What May brings

May, for the sake of the passionate people who loves to keep their memories into the artful form of scrapbooks - it's named National Month of Scrapbook.

So, if you like and appreciate scrapbooking like I DO, you are probably getting ready for some small and big projects, to organize and embellish those photos from last vacation or some loved one's party.

No matter how or what, just the fact of willing to spend some time to do this work is already something memorable. Crafty, artistic or simply putting onto premade kits.

It does not really matter.

But the matters of leaving a beautiful legacy of love.

Fresh air ~ new life

It's a new year coming...this means new life too.

It's again time for [some] resolutions and the good will to keep them going.

I'd like to start this year's post in here by sharing the picture I took in the morning, while I was so appreciative with how amazing life can be, when we think it may no longer able to resist, it is in there, ready to surprise us.

I'm so very happy for these 3 little plants, that were one of my faves last year. They were almost "gone" due to the severe cold nights in the past weeks of this winter.

I'm so glad they made it.

"Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him."

James 1:12

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BACK TO THE LOVE

Love

¹If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

²If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

³If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,^{b]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[}but have not love, I gain nothing.

⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

⁸Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

⁹For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

¹⁰but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

¹²Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

¹³And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

(I Co 13)

And nothing is more relevant than LOVE in our lives.

(Little note to you...Say "Love you" to someone today)

Be bold and fearless

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

2 Timothy 1:7

I was once a little girl with lots of fears. Not knowing God as Father and Provider, I was always in doubts and living without confidence. I needed to be strong but didn't know how.

Then HE found me. And I know even though I'm still struggling with new and old fears, God is always with me.

That's what really counts.

And I'm forever grateful.

Lya

REACHING OUT OF MYSELF

Hi everyone,...I know, I haven't been posting here. It has been more than 2 weeks.

Recently I was diagnosed I got a muscle-neurological issue in many parts of my left side, such as elbow, shoulder and lower back - where seems to be the most affected areas of my body.

Well, before this issue started to come out as a concern for me, I was not really worry about the possibilities of getting worse until the doctor told me I have to think seriously about it. And begin some kind of oriented exercises to avoid future complications.

Well, the good news though is that I'm pretty much in my youth yet...my late 30's(LOL )! So was good to know this issue of mine "early", then my chances to get it fixed can be bigger.

I wanted to share this because as paper crafter and former health care provider myself I know how crucial it is to be aware of our body as whole part of our lives. Lots of talented crafter out there are facing some challenges in their health conditions - obesity, fibromialgia, etc. And many other issues that can really make the creative artisans give up- somehow - on their true passions or hobbies.

So, take care of yourself. Be creative. And healthy.

"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV"

Glad to be back "home".

Lya , apprentice of Paper Art with Faith