This is the day - Psalm 118:24

Yesterday was a horrible day, and actually I've had a lot of bad days lately. Nothing unusual - money problems, whiny kids, mountains of laundry, just normal stuff. The actual problems aren't really the problem - the problem is my attitude. Quite honestly, I've been acting like a whiny, spoiled little kid, and it's a good thing my Heavenly Father is more patient and forgiving than any human parent could ever be.

So this morning I woke up with this verse on my mind and it's been on my mind all morning, so I spent part of the boys' nap time this afternoon creating this. And you know what? It's been a much better day. Not that any of the problems I had yesterday are gone. They're all still there. But my mind is where it should be today, and that makes all the difference.

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a little contest

Want to win 3 free 8x10 joyful heART prints??? If you haven't already, "like" my page on facebook, then share it with your friends and ask them to "like" the page and leave a comment with your name. Whoever gets me the most new "likes" by November 30th will win 3 8x10 prints. When it gets to 100 likes, I'll also put up a BOGO coupon for my etsy shop. And remember, all profits from the sale of joyful heART prints will benefit a local food bank!

Give Thanks - Psalm 107:1

Fall is here! I bought this little pumpkin when I bought our big ones to carve, and I just loved the curly little bit of vine on the top!

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love

Jesus told us to love one another and I don't know about you, but I don't do a very good job of that most days. Sure, I love my friends and my family, and I'm generally nice to people, in a kindergarten kind of way. You know, say please and thank you, share, don't lie or steal, don't call names. But Jesus didn't say "be nice to your friends". He said "love thy neighbour as thyself" and even "love your enemies". Love doesn't mean to just be polite, it means to put the other person above yourself and to do whatever it takes to help. Maybe that help is fixing a flat tire, or maybe it's more, but whatever the need is (and everyone has a need), I think it's our job to take care of it whenever we can. One need, especially in this economy and especially with winter coming, is pretty simple....food.

God has really been working on me lately, showing me that I need to be doing MORE to love others...I just didn't know what that "more" was. So this is a small start: from now on, 100% of profits from the sale of joyful heART photos will be used to benefit the food bank ministry at Solid Rock Baptist Church in Clinton, IN. Every time a family receives help, they also hear the Gospel. This is what Jesus did. Every time he saw a person in need, he fixed the physical problem AND the spiritual problem. They're both important. If we don't help people, how else will they see the love of God?

I'm not saying this in a "look what good thing I'm going to do" kind of way, just in a "please help me do this" way. I have some other ideas too, but I'm starting with this.

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Be Still {Psalm 46:10)

This is another image from our trip to Tennessee. I loved this one tree standing all alone in a field at Cades Cove. When my sister saw it she thought it would be perfect for this verse, so here it is! You can purchase a print of it in my etsy shop here. Also, don't forget to "like" my facebook page...when it gets 100 likes I'll put up a BOGO coupon for my etsy shop, but you'll only see it if you like the page!

Stedfast {1 Corinthians 15:58}

1 Corinthians 15:58 is one of my husband's favorite verses and it pretty much describes him perfectly. He's like Horton the elephant...faithful, 100%. He's faithful in our marriage and our family, in church and in friendships. That's one of my favorite things about him and I love him so much for it.

I've been wanting to make him something with this verse for a while now, but just didn't have the right photo to use, so when we took a family vacation last month to the Smoky Mountains, I knew a photo like this would be perfect! A mountain is pretty much the most unmoveable thing I could think of to illustrate this scripture.

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