Pearls (Petal Pink) to the image and stitched all over this card.  Hope you like it. 

 THOU HAST MADE HEAVEN CARD:

 THOU HAST MADE HEAVEN CARD LAYERS:

 THOU HAST MADE HEAVEN CARD INSIDE:

THOU HAST MADE HEAVEN CARD WITH ENVELOPE-BOX:

This Card is entered into the following Challenges:

Pile It On---Metal
Craft Hoarders Anonymous---Glass or Metal
TTCRD---ATG
Paper Crafting Challenges---My Faves  (I love Scripture Word Arts)
Sister Act---ATG
Card Mania---CAS
Artistic Inspirations---ATG/Things with Wings
Creative Moments---ATG/Use Twine
Inkspirational---Bloom
Crafty Creations---It's All About "S" (Spots/Sentiment)
Inky Impressions---ATG
Crafting Cafe---Creatures
Crafting from the Heart---ATG
Love to Scrap---ATG
Little Miss Muffet---ATG
Dazzling Diva---ATG/Color
Rhedd and Rosie---No Flowers/Nothing Floral
Sweet Stamps---No Designer Paper
Challenges 4 Everybody---ATG
Dream Valley---Things with Wings
Whimsy Stamps---Two or More Die-cuts
Sweet Stampin'---Sparkle and Shine
Digistamps4Joy---Girly/Feminine
CCC Digi Creations---Digi/ATG
Crafts Galore Encore---ATG
Simon Says---ATG
A Random Fan---ATG
Craft-room---Things with Wings
Deep Ocean---Wings
Everybody-Art---Bling Bling
Fan-Tastic Tuesday---ATG
Inky Chicks---Use Metal Embellishment (The white nail head gems are metal)
Paperminutes---Animals
Created with Love---Lots of Layers
Creating in Faith Hope and Love---Scripture
The Kraft Journal---CAS
Paper Nest Dolls---ATG
Whoopsi Daisy---Lots of Layers
OSAAT---ATG
Scribble and Scrap---ATG
Sentimental Sundays---Things with Wings
Corrosive Challenge---ATG

I hope you'd take the time to join us at our WAW Challenge.  It's Anything Goes as long as it's family friendly with uplifting and inspirational messages, you can link up to 5 projects.  Our sponsors this week are Cheery Lynn Designs (giving a Fall Harvest 2 Die), Frantic Stamper (Cheesy Card Panel Die cut) and Diane's Daydream Designs (three sets of digis).  I can't wait to see your projects this week and leave you some lovin' on your Blogs.  Have a blessed day and I pray that you acknowledge the glory of the Lord in yourself and in everything around you.  His Name be praised forever!