Daydream Designs by Diane: Words of Life Collections 1

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Worthy to be Praised!

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,

my shield, and the horn of my salvation,

my stronghold and my refuge, my savior,

you save me from violence.

I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised...

(2 Samuel 22:2-4)

We praise God because He is worthy to be praised! When the earth seems to crumble beneath our feet, He is our Rock. When we need a place of safety and peace, He is our fortress, our defender, a shield around us. When we need to be rescued, He is our Savior. When we consider His works and His character, we are left amazed and our lips can do nothing less than praise Him.

God never fails to respond to our call. His presence and power in our lives are constants in which we can completely trust. He is never too busy, never disinterested, never too distant to hear our call to Him. He is worthy of our praise. What are some of the ways you praise Him?

Page: Background color is blended chalks, sprayed with fixative. Most of the margin words and the flowers are stamped (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps: Rebecca Script Alpha, He is Worthy, His Wings, Words of Life: Collections 1 and 2, and Long-Stemmed Silhouettes).

Friday, December 16, 2016

Give Praise!

Believers who love the Lord cannot help but praise Him! Keeping Christ in Christmas is certainly one of the ways we can give the honor and praise due Him. Seeing Christ as the center of every blessing we experience and acknowledging God as the source of those blessings is another way of giving Him praise. Our private and corporate worship and the praise of our hearts and lips delights our God and Savior. And even those of us who love to do Bible art-journaling have found a way to offer praises to our God through creative art.

Perhaps of all the ways we express our praise to the Savior we love, music comes from the deepest place in our spirit. We love to sing His praises!

I still struggle with pretty hand-lettering, so I dig into my stash of stamps and combine words to create my message. Here I've combined several sets from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps to reflect the heart of several verses in Isaiah 12, an entire passage on singing praises to the Lord. As long as I have breath I will give praise to God, and though I'm not great at the singing part, God hears the perfect pitch of my love for Him.