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This didn't turn out the way I had imagined. In fact, I am really not too happy with it, but at least it's done. The journaling is fine - it's the LO itself I don't care for.
Journaling Reads:
FAITH. A vital part of my life for as long as I can remember even though most of the time I didn’t know it. My CHILDHOOD was bad. Everyone who knows me, knows that is true. My earliest recollection of “going to church” is when my Great-Grandma, Alta Delrymple, would pick me up on Easter Sundays and take me to her church. I was about 4 years old the first time I can remember. My father and stepmother never took me to church. When I was a young child, my mother took me to church for a while. In 1979, when we MOVED to the town where I grew up I began attending church on my own. I was 10 years old. I walked to the Amboy Friends Church on Sunday mornings and became active in the midweek children’s ministries and then with the youth group when I got older. The people were warm and kind and loving and always welcomed me even though I always went ALONE. I also began attending Quaker Haven Church Camp when I was in fourth grade. Thankfully, the church paid for it or I wouldn’t have been able to go. That is where my faith grew and was CEMENTED. I gave my life to Jesus at church camp in fourth grade and although there have been times when I have STRAYED, the Lord had a tight grip on me and has never let me go. I am so thankful for that because there are times when I have fled from Him and times when I have been so angry at Him I completely turned my back to Him. But He has always given me His GRACE. He delivered me from my turbulent childhood into an adult world filled with His LOVE and FORGIVENESS. My greatest accomplishment in my faith has been the development of the capacity to FORGIVE and to see people as fallible humans who deserve my forgiveness. After all, if the CREATOR of the universe forgives, who am I to withhold forgiveness? I used to be a person who would get angry and stay that way. I had a terrible time forgiving people who hurt me. It took me a very long time to accept God’s LESSONS about forgiveness, but once I did I found so much peace in my life. I still get angry and I still get hurt, but what I KNOW is that I must forgive others in order to enjoy my life, my family and my friends. I thank God every day for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and for His forgiveness. I strive each day to be more like Him and to succumb to His WILL for my life. It isn’t easy, but my faith in the Lord and His FAITHFULNESS to me has sustained me through the most difficult times of my life. I am at peace when I am with the Lord. I am in constant turmoil and confusion when I WITHDRAW myself from Him. I am learning more and more each day how important it is to fully rely on the Lord and to TRUST Him in all things. I have learned to accept that MY time is not always the LORD’S time, but that His timing and plan are PERFECT even if the plan isn’t what I wanted. I have learned to accept that He wants only GOOD things for me and I have learned to accept that whatever happens in my life, good or bad, will bring GLORY to Him.
Supplies Used:
pp - foofala
cs - DCWV
ink - Archival Inks (sepia)
flower - source unknown
brad - source unknown
eyelets - the Paper Studio
fiber - source unknown
No products have been added to this project.
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