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A couple of weeks ago I was accidentally introduced to something called SketchNotes". The idea intrigued me for my sermon notes so I did a little research. In doing so I found this book by <a href="http://rohdesign.com/sketchnotes/" target="_blank">Mike Rohde </a></div>
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So what ARE SketchNotes??? This is an explanation from Mike Rohde himself. . .</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;">The idea is that when you engage your creative skills, your listening </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;">skills,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;"> and your physical (writing) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;">skills,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;"> along with your visual </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px;">skills, you learn and retain more. It also makes your notes more user friendly, helping you to go back and find main points and re-enforce what you heard and learned. Apparently business people and students are doing this all over the country these days. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22.4px;">I found a ton of really cool examples online, which made me refine my search to "Sermon SketchNotes" and I found this book by <a href="http://blessinks.com/sermon-sketchnotes/" target="_blank">Marsha Baker</a></span></div>
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I also found a ton of great examples of SketchNoting just for sermons! Here are a few of the ones I have found so you can better understand what it is I am talking about here . . . </div>
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Aren't they cool!!! They range from really busy to really clean and simple - colorful and black & white, lots of text, lots of icons (doodles).</div>
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So, I decided to give this a try. But I did not use a live speaker - instead I rewrote my sermon notes I had already written and here is my first one</div>
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I got 6 pages of notes down to these 3 pages and I lost nothing! I also can quickly find the info I want to revisit through the use of the icons. </div>
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See the difference in being able to find something in your notes? </div>
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They suggest you make yourself up an icon dictionary of little doodles etc that help you identify things so as you are doing your SketchNotes you don't have to come up with a doodle - they become part of your written vocabulary like regular words. So here is my little Icon Library I made up </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, next up on my quest to learn more about this was a Face Book group - that's right there is a group on FB - it is called <span style="color: #141823; line-height: 115%; text-align: start;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Sketchnotes Community. </i>It is a closed group but if you are interested in this I suggest you ask for an invite. I have found a lot of inspiration there and have found the small group to be very nice and helpful. In particular there is a gentleman named David Dial that has been so nice to answer questions for me and make encouraging comments on the things I have shared. But the best part is seeing his notes - Oh MY!!! They are great - beautiful to look at but more importantly they are just chock full of information! Take a look at some his work. . . </span></span></div>
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<i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #141823; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"</span></span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248); color: #141823; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I am very new to sketchnotes and I was
wondering if you would answer a couple of questions for me? Do you actually do
your SN live during a sermon or do you just do bullet points and create at
home? If you do this live how to you stay up with what your Pastor is saying -
any tips? One last questions - what pens do you use?Thank you for letting me
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joined. This little group is here to encourage and inspire any way we can.
Thanks for the gracious words. To answer your 'live' question: the attached is
the live pencil version I do during service, in my Moleskine sketchbook with
dot grid. I then sometime Sunday afternoon I adjust the layout and Chk my
spelling by inking it with farber caste ll brush pens and good old bic colored
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source. We get an outline our bulletin but I just let the Holy Spirit guide how
he is inspiring me that AM. Thx for the questions and happy sketchnotes.
Blessings.</i></div>
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and last week our assoc. Pastor Daren and I were talking and I mentioned my <a href="http://garbonzobeenz.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-innermost-being.html" target="_blank">Psalm 139 Lady</a> that I had made and he of course didn't know what I was talking about so I showed her to him on my blog. He really liked her and had lots of questions about the symbolism etc. He asked if I would bring her in next Thursday (today) so he could see her in person. We ended up taking a little "art tour" on my blog that day and he was surprised at what all I had created. He asked if I sold my art and I told him no - this was God's gift to me and so I love to share it with people but I struggle to sell it - that is not what God has intended it for (not for me anyhoo). </div>
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Well I went back to my bulletins and I had this overwhelming desire to create something just for Pastor Daren - was it God putting that desire on my heart????? So I asked him what his favorite scripture was. He explained that Jonah was his favorite book of the Bible, and that he loved the Psalms and was really studying Psalm 119 right now and that of course he loved Psalm 139 (who doesn't!). He asked why and I told him I wanted to create a piece just for him. I told him not to expect it by a certain date but that it would come. </div>
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When I got home that day I read the book of Jonah, um. . . no inspiration there! So I <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+119" target="_blank">read Psalm 119</a> (all 176 verses - did you know this is the longest Psalm and the longest chapter in the Bible and that it is right in the center of the Bible? just a little trivia for you) and then I read Psalm 139 again. I wasn't feeling very inspired (artistically that is) by any of these. I just left it in God's hands - "what do YOU want to create through me for Daren Father?" this was my prayer. </div>
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On Monday it was like a bolt of lightening struck me - I knew exactly what the Father and I would be creating together - it would be Psalm 119 with and emphasis on verse 11 - </div>
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That red, plastic heart that was left over from last year's Valentines Day (that I stole from my granddaughters - bad Amma) had to go!!! So it was transformed into this cool "metal" heart. The white plastic signage letters turned into the black letters on scrabble pieces (real Scrabble pieces don't have numbers!)<br />
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A coat of modeling paste and some paints and inks were next. Then the "final" layout of all the little pieces. Am I happy with it? Father is this what you had in mind? </div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;">Ta Da! It is finished by Wednesday evening - just in time to take it to Pastor Daren on Thursday (today)</span></div>
