CHRISTIAN CREATIVITY: Susan At Craft N Gift Creations

Ceramic Angel by Susan

Susan is a Christian crafter who creates ceramics through slip molding. This is where liquid clay is poured into plaster-of-Paris molds.

Ceramic Angel Bears by Craft N Gift Creations

This unmolded greenware is then trimmed, detailed and otherwise prepped for the next stages. Firing is where it is placed in a high-temperature clay works oven. Then Susan paints her bisque-ware in a special dry brush technique that produces her desired effects.

Ceramic Eagle by Susan

Ceramic wildlife statue by Craft N Gift Creations

What this talented crafter says about her work: 

Ceramic making is a labor of love. It is both time consuming, dusty and messy. You can easily spend 12-14 hours a day painting a ceramic piece, only to have to continue painting the following day to complete it. Most of the painting I do is called dry brushing, which is a technique of gradually building up the color to get the desired effect. I always admire other fellow ceramists as I know the time and processes that they took to create that beautiful ceramic piece.

Ceramic Wolf With Pup by clay crafter Susan

Ceramic Angel Girl by Etsy shop Craft N Gift Creations

Yellow Duck Ceramic Easter Peep by Christian Crafter Susan

Susan has been painting ceramics since she was a child. She also enjoys crocheting, cross stitch and jewelry making along with other crafts. She also loves gardening, camping, hiking, fishing and metal detecting with her husband, and spending time at home with her kitty and 2 bunnies. 

Craft N Gift Creations Shop

See Susan's lovely ceramic figurines and handmade bead jewelry at her Etsy shop Craft N Gift Creations. 

 

Glorifying God In All

It's a joy to glorify Him!

God is always with us to bless, guide and comfort.

In return we love to allow his name to be glorified

in all that we think, say and do.

HAPPY FRIDAY

& ANY DAY THAT YOU ARE READING THIS!

GOD BLESS YOU RICHLY! 

 

 

How To Be Saved

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 

Romans 10:9 (NKJV)

  If you would like to KNOW that you are saved, say this simple prayer:

Jesus, I believe that you are the Son of God, and the only

Savior. Come into my heart, and save me now. Show me

the way to understand and turn away from all things that

do not help me. I don't have to fear death anymore, and

thank you for Eternal Life with You.

Amen. 

 

POETRY: About How The Bible Changes Us

Read the Bible everyday, read a variety of scriptures and watch the changes happen.

Subtle Changes

The Word molds.

The Word shapes.

Read the Word,

And you'll never have to try

To be good.

You will evolve,

Into a thing of beauty

Before God.

 

~ SJ Holland ~

Take Pleasure In The Lord

Delight Yourself In The Lord Today!

~ REMEMBER ~

Pleasure In The Lord

Raises Our Quality Of Living

Loving God Makes All The Difference In The World

Delight yourself also in the Lord,

And He shall give you

the desires of 

your heart.

(Psalm 37:4, NKJV) 

How To Be Saved

Romans 10:9

(NKJV)

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 

  If you would like to know that you are saved, say this simple prayer:

Jesus, I believe that you are the Son of God, and the only

Savior. Come into my heart, and save me now. Show me

the way to understand and turn away from all things that

do not help me. I don't have to fear death anymore, and

thank you for Eternal Life with You.

Amen. 

Remarkable Faith Before Christ Sacrificed For Us

"Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego." Daniel 3:22

What amazes me is the faith of the Believers who lived before Christ. I am reading Daniel, which I haven't been reading in the Old Testament for awhile. It is an amazing book of great faith displayed by young people. I wish I could learn what led these young men (maybe even late teenagers in age because they are fondly called The Hebrew Children) to possess such a strong, sustaining faith in God. I wish I could follow their lives from childhood. Sometimes, the faith of those who lived B.C. seems to be stronger than what we have today, even though we are indwelt by the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead.

I think that the peoples of the ancient Bible Lands saw more miracles than we do today. Miracles were easier to experience back then. Today it is harder to believe in true miracles. Our lives are so complicated with technology, marketing, material possessions and burgeoning societal issues that miracles are hard to experience. It is not that they don't happen, because we have the same God today that Daniel had back then. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. It is just that the miracles of today get lost in the mix of modern living. 

"Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, anad cast him into the den of lions." Daniel 6:16

The stories of Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and Daniel always bring tears to my eyes. Why? Because it is very touching to me that anyone's faith would be so great that he/she would profess that God can deliver from a violent, excruciating, prolonged death, and that the person would declare in the same breath that if he doesn't, they will still not turn their back on him. Poignant, profound and powerful (Daniel 3:17-18).

What is even more remarkable is that the king, who stood on his word and enforced the casting of Daniel into the den of lions, would say to him beforehand that Daniel's God would deliver him (Daniel 6:16). Astounding. Many people who did not walk with God in the ancient Middle East believed in his presence and power simply from the witness and experiences of those who did. Oh, what a wonderful life we would live if we walked in that type of faith today. 

Today we have Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who points to God The Father in his admonitions, to thank for restoring our connections to God. As the many great Old Testament stories of faith show though, God is truly the author and finisher of our faith. Without God, we would not have the Blood-bought saving grace of Jesus' sacrifice. Our precious heavenly Father delivered The Hebrew Children, and he is still delivering today. When he doesn't, however, the strong in Christ, though hurting, still do not turn their backs on him, just as those faith-filled children did not.

New Resource Link On Children's Rights Page

A nice lady named Jackie sent me info about the vpnMentor.com article The Ultimate Parent Guide For Protecting Your Kid on the Internet. She said, " I liked the way they summarized each section with actionable items for the parent/teacher."

I added the link to my Children's Rights page at her request, where I also shared my impression of this crucial resource.