Word Art Wednesday

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Anything Goes - Weeks #691-692

Welcome, everyone! I apologize for the late start today. As always, we're delighted to have you join us for another fun and fabulous challenge here at Word Art Wednesday. For this challenge, we have an awesome sponsor, Divinity Designs. We also have some wonderful inspiration and a brief devotional to encourage you. Thanks so much for choosing to share your art with us. It always means so much to us all, and we hope that our devotional and challenges are also a blessing for you.

The scripture of focus is Ephesians 3:16-19 and it reads, "That He would grant you, according to the riches in glory, to be strengthened with might by His spirit in the inner man: that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith: that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all goodness of God". This verse was originally written to the Church, but it certainly applies to us, as a church body, and as individuals living for Christ. We're being encouraged here to do our become rooted and ground in love (in Jesus) so that we can fully understand the depths of God's love. When we truly get to the point where we understand His incredible love for us, our joy becomes full, and we are so blessed. The love we have for our children, spouse, grandchildren, friends, etc. is a beautiful thing. But the love God has for us is SO MUCH deeper than that. He suffered and died for us. He did this because He loves us - just the way He created us. You are enough, friends. God loves you and wants to bless your life. Today is a great day to call on Him and ask Him to show you the breadth, length, depth and height of His incredible love.

As always, you are welcome to save the word art to your computer; but you are never required to use it in order to play along or to win in our challenges. We welcome you to share all of your art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family friendly. This includes any type of altered or digital art (not just limited to cards). You may link up to five (5) projects each week for a total of ten (10) entries per two-week challenge. Any entries over that limit will be deleted and will make you ineligible to win. The more you enter, the more you increase your odds of winning. It is our desire that God's Word will be a blessing and an encouragement to you as we share it. If you have any questions about the rules, be sure to read the complete list of rules found under our Page tab marked "Challenge Rules". Because our ultimate goal is to honor God, we have no other choice but to delete any entries that do not adhere to our guidelines. Please know that this doesn't mean we are judging anyone. We're not. We are simply attempting to honor God and follow His rules. Please let us know if you have any questions about anything; and thank you for your understanding and participation.

Our FABULOUS Sponsor:

Divinity Designs is our Sponsor for this new

challenge. Some of you may remember this

company as Our Daily Bread Stamps, but they

rebranded to Divinity Designs some time ago.

This AWESOME stamp company carries lots

of great Scripture Stamps, Backgrounds,

Paper Pads, and so much more. You can

find lots of great inspiration on their social

media sites such as Instagram. One lucky

person will WIN a $25 credit to spend at

Divinity Designs Stamps. How exciting!!

Here's Our Next Lucky Winner:

The one & only WONDERFUL Stix 2 Anything

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Anything Goes - Weeks #689-690

Hello, sweet and talented blog friends. We're so grateful to have you join us for another FUN challenge and we're so glad you're here. Seeing your sweet cards each week is so much fun and it's also super inspiring. You're all so talented, and we love seeing the awesome cards you make and share in our challenges. We have so many fun things waiting for you once again, and we truly mean it when we say that our challenge blog wouldn't be what it is without each and every one of you. Thanks for being here.

Our word art comes to us from Psalm 27:13 and it says, "I have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord, in the land of the living". What this verse tells us is that the writer, David, is singing and praising the goodness of God and his faith in seeing that goodness manifest in his life. You see, when we truly surrender every aspect of our lives to God, we begin to experience the goodness of God in its fullness, and we see the impact of His blessings on our daily lives. Living for God and surrendering to Him fills us with eternal hope, a never-ending love and the promise is His eternal blessings. David, like so many of us, had his faults/sins and he experienced some very difficult times in his life. Just like each of us, when we surrender completely to God, we begin to experience joy, contentment and blessings like we've never known. Without God, there is much trouble. With God, we will still have our struggles; but we'll have His presence in our lives to give us the strength and ability to carry on with confidence and abundant joy. If I can suggest one thing to you, it would be to simply give your life to God, ask Him to sustain you, and allow yourself to experience ALL God has for you.

Our FABULOUS Sponsor:

The one & only WONDERFUL Stix 2 Anything

is our Sponsor for this new challenge. Yes!

This awesome company carries every type of

Adhesive you can imagine and much more.

Located in the UK, Stix 2 Anything ships all

over the world. They carry things like, of

course, Adhesives, Glitters, Beads and Foils,

Bookmarks, Calendars and SO much more.

One lucky entry, by random draw, will WIN

a fabulous Adhesives Package to use in their

crafting projects. We ALL need Adhesives

so be sure to check out Stix 2 Anything.

AND NOW......Here's Our Next Lucky WINNER:

The Stamps of Life was our previous

challenge sponsor. YES, Please!!

This wonderful store carries Stamps,

Dies, Stencils, Embossing Folders,

Embellishments and SO much more.

One very lucky participant, by random

draw, has WON a generous $25 gift

card to spend at The Stamps of Life.

Be sure to check out this AWESOME

store at The Stamp of Life. The lucky

WINNER of this fabulous prize is

Entry #177 - Barb F.

Our Top 3 Honors Go to Our Friends:

Entry #41 - Leearts

Entry #122 - Francesca

Entry #148 - Shaz in Oz

Please email Karen if you'd like a

Top 3 or Winner's Badge for your blog.

All winners must also email Karen to

claim prize (per the Rules Page). Thanks!

May God bless all our AWESOME sponsors.

We appreciate them all SO very much. We

pray for them, and for God's hand of blessing

upon their businesses. We're SO grateful.

Here's Some Inspiration to get You Started:

Our February Guest Designer, Donna Walls

Pam Duncan Vansant

Wanda Cullen

Cynthia Olheiser

Christine Miller

Natalie Houston

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Anything Goes - Weeks #687-688

It's time for another awesome challenge here at Word Art Wednesday, and we're SO glad that you've chosen to stop by and join us. We have FIVE lucky winners, another fabulous new sponsor, a beautiful scripture word art file, a brief devotional and lots of FUN waiting for everyone. So, let's jump right in and get started with our next fabulous challenge. We're looking forward to seeing your wonderful cards and projects, and we really do appreciate you sharing your talents with us.

Our scripture of focus is 1 John 3:1(a) which says, "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God'. This verse is reminding us, yet again, of God's deep unconditional level of love for us. The One true God of this Universe, Jesus Christ, loved us SO MUCH that He became flesh Himself and came to pay our sin debt that ONLY He could pay (because only He is perfect, holy and a sufficient sacrifice). He did this solely because of His deep love for us. That we should be called "the sons of God" because of His selfless act love is absolutely nothing short of amazing. Because He, the perfect God, humbled Himself and became flesh to pay MY sin debt, I (we) can be called "sons of God"; meaning - heirs of the MOST HIGH. This is truly amazing, and we should be praising God for this amazing truth being made known to us. It's nothing short of amazing, wonderful, and awesome that God would show His love for us to this level. Who am I? He is God. He is everything. EVERYTHING! And He would take thought of ME? Really? I hope this excites you. I know it sure blesses me to know this wonderful truth and incredible expression of love.