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He was really surprised and he looked like he really liked it (which made me happy!). He had me explain all the symbolism to him - and I knew he would so I was prepared with a typed explanation for him. I walked out of his office to get my camera (I wanted a picture of him with it) and when I came back in he was standing there smiling just looking at it <span style="line-height: 24px;">(again, this made me happy!).</span></div>
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Before I left for the day he already had it hung on the wall in his office and made me pose for a picture with him and the piece - I wish I had gotten one of those pictures!</div>
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I have to say thank you to Pastor Daren for inspiring me to get back in my studio to get messy and create something </div>
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and most especially thank you to the Holy Spirit for working through these hands of mine!</div>
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my heart, praising Him with all my heart, Setting my heart on His laws,
Obeying with my whole heart, and so much more!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2, 7, 10, 11,
30, 34, 36, 58, 111, 112, 145, 161 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Computer Board<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Remembering
and storing knowledge and love of the Word.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">11 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rulers<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Laws,
Statutes, Precepts, Commandments, Decrees, Word. This comes from something Pastor
Ray says - How do you know what is right or wrong? What is your measuring
stick?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Too many to
list!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Salvation and
His promises<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">38, 41, 81,
94, 123, 166, 174 <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3, 14, 33, 80,
106, 166<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Eternity and Everlasting,
and Time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">62, 89, 142,
160<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Key (Fortress)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I am God's
Servant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">6, 11, 17, 38,
49, 65, 76, 84, 91, 125, 140, 144<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pad Locks<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Learning,
Understanding and Teaching<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">34, 100, 104,
124, 125, 130, 135, 152, 169, 171<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Compass<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Path, Walk,
Way & Steps<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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33, 35, 45, 59, 101, 105, 133<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You will
notice that there are two hearts, 1 BIG heart and one little heart. The Big
heart represents God's love for us and the little heart is ours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-53512836846737991312016-02-02T11:13:00.000-08:002016-02-02T11:15:39.434-08:00Drawing Closer. . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, in my last post I shared with you all HOW I take my sermon notes and study my Bible so that I can then create my sermon cards. Today I am gonna share some FUN news about that. . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All of my copious notes are going to turn into a small group at my <a href="http://www.dbcc.com/sermons/" target="_blank">church</a>! It is all still in the planning stages at this point, but we will meet weekly and go over the notes Pastor Ray provides in the bulletin, study the scripture references and then create some art and do some journaling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have always believed that each one of us is CREATIVE in some way because our Father is CREATIVE and we are made in HIS image! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“God <u>created</u> man in His own image, in the image of God He <u>created</u> him; male and female He <u>created</u> them” </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">(Genesis 1:27). </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you had any doubt that God is creative or that He passed on the creative ability to us, I’d ask you to notice that the word “create” appears three times in this single verse!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is another verse that I just shared with you the other day - </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“For we are His masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them”</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">(Ephesians 2:10). </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">When we think of this verse, we usually think about “good works” as</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"> spiritual disciplines and the ways in which we serve others</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">, and that’s true. Remember though: creativity can be a spiritual discipline, a way to honor God and worship Him and it can also be a way to serve others - sharing your creativity and art can serve to inspire and encourage others!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, </span><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 25px;">since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving</span></b></i><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">(Colossians 3:23-24). </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So "whatever you do" means everything you do , including your creativity/art. You should do it with ALL of your heart! Let’s always remember who has given us our creativity and who we use it to worship!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So here is my art for today - this will be the "logo" if you will, for the small group. I made this one a little bigger than usual so that it would fit on the front cover of my binder. I am so excited to get started with this group and I pray that God will use me and be glorified through this group and that it will be a blessing to the ladies at my church. </span></span></div>
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Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-7572129554096755462016-01-29T01:01:00.001-08:002016-01-29T01:23:54.377-08:00She Takes COPIOUS Notes!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
This is something my Mom always says about me - and not always in a very flattering manner I must add! When she first starting saying this to me I was pretty sure that copious meant "a lot" but to be sure I looked it up and I had to laugh at the sample sentence they used</div>
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Tonight I wanted to share with you <i>how</i> I take my sermon notes since I have been sharing with you all my journaling cards from my sermon notes lately. I have added a lot of pictures to help explain what will sound like a lengthy process, but is really quite easy and convenient for me anyways. For those of you that know me, you know I am really organized and really anal and I really LOVE binders!!!</div>
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So let's take a look at how I take my notes and really absorb God's Word spoken to me through my Pastor and my Bible each week. . . </div>
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This is all of my equipment - </div>
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<b>A = my binder that holds my church bulletins</b> for the year (yes, I save them all)</div>
