thursday crafternoonin'.

welcome, fellow birds.

i don't know about you, but sometimes i have a difficult time expressing what's going on inside my head and my heart to Jesus. i find myself with my bible open, journal in hand, and no words are coming out. do you ever feel that way?

if so, then embark on this journey with me. a wise professor in college once told me that i must do lots of personal art projects in order to keep my art for school fresh (i was an art major in college). yeah, that seemed easy enough. it definitely is NOT. the busyness of life takes over, and suddenly i was only doing art because i had to, not because i wanted to.

for my senior art exhibit, Melancholia, i did a personal project. i was going through a very rough and dark time in my life, and i used my artwork to express how i felt. the beautiful thing was that Jesus met me right where i was, in the midst of all the pain, depression, and sadness.

so here i am again, feeling swallowed up inside the busyness of life, unable to communicate fully with the King of kings. therefore, i have started different art projects. when i create, i learn more about Jesus. i turn up the worship music and just sit and listen for awhile and let my hands move. don't worry if you aren't artistic, it doesn't matter.

my hope for this blog is that as you follow along with my projects, you may try some of your own. who cares what the end product ends up looking like anyway? it's all for Him. or try something different and comment about it here. share it with all of. share your way of meeting Jesus personally. i will try to post as often as i can, but i make no promises. whenever i find the time i will post. sometimes it may be a step by step craft you can do, a photography project, who knows? i'm just excited about the journey.

there is a song by jillian edwards that has inspired this whole project. i want to take time to slow down, create, and learn more about my Savior's heart. the song says,
"Used to want time to run so quickly
Now crawling is fine
Cause the older I get the more
I see I need every moment
To let my roots grow down deep"

let us allow every moment to teach us to allow our roots to grow down deep. firmly rooted in Jesus Christ.
"So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,  may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:17-19

so, what was the craft for today you might ask? well, this one is pretty simple and i'm pretty excited about it. i went to hobby lobby in their clearance aisle and found this cool old wooden frame on sale. then i got some fake flowers and cut them down the right size. i hot glued to the right corner, and inserted gold large thumbtacks to secure and for looks. i also took some leftover lace i had and hot glued it to the back. voila! a cool and original frame to hang on my wall. total cost? $18 or so. pretty whimsical.

thank you for reading and i hope you will continue to embark on this journey with me, and also embark on a journey with Jesus yourself. i pray we learn to let our roots grow down deep.

learning and embarking,
meredith.