The Word of God Amazes Me

Do you ever wonder why people disregard Jesus without getting to know Him? Or why some deny the glory and omnipotence of God without even reading and studying the Bible? That is a dangerous and scary way to live. When Jesus does arrive at his second coming, those of us who know the Bible are going to know what it is that is happening at that time because we have read about it. And those of us who believe it will be spared the torture of a lake of fire.  Ok, so some do not want to believe there is a God because they cannot believe God would let someone spend eternity in the lake of fire. Well the fact is that God wants everyone to be spared the consequences of eternal damnation. But the way it really works is this…if you do not choose Jesus, you are making the choice to suffer eternally. You are bringing the punishment on yourself.  God does not do the punishing.  He gave us the Son, His only begotten son, so that we can have joy and peace eternally.  It is as simple as that! What  choice have you made?  I am so grateful for my Father’s abundant love!  My choice is Jesus! What choice have you made?

Messenger Bag Made With Love

Messenger-Hipster Style Shoulder Bag

Back to the Sewing Corner

I finally have time to start my craft show items for 2010. To get back into the swing of things, i have created an up-cycled tote from a piece of beautiful faux fur that was like new that I saved from a favorite coat that was only two years old, but the lining was beyond repair. I washed the coat to see if the fur would hold up and it laundered beautifully. With the fur that I salvaged, I created this beautiful bucket bag that has decorative cording for straps, fastened with gold grommets. The bag closes with a button and loop closure. Inside, I added some pockets for small items. The bag measures 14 inches across the top, 9" high, and is boxed at the bottom with a measurement of 4" x 10". The drop measures 16" when hanging. This is truly a one-of-a-kind designer-styled bag. If you would like to see more one-of-a-kind bags, please visit my shop on etsy.Oh yes the button is a beautiful pearl finish on gold to give the bag an extra touch of elegance.

Help the Children of Haiti

"I am going to sponsor a child someday"; I have been telling my friends that for about the past three years, maybe longer.   About six months ago, I heard about New Missions from Christian Comedy Podcast, Mike Williams, via I-Tunes, that you can "make a difference in the life of a child",  I checked out their website and made the decision that I was going to sponsor a child through New Missions. I immediately became passionate about learning more about Haiti.

I started doing research, learning about the country of Haiti, the government situation, and how poor the people are in Haiti. This coincided with a Composition assignment at school to do a research paper, so I wrote my paper on Haiti. That became the pivotal moment, the one where you realize that God is laying it on your heart to do something.  Well, on January 12, 2010, I heard the message loud and clear. The news of the devastation that was wrought upon Haiti that day touched my heart in such a big way. I knew there was a child waiting there for me to sponsor, so without further hesitation, I signed up for my child.

So far, I just have a picture of her and information about her school. The school was damaged in the earthquake, but is still in use.New Missions is committed to staying in Haiti, and has a permanent mission there to give medical care, education, and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I do not know what, if any other plans God has for me as far as serving, but I do hope to go go Haiti to meet my my sponsored child someday.

My Prayer For The New Year

We have a creator; He is the maker. We have a guide on how things work: He wrote the instructions. We have language: He gave us interpretors. We have ears; He gave us our sense of hearing. We have eyes; He gave us our sense of sight. If we use all these gifts from the one who created us, and follow the directions He gave us for living, we can have hope for a future. If we make time to drink in the knowledge; He will give us eternity.

From Deuteronomy 11: "13 So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul- 14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil. 15 I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.
16 Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. 17 Then the LORD's anger will burn against you, and he will shut the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you. 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the LORD swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth."

Happy New Year!

Making The New Year Pledges

Since I went back to school in September, I haven't had much time to sew, and, I have sorely neglected my etsy shop. But tonight I made some time to tidy up and add a few more items I made before the craft show. I still enjoy making drawstring backpacks. Theyare my favorite bag to make. They were the inspiration, or I should say, my daughter was my inspiration, about four years ago. She wanted a drawstring backpack in seventh grade. But she did not want just any one off the rack at the store. She wanted Disney Tinker Bell, specially handmade by Mom, and I had so much fun making it and seeing her use it and love it. Her friends also loved it, so she started taking orders, for backpacks as unique as each and every friend, and that renewed my love for sewing. I eventually opened an Etsy Shop in March of 2007.

Wow how time flies. She is a junior in high school now, and she drives, which frees up more of my time, and though I would love to be spending the time sewing, I decided to use the spare time and go back to school. I love it though. I would have never guessed ten years ago that I was destined to become a 21st century middle-aged nurd. I am finding that I love to dig for information now, writing research papers and speeches, and creating power point presentations. It is indeed, very time consuming, and does not leave me much time to sew these days.

But my heart is still in it, and today I made time to spend in my shop, and regain some inpiration to add some new backpacks, and rearrange things to spruce it up a bit.

I work a full time job during the week, too, then go to school three nights a week, and now my new years pledge is to set the organizational skills up a notch and allow time to sew at least one new bag or accessory for my shop each week.

If you haven't visited my shop, please take a minute to browse, and let me know what you think. I am always open to feedback. I have categories for many types of purses and accessories.

• Clear Vinyl Purses


• Backpacks


• Fabric Purses


• Business Card and Credit Card Holders


• Tote Bags


• Home Accessories

I thank you for taking time to look. And thank you for fueling my passion for sewing!

If you are a handmade products officiando, as myself, here is a link to take the "Handmade Pledge" http://www.buyhandmade.org/

Because Handmade means made with love!

More Of God's Wonderful Creation

My lilies.

“Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?"
Luke 12:27-28