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<b>B = my binder that holds all of my journaling card</b>s (both binders are A-5 or 1/2 sized binders)</div>
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<b>C = my church Bible</b> all dressed up with it's "Bible belt" that I made</div>
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<b>D = my journal</b> that I make more detailed notes in</div>
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This is the inside of my binder for my bulletins.I keep each one in a page protector and use dividers to separate each sermon series so I can easily find them. I use the page protectors so that I don't have to punch holes in my bulletins and I can see both sides easily. </div>
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This is the Bible I take to church. It is a thin-line ESV Bible (I am typically an NIV Bible reader but my Pastor preaches from an ESV and I get distracted when he is reading from one translation and I am reading another). Because it is so thin it easily fits in my purse so I am not having to carry a bunch of stuff to church. I buy a new Bible every December for the upcoming year and I only use this Bible for my sermon notes. It serves as a great way to keep my notes on scriptures as well as a sort of spiritual journal for the year. This particular Bible runs under $15 so I can easily justify a new Bible each year just for this. Also if you see the 3 skinny ribbons at the bottom - I add those to the Bible because I hate bookmarks but like to be able to flip back and forth. They are easy to add and I take them out and reuse them in my next Bible each year.<br />
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This is my "Bible Belt" that I made and all of it's goodies. I LOVE this thing!!!</div>
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<b>A = the belt its self -</b> it is made out of some fabric, wide elastic and velcro. It has little slots that hold all of my tools securely to my Bible and ensure I have everything I need when I go to church or am sitting at home ready to study. </div>
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<b>B = Is a card I make</b> each year that helps me make markings in my Bible that identify each sermon series at a glance. (more on this later)</div>
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<b>C = a highlighter -</b> for highlighting special stand out words on my bulletin and in my Bible</div>
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<b>D = Bic stic-pen -</b> for writing on my bulletin and in my journal</div>
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<b>E = Micron 02 Pen -</b> I use this to write in my Bible because it doesn't bleed through the thin pages and I have to write so small in my Bible and it gives me nice clean lines and the biggest plus is that it doesn't smear! I used to use a regular pen and it always smeared - YUCK!</div>
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<b>F = Crayola Colored Pencil -</b> I use this for highlighting full verses and notes in my Bible. I change the color of the pencil for each sermon series so that I can easily search my Bible for notes and scriptures from a certain sermon series. I use a pencil because you can't see it on the back side of the page like you can with a highlighter and it allows you to still clearly read your Bible - I love these!!!</div>
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This is what my Bible looks like on it's way home from church. The little belt also holds my bulletin nice and tight on the way home so it doesn't get wrinkled or lost. It also stays right there until I finish my notes and put it in my binder. </div>
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Okay - so those are all of my "TOOLS" now I will show you how I actually use all of them. . .</div>
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This is a more detailed shot of one of the bulletins. Our Pastor always has "fill-in the blanks" to help with note taking and always adds lots of cross reference scriptures for us to look up on our own (it is 2-sided so there are more fill-in the blanks etc on the back). All the scribbling you see in pen are the notes I take during the sermon while I am at church. But there is always soooo much more to write but I cannot keep up during service so I make little notes and also write things like "listen to this point again". </div>
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All of the blue markings you see are the cross references he gives us - when I get home and actually study I color the scriptures with the colored pencil showing that I have looked them up and marked them in my Bible. This way if I have to stop for some reason I know where I left off. </div>
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This is my journal that I take all of my "copious notes" in. Remember above I said I make notes like "listen to this point again"? Well, on Mondays (sometimes not until Tuesday) the church uploads the sermon <a href="http://www.dbcc.com/sermons/" target="_blank">online</a> (complete with the bulletin to print if I have to miss a Sunday) and I watch it again. Now I am in CONTROL!!! I can pause Pastor Ray as many times as I need so I can write my notes and make full thoughts instead of just scratches!</div>
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This is what the inside of my journal looks like - I always date it (I use the sermon date not the date I take the notes) and I list the series name and sermon title as well as the main scripture at the top of the page. </div>
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This is the inside of my Bible and you can see there is little bit of highlighting to draw attention to that word/phrase and then you also see that there are some red and some blue markings as well as handwritten notes. The red is from the first sermon (not a full series) of the year. The blue markings are the current sermon series "Reboot" This is a 6 week series so for 6 weeks I will use the blue pencil for my markings and then I will change colors. I also band my handwritten notes with the colored pencil so that I know what series those notes came from. Often we will reference a scripture in more than one series of sermons and this keeps my note easy to understand and relate to the topic that was being studied at the time the notes were taken. </div>
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At the top of the page you see these little marks with the red and blue pencils. These are made using the card I made that sits in my Bible belt - you can see a close up of it below. I slide the card under the page I am reading and the one behind it making sure it is even with the top of the page and then I color a little vertical line that corresponds with the lines on the little card I made. This way I can easily fan the pages of my Bible and see where all of the scripture references are for a particular sermon series. The card is not necessary I guess but it keeps all the little lines in the same place on each page which makes the fanning better - you can see this is a picture towards the bottom that shows last year's finished Bible. </div>
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This is the back of my Bible. My Bible has 6 blank pages in the back and in the front. I use the front for more notes and I use the back to log the different sermons. I write the date and the title, the main scripture reference and a short description. I color code this too!</div>
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So, once I have gone to church, got my bulletin, listened to the sermon, listened to it again online, made my notes, read and marked all of the cross references I get to draw! There is always something said in the sermon or a certain scripture that really resonates with my spirit. Something that I really want to sink in deep - something to chew on all week, the big take-away from the sermon. Those are the things that end up on my journaling cards. I try to pray and meditate as I draw - but if I am honest I am not always successful at focusing only on the meaning - I often get distracted by the actual process of drawing. </div>
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So that is how I work what God has to say to me through my Pastor down deep into my heart and into my mind. I am very disciplined about this. Even when I am feeling spiritually dry or struggling with issues in my life - I do not neglect doing this. I especially need to do this when the hard times arise. I need to fill myself up with His Word and His presence even when I don't feel like it or when I don't feel Him close by! </div>
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I also don't think God asks us to go to church and merely sing some songs and warm a pew and check it off of our to-do-list for the week. I think He wants us to worship Him, fellowship with other believers and I believe it is essential to our spiritual growth and strength! </div>
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I know that while I was away in California this summer for my Granddaughters treatments for her brain tumor I MISSED being at my Church and having that fellowship with my church family! But I was so thankful that my church cares enough to have each sermon online so that I could still be fed that way. And yes - I did this while I was away too. It was harder to do but I needed it! </div>
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My hope and prayer is that each of you reading this has found a church family of your own that preaches the Word and feeds you well each week!</div>
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Lastly - this is last year's Bible and Bulletin Binder. The little card is all full - the binder is full and the Bible is really full! (this picture shows the blank pages in the front of the Bible that I fill up with extra notes)</div>
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This is what the edges of my Bible look like when you fan the edges. There are 9 different series represented here!</div>
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I love how colorful my Bible looks by the end of the year - and I love going back through it and remembering all that I learned that year.</div>
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There are 2 more pages of this in the back with all of the sermons listed. So even if I don't have my notes or my bulletins I can easily go back and find the scriptures I need to find and refill my tank!</div>
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And when i put my Bible on the shelf when the year is over I just paperclip the marking card to the front cover.<br />
I hope you enjoyed seeing how I take my "copious notes" and I hope it encouraged you to dig a little deeper in God's Word!<br />
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One of the scriptures Pastor Ray used was <a href="http://biblehub.com/context/1_corinthians/6-19.htm" target="_blank">1Cor 6:19-20 </a>about how we are the temple of the Holy Spirit and that we are not our own and were bought at a great price. It made me start thinking, how valuable I (we) must be to God, that He would pay for something He created Himself!!! I also thought about <a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-10.htm" target="_blank">Eph 2:10</a> that talks about how we are God's Masterpiece.</div>
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Then I looked around my studio and thought "which piece of art that I have created is so valuable to me that I would pay someone just so I could keep it for myself?" </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">The last two sermon series Pastor Ray has done (Freedom - the book of Galatians and now Reboot - Restore to Original Settings) have been AMAZING!!! I feel as though most Sundays God is speaking directly to me! Oh wait. . .Braveheart - a study of the book of Judges was awesome too. I guess I am just really lucky to have found such a great church home with a pastor that actually teaches from the Bible! I hope you are just as blessed as I am in your church home!</span></div>
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This next one is from last Sunday's sermon "Reboot - Financially". So now <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">I am all caught up on my sermon cards. . . until Sunday that is! I hope you are enjoying these Sermon Cards and I hope you are hearing God's voice through them - that is the whole reason I am sharing them!</span></div>
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<br />Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-54217559094599733802016-01-20T10:17:00.001-08:002016-01-20T19:56:10.385-08:00Time to REBOOT!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So we have started a new sermon series at church called <a href="http://www.dbcc.com/sermons/" target="_blank">"Reboot - Restore to Original Settings"</a></div>
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It's only the 3rd week and I am loving it!</div>
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This is my Journaling Card from 2 weeks ago - I just finished it today. </div>
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This is where I am finding myself these days - Spiritually dry! I have really been fighting this and have been ashamed to even say it out loud. But after hearing Pastor Ray's sermon I am no longer ashamed. Instead I am determined to pass this TEST and move on! I can find myself in so many of these symptoms and causes. But I am also finding myself living more and more in the cure.<br />
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Remember that Jesus knows EVERYTHING you are feeling and suffered EVERYTHING you have. In Matthew 27:46 I see that He knew this particular pain<br />
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I think this was to show us what to do when we feel that separation from our Heavenly Father. .<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">CRY OUT TO GOD!!!</span></i></b></div>
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His absence is UNBEARABLE!!!</div>
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This is my prayer for 2016!</div>
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And my last lettering card from our FREEDOM sermon series at <a href="http://www.dbcc.com/sermons/" target="_blank">Desert Breeze</a>. </div>
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What a powerful series it was - I learned so much!</div>
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<br />Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-10428728331663915682016-01-17T01:36:00.004-08:002016-01-17T01:36:48.982-08:00Little Church Binder Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey friends I wanted to try to do a little photo tutorial on how to make the little Church Binder Covers for those of you that emailed me for the pattern. So let's see how well I do with this. . . </div>
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This is the cover we will be "making" today. Please excuse my photos as I didn't take time to edit them and make them "pretty"</div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fold/press the right raw edge of one <i>Inside Pockets </i>over ¼" towards the
back having the original fold at the top do the same on the next Inside Pocket only fold over the left raw edge. (the pocket with the folded right edge will go on the left of your finished cover and the pocket with the left folded raw edge will go on the right of your finished cover)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lay each of the <i>Inside Pocket</i> pieces on top of each of the <i>Inside Flap</i> pieces matching the side folds and the bottom edges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lay each of the <i>Inside Pocket</i> pieces on top of each of the <i>Inside Flap</i> pieces matching the side folds and the bottom edges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the right <i>Pocket/Flap</i> piece you can sew vertical lines through pocket portion
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lay the finished <i>Pocket/Flap</i> pieces on the <i>Lining</i>
piece matching raw edges there will be a 4¼" blank space between the
folded edges of the flaps (the lining is the black/cherry fabric in the center here)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sew flaps to <i>Lining</i> with ¼" seam </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><b>DO NOT</b> sew down the inside edges of the flaps! Sew only around the 4 raw edges of the lining you need the flaps open to place your binder in there! See above picture</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Fold/press each <i>Handle</i> Fabric in half lengthwise (2"x14"), open up and
press both sides toward inner fold line. Then fold in half on original fold
line again and press. You should now have 2 handles that are 1"x14".</span><br />
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Top stitch ¼" from edges on each <i>Handle</i></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fold/press ¼" up on bottom edge of <i>Closure Flap</i> fabric then fold/press in
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Top stitch ¼" from edges on <i>Closure Flap.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These are the pieces you should have now - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your lining with the flaps and pockets attached,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> your cover fabric with interfacing iron to the wrong side,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> 2 handles and 1 closure flap top stitched. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><i>You are already to put this all together!!!</i></b></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Attach Handles and Closure Flap to
right-side of Cover fabric. Place <i>Closure
Flap</i> at center of one short edge of <i>Cover</i>
approx 1½" from raw edge having raw edge of <i>Closure Flap </i>facing raw edge of <i>Cover.</i>
Place <i>Handles</i> with ends facing toward
raw edge of <i>Cover </i>approx 2" from
raw edge and 2" away from each side of <i>Closure
Flap</i>. Place second set of<i> Handles</i>
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second set of <i>Handles</i> to match the
placement on the <i>Closure Flap. <b>NOTE:</b> You see I have added the soft side of the velcro to the closure in this picture - don't do that. Sew it in once you are all finished so you can match up your velcro better!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pin the <i>Handles</i> and <i>Flap</i> to the <i>Cover</i> to keep them out of the way while
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This is my last one from our FREEDOM sermon series at church. What a great series it was!</div>
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This one is just for ME - My Baby Girl Liz is having a BABY!!!!</div>
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Her first and my 3rd Grandbaby!!!</div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: start;">"My poor Baby - it has been a difficult year for sure! But I want to share something with you and anybody else who reads this.Until today I thought the same as you - 2015 sucked! But then as I was having my prayer time today I realized how wonderful 2015 really was! <i><b>"WHAT??? </b></i>" That's right - this year we had one VICTORY after another!!!! What looked like it would break us DID NOT! What looked like it would take our precious Vittoria DID NOT! When we thought we would not find lodging in Ca for the summer, we found something safe, comfortable and convenient! When we left PCH and started with new Doctors we found ones that sent us to the BEST place and there we found a Doctor willing to get on his knees and pray with Vittoria and us! You even ended up with a 10lb dog before you knew you would need one! When we thought the hospital bills would overtake you, we saw friends and strangers alike come to your aid! This year we got to celebrate Christmas with my Mom again! This year we found out that Lizzy would be bringing a new baby to our family to love! 2015 has most definetely had some of the worst moments ever but it also had some of our most triumphal moments! This year I saw God come to our rescue time and time again in ways so powerful I could never imagine them! This year I saw the devil get his butt kicked so hard and he deserved every bit of it! This year I saw Romans 8:28 (And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose) play out in our lives. And I am believing that soon we will see the fruit of Genesis 50:20 (You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.). As Vittoria's story and our testimony will save many spiritually! Lastly I have seen a young woman face her worst fears and do every moment of it with grace and dignity and courage!!! YOU my daughter are a ROCK and I hope to have your strength and beauty someday! Happy New Year to you my love and to ALL of our FB friends! May you all be blessed this year and know WHO it is that gives each and every blessing!" I know this was SUPER LONG but I just wanted to share! </span></div>
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<br />Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-17976322612793224042016-01-14T16:54:00.002-08:002016-01-15T09:26:16.493-08:00MY LITTLE CHURCH BINDERSIt all started with this ONE little binder purse for my Granddaughter to carry to church. The response was so big for me to make and sell these after I showed them to my Bible Journaling Group on FB with the pattern to make your own.<br />
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The actual binder is not included - just the cover which fits the A-5 binder (or half size binder that holds 5.5 x 8.5 paper). Each binder cover has 6 slots for pens/pencils on the left inside cover and a full pocket on the right inside cover. </div>
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They are structurally fine but Mickey has a couple of small smudges and the next one has a couple of small wrinkles. You can see the flaws and read the description of the flaws below.<br />
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Hey you guys, I hope you all had a FANTASTIC Thanksgiving and I hope you are all ready for Christmas! I wanted to pop in real quick tonight and share a couple more doodles from Galatians that I have been working on. </div>
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I am just loving this study in Galatians!</div>
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I am so hungry for HIS perfect FREEDOM!</div>
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Another little reminder from the book of Galatians!</div>
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so don't live like a slave!</div>
Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-78082956761779549782015-11-10T12:33:00.003-08:002015-11-10T12:33:27.852-08:00Freedom vs Salvation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We are studying the book of Galatians in <a href="http://www.dbcc.com/sermons/" target="_blank">church</a> right now.</div>
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Pastor Ray said something that was very powerful to me this week.</div>
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till we meet again. . . </div>
Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-57107349501946448272015-11-08T09:22:00.003-08:002015-11-08T09:22:39.680-08:00She is AMAZING!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Yesterday we had a garage sale and my little Monkey wanted to do a bake sale as we sold our junque. But the best part is that she didn't want to make money for herself, she wanted to make money for Phoenix Children's Hospital! So that itself sounds really sweet and selfless but when you realize that she can no longer eat any of this it is even more amazing! She is on a sugar, flour, carbohydrate free diet these days. She came over to my house (no flour or sugar in her's) on Friday night and we made tons of cookies - chocolate chip, peanut butter and oatmeal raisin. She never asked for a taste or acted like she was having to do without. </div>
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She sold ALL of her cookies and made $60 to donate and she was just so happy to be able to give back. What a great lesson to learn!!!</div>
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<br />Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-61505156797201724402015-11-02T12:00:00.000-08:002015-11-02T12:00:16.939-08:00So Blessed and Thankful!<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For those of you that have followed my blog over the past 7 years, you have not doubt noticed that I have been absent for the past 14 months. My last post was an update on Lizzy's wedding and the announcement that my Mother has cancer. After that I just fell off the grid. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">As the school year progressed she started having headaches and my heart broke for her. I have had migraines since 3rd grade and I hated to think of her suffering through that. There were other seemingly unrelated health issues too. Her parents took her to the doctor and nothing was found. By March of 2015 her problems were getting worse and worse and she had seen so many specialists and had been in and out of emergency rooms and urgent care facilities. Our once happy and healthy little girl was now fearful, angry and in so much pain. The doctors had one theory after another, all of which were proven wrong after each new test. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">Finally, I think the doctors, in their own desperation for an answer chalked it up to her being depressed and unable to express herself and suggested she see a child psychologist. In essence "<i>it was all in her head</i>". But this answer didn't explain the headaches, the vomiting, and the falling down, her eyes shifting and sticking to one side and the double vision, the random body pains. None of us thought this was what was wrong with Monkey but we set out to find someone we would feel safe with. After all, nothing else was working and we needed her to be well.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">Our prayers at this point changed from "make her better" and became "just give us an answer, any answer". On April 02, 2015 my prayers were desperate not only for Monkey but for my daughter. I of course asked for healing and answers, but I also asked for His peace and strength and endurance and mostly for His presence no matter what laid before us. I also asked that He would use us to show others what His peace and love and presence looked like. This was a big prayer and a bold one and the in less than 2 days we would see Him start to work in a Big and Bold way!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">On April 4th our prayers would be answered, but not in the way we had hoped. April 4th was the day before Easter and we decided to celebrate early since Monkey did not have the stamina to do both church and an Easter egg hunt in one day. After a few minutes hunting eggs she was exhausted and her eyes were doing that "sticking" thing they did, she wanted to go inside and lay down. In the past couple weeks lying on the cold tile floor became some sort of comfort to her. We had lunch and she tried to eat. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">Shortly after I arrived we were brought out into the hall and shown her CAT scan images - and there it was - an "unknown" mass at the bottom of her brain! Tonight we would just have to wait and wait some more. No one but Monkey slept, we just waited. As I watched both of my girls, both of them so scared, I </span><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">never have </span><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">felt so helpless! </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">I watched out Monkey's big picture window for the sun to rise and and for the hope of better news to come with the morning light. It was Easter, no frilly dresses or church services. Instead there would be an MRI and she would also have an EVD (external ventricular drain) inserted into her brain because this "unknown" mass was not allowing her brain to drain. The EVD was first, we took turns holding her hands and reassuring her as she begged us not to let them do this to her. Finally it was time to go and fear like I had never experienced before washed over me. The room was so big and empty without her and her parents in it. I had no idea at this point how often that room would be empty! I remember just getting on my knees and praying - I have no idea what I prayed for - I just needed my Daddy to be with me! </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">Soon enough she was back. Her hair was in several messy braids that the surgeon had done and on the right side of her head was a reddish coil of tubing connected to some clear tubing which was connected to a receptacle that collected her brain fluid. After a while they came to get her again for her MRI. Although not fun, an MRI is no big deal for us, but for a seven year old it means you are sedated. Once again there was the empty room. Once she was back in her room and sleeping, I talked Bryanna into going downstairs to get something to eat. This would be the first and last time that Bryanna would go outside for two weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">The next day would be even more awful. Monkey would once again be sedated and have a PET scan. But worst of all would be when the surgeon read all of the scans and gave us the results. My Son-in-Law had to run home to get some things and so it was just Bryanna and me with Monkey. As I sat in that tiny room with my daughter and the surgeon I couldn't believe what I was hearing! The tumor is in her brain stem and it didn't look good. They would not know what kind of tumor it was until they got it out but she gave us very little hope that my beautiful granddaughter would ever live a normal and satisfying life. She may not even live! No mother should ever have to sit with their daughter and hear such news about their granddaughter. I could do nothing but try to hold it together for her and be there. But more than that, no mother should ever have to hear that news about their own child! When I got Bryanna settled in with Monkey I excused myself and had a huge breakdown! I found myself outside weeping like I never have before. But soon I found myself in the arms of my Daddy! These arms came in the form of a huge black man named Anthony! He was a security guard at PCH and he found me huddled in a corner and stopped to see what he could do. He stood right there and prayed with me and gave me that physical touch we so often what from God! This would just be one of the many times that God would show up through Anthony and also one of the many, many times that God would just show up!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">This was a long day. Surgery was set for the next morning and the waiting was awful. My Son-in-Law was afraid that Monkey would not make it and he wanted everyone to come and see Monkey. The whole family came down to see Monkey and she wanted nothing to do with visiting. But her father insisted that she accept visitors, especially her little sister. He was so afraid this would be the last time that his family would all be together!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.6px;">Finally at 10:30am they took her in and the clock was evil - it seemed to go slower than ever before. But the worst part for me was watching my own daughter suffer. To see her completely shut down and close herself off from everyone - including me. She could not be comforted. At 5:30pm the surgeon came out - <b><i>GOOD NEWS! </i></b>All went well, better than expected! I saw hope restored in my daughter's face. It was a rough night. Monkey was on a respirator and connected to every kind of monitor, tubing and IV you can imagine. </span><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">The next day was another long one. She was in pain and very scared and agitated. At one point she looked at me and said "Amma, quit praying for me. I want to go to heaven and be with Jesus. I don't want to fight anymore." Those words were both a blessing to me and my biggest fear all rolled up together! No! You cannot leave us - I thought. And then I realized something so much deeper and more beautiful in her words. . . SHE knew Jesus! He was not just something we told her about. He was not just Bible stories and Sunday school songs! She knew HIM and she trusted HIM and she knew she would be with HIM when it was time for her to leave this body!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6px;">On May 16th we left for a whole new way of life in California. Monkey had to go to Scripps for treatments 5 days a week. She had a PIC line that had to be tended to several times a day and she had to fast each day from 8:30am until about 5:30pm. We all fasted with her. She would be sedated each day for her treatment, which she hated and was the hardest part. She lost most of her hair in the back between her ears , but thankfully she has a ton of hair like me and her Mom sh you really couldn't tell. On the weekends </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6px;">we tried to have some fun</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6px;">. Her Papa and Grandpa came every weekend and we tried to do kid friendly stuff during that time.</span></div>
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<b><i>PS - Here is the rest of the "Address Book"</i></b></div>
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Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-68866906389057674172015-10-17T13:27:00.002-07:002015-10-17T13:27:16.714-07:00One More Doodle Download<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey friends - I just wanted to share this with you as well. </div>
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This is the chore list I use everyday at my house. It has all of the "regular" chores listed and also has space to write in those "extra-special" chores and errands. </div>
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I keep mine on a little clipboard in the kitchen (I keep saying I am gonna paint that clipboard but never do). Anyhoo, I hope you will enjoy these just right click and "save as" to download. They will print out on reg 8.5 x 11 paper with 2 lists to a page. </div>
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Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-58470569177450120502015-10-14T01:21:00.000-07:002015-10-15T12:30:23.077-07:00The Address Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
WOW! I know it has been over a year since I have posted anything - life has been busy and unpredictable this year. And that my friends is an understatement! Maybe soon I will come back and fill you all in on what has been going on in my life. But tonight I want to offer something up to you all. As you all probably know Adult Coloring Books are all the rage these days. (and I love them!) </div>
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I have been doing some doodling as part of my prayer and worship time. For some reason I was drawn (no pun intended) to doodle houses. Each house had an address on it that went with the scripture I was meditating on. I also wrote out the basic meaning of the scripture as I doodled. This was not typical for me since I hate my handwriting and I am no good at fancy lettering. I did about three little houses and ran out of my favorite blender pens, and so I just kept doodling without coloring them in. Then a friend suggested I scan in my houses once they were all colored and let her try to publish them as greeting cards. I was certain they were nowhere near good enough for that.</div>
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Then one day as I was doodling I realized that my sketch book had turned into an "address book". I felt as though God was telling me to share these with people uncolored as a coloring book and a way to meditate on His Word. </div>
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And so, here we go. Here is my "Address Book" full of little houses for you to color while you meditate on God's Word. To download them simply right click on the image and hit the "save as" in the drop-down window. They will print out on 8.5"x11" paper or cardstock. </div>
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Here are a few of my doodle houses that are colored in for you to see. There are a total of 10 houses plus the cover page for you to download.</div>
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<i>Updated </i>- just added this one today <span style="font-size: x-small;">(10/15/15)</span> because I am so filled with thankfulness for how God is using these little houses and how kind everyone's comments have been!</div>
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<br />Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-28162536748232304482014-08-24T21:36:00.000-07:002014-08-24T21:36:12.396-07:00Hello - Is anybody out there?????I just thought I'd pop on for a moment this evening and say HI to anyone that is still watching for me and my crazy posts. I know it has been almost 6 moths since I lost popped in to say hello. So let me quickly catch you up on what all has been going on. . . .<br />
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First of all Lizzy's wedding went off without a hitch! It was beautiful and she is happily married now! We couldn't be happier for her and Richard!!!<br />
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But soon after this glorious day (about 4 days) My overwhelming joy and excitement turned to worry and fear. Mom announced that she had breast cancer and had known for awhile but didn't want to spoil Lizzy's big day. So the very next day we started another journey in my family with hospital visits and tests and lots of unknowns.<br />
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Once the tests were done and the port was installed she started chemo. Eight rounds of 4 weekly infusions was the plan. Sadly we only made it through one of those weekly treatments before things went south for my poor Mom. She contracted the MSSA bacteria (a sister to MRSA) and ended up in the hospital for 10 days. While she was there she had to have her port taken out as they believed that was the entrance for the MSSA and they replaced it with a PIC line. Once she was home she was on hi powered IV antibiotics for 4 weeks - anyway that was the plan. She ended up having a terrible reaction to the antibiotics in week three and had to stop those and have her PIC line removed. Her oncologist told her she was no longer a candidate for chemo and their only course of action was to take the breast now. She knew from the beginning that she would lose the breast but the plan was to shrink that fast growing, 6cm tumor first. So they scheduled the surgery for last Wed. Of course now we got to play with the ins co. They decided on that Monday that her surgery was not going to be covered! It was 1pm on Tues (the day before the surgery) that she was finally given the okay from the Ins co. This only happened because Mom's surgeon told them that Mom would be dead if they had to wait the 14 days they wanted to investigate the necessity of this surgery. Mom had her surgery on Wed morning and came through like a trooper! But all is still not well, the cancer has spread and we do not yet know what all this will mean for her.<br />
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I hate to be "Debbie Downer" tonight but I wanted to share why I have been gone so long and recruit as many prayer warriors as possible to help us as we fight this battle. So for now I will be away a little longer as I spend time with my Mom and help her walk this journey.<br />
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Until we meet again. . . .Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-88861976475257501312014-03-10T12:09:00.001-07:002014-03-10T12:09:54.146-07:00More Burlap, Lace and Pearls. . . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well, seems like I will not be soon getting the burlap dust out of my house! Although these were not bad at all. These burlap covered canvas boards were a life saver. No trying to stretch and stabilize the burlap to make the covers of Lizzy's guest book or the table numbers. </div>
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I do not have the best handwriting so I was surprised my numbers turned out so well. I hand wrote them on the boards and then with glossy accents and a toothpick glued each little pearl on. </div>
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This is the cover of the guest book. It is not bound as of yet - I will be picking up the "special" paper for the pages on Saturday at <a href="http://www.theoccasionalartist.com/" target="_blank">The Occasional Artist </a> and then I can start putting photos in it and bind it. We are putting Lizzy & Richards engagement photos in it and people will write around the photos. </div>
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I started working on it last night and was going to surprise Liz. But she popped over unexpectedly so she saw it all out. I cannot tell you how happy I was that she "caught" me - I had put the wrong date on the end paper! That could have been a real disaster!</div>
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It is hard to tell in the photo, but the end papers are a beautiful shimmery ivory paper. It really looks lovely!</div>
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We are less than 3 months away now and we are doing pretty good at marking things off the list. We are also doing pretty good at adding things to the list too!</div>
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till we meet again. . . .</div>
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So, yesterday I told you I was working on a really BIG canvas - well, it is FINISHED!!!</div>
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I have never done anything this big or this linear before but I am super happy with how it turned out and I am ready to do another one!</div>
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This piece is called "His Word" and came from a Scripture I have been studying in Psalms. It is Psalms 107:20. The full verse is actually "He sent out His Word and healed them and saved them from the grave".</div>
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The entire canvas is covered with vintage Bible pages - I used the whole book of Psalms to cover this canvas. In the corner here you can see that I hand wrote the scripture, but as luck would have it (or maybe God planned it this way) the Bible page net to it is actually Psalms 107!</div>
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I created my design on just a piece of paper drawing it to 1/4 scale to fit on the paper (easy math on this canvas each inch equaled 1/4"). You will keep the border covered with the tape until the very end. This is hard because I kept wanting to pull it off to see how straight my lines were. You will also want to paint the sides of your canvas at this point. </div>
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<b>TIP:</b><i> let your canvas dry for at least 2 hours before you start adding your tape so you don't pull off any of your pages. </i></div>
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Just keep masking off each layer of your design and painting it. I wanted to add my scripture in the very center and I am no good at lettering so I used vinyl sign letters to make my words. I masked off the area and then painted it with a glaze (Asphaltum brown paint and water) so the print from the Bible pages would show through the words. Once the brown was dry I attached the vinyl letters and painted black paint over top. When it's all dry you can pull the vinyl letter right up and you will have your beautiful brown glazed letters showing!</div>
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Keep on going! I set a timer and let my paint dry for 30 minutes for each layer</div>
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It might be hard to see in this small photo but the addition of the charcoal pencil makes a HUGE difference. This step is well worth the time and the dirty fingers! The first picture shows the pencil added on the just the bottom half of the canvas. </div>
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I would love to see what you come up with if you give this a try!</div>
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My canvas is already hanging in my studio as a constant reminder that God loves me and that His Word does heal!</div>
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Just because it wouldn't be me if I didn't share my first calla lily bloom of the season!</div>
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Isn't she pretty?</div>
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till we meet again. . . .</div>
<br />Martahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614214245531867248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173241616927384985.post-50119822911735213702014-03-06T13:42:00.003-08:002014-03-06T13:42:40.254-08:00Art just for ME!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.940000534057617px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I decided to take a little break from wedding prep this week (well after a tasting on Monday and a meeting at the venue on Tuesday that is) and make some art just for me. It has been awhile and I have missed getting my hands dirty (which they are now). So here is what I worked on yesterday - it is called red letter prayers. I have been studying prayer and healing in my personal Bible study time and wanted to honor the things that God is revealing to me. I also wanted a tangible reminder of these valuable lessons, so what does Marta do? She creates ART!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> This canvas is 12x16 and there is lots of texture in this piece and as you can see LOTS of red! There is also quite a bit of gold (maybe too much? I am not sure yet)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.940000534057617px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.940000534057617px;">The Hebrew letters at the bottom spell Yaweh (Jehovah to us Gentiles) It was supposed to say Yaweh Rapha (the Lord that Heals) but I was short one letter to spell Rapha. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.940000534057617px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The main scripture goes all the way around the canvas edge in red (they are the words Jesus spoke). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> It is a BIG one - 16x40! This is the biggest canvas I have ever worked on. And I am using a really old Bible for this one. I have been saving this Bible for just the "right project". I am also trying some new ideas so wish me luck that I haven't wasted all of my Bible pages and this big canvas!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.940000534057617px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">till we meet again. . . </span></span></div>
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