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"Charlotte's Story" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-09-02T08:32:23Z

SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART **************************************************************************************************** Journal Excerpt from December 9, 2008...... Lord, you are BEAUTIFUL, and I cannot sharpen my words enough to express my desire to be a part of that constant and everywhere truth. Please help me to discover who You made me to be. Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builder is wasted. Lord, purify my heart; establish the work of my hands. You are the only foundation I want. Psalm 127:2 It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to His loved ones. Lord, You know that I am guilty of harboring this very anxiety. I am so doubtful that I can provide for a family, and yet You do indeed give rest to Your loved ones, and I do know full well that You love me. Please deal tenderly with this untrusting son. Forgive me. Help me, I pray. Psalm 127:3-5 Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him. Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warriors hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! Father, the idea of a family is so frightening to me. You know this, and You know it has always been so. I confess my fear is distrust. It is sin to me. And yet here I sit this morning; afraid. My God, I pray for a miracle of providence! I believe Your promises, and yet this road makes me feel a hypocrite! Psalm 128 How joyful are those who fear the Lord - all who follow His ways! You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How joyful and prosperous you will be! Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table. That is the Lord's blessing for those who fear Him. May the Lord continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live. May you live to enjoy your grandchildren. May Israel know peace! Your will be done. ***************************** Charlotte Jane Ulmer. Born: August 26. 2009. Conceived: December 10, 2008. This Sevenapples creation is available to you as a Free Download to celebrate the faithful fulfillment of God's promise in our lives. Find me on Facebook.

"WoodsEdge Students - Mexico 2009" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-07-28T16:21:02Z

"An Open Invitation" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-07-09T15:36:53Z

Please click here to visit SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART.]. **************************************************************************************************** As you wrestle, wonder, and walk through this day I pray that your eyes and your ears would be wide awake to all that God desires to do in and around you, for He is ever-active and so completely eager to be involved in every detail of your life. May we each be filled with unceasing courage and the greatest of expectations as we continually invite Him in to do His best in us. Come Lord Jesus, and have your way with me!

"Independence Day" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-07-04T09:53:37Z

Please click here to visit SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART. ***************************************************************************************************** Tonight, all across the United States, there will be peals of thunder and lovely eruptions of radiance in the sky as America celebrates her national independence. As a boy, this was always an understandable highlight of my summer, however, pyrotechnics and skyfire aside, what I enjoyed the most was not the explosions but the delicious apprehension and sweet suspense implicit in so many people around me looking forward to the exact same thing. This prayer card speaks to the inherent reality of that shared anticipation in us all. There is a deep and spiritual hunger within you and I that is constantly crying out to experience something collective and eternal, and the beautiful truth of Jesus is that this experience is no longer limited to the confines of "once a year." Lord, Your raw power and glorious presence is completely available to all of us, and not only everywhere, but always. My God, you have given us so many reasons to celebrate; today, I celebrate my freedom to worship You.

"Breakable Things Are Fixable Things" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-06-30T11:46:47Z

Please click here to visit SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART.]. **************************************************************************************************** This prayer card features a broken and blistered piece of sheet music that is meant to represent the shattered song of our lives. The unsubtle whispers of crimson, gold, and plum are meant to personify the delicious, delicate, and unceasing work of the Holy Spirit in the beautiful and splintered avenues of our deeply spiritual selves. I pray you are encouraged by this picture today. Know that the scripture attached to it is not only a promise, but God's promise for YOU!

"India Revisited" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-06-05T21:43:55Z

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"The Seventh of April" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-04-07T12:00:35Z

Please click here to visit SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART.]. **************************************************************************************************** The above image is fashioned after Hebrews 10:18, which speaks to me this truth: Forgiveness is freedom; set someone free. The Book of Obadiah.

"Rake Family Photos" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-04-01T12:46:42Z

"Two Weddings & A Day At The Park" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-03-21T23:18:48Z

"Journal Entry - 3.17.Nine" by SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART

2009-03-17T11:49:28Z

Please click here to visit SEVENAPPLES CHRISTIAN ART. **************************************************************************************************** Well, I pray my efforts this morning have not been fruitless; I pray they serve as an encouragement to those people they happen to touch. "Marketing." Lord, what is that? I would so much rather You handled all of that; whatever "that" may be. It is such a selfish game, and an unreliable one at that. I don;t want to prostitute my art; and yet I feel so pressured to do so. Please take care of this; please lead the work to me. I am no good with nets; they trip me up. Jeremiah 4:3 Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns. Lord, if my motivation seeks more or less than to simply bless You, then it is wasted. Help me to focus on what is right in front of me; keep me from chasing the wind. Jeremiah 4:4 O people of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord, or My anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins. Indeed Lord, my only power seems to be that of magnifying my own stressful defeat. The world is so contrary to You, and yet I live in it. Be patient with me as I learn patience from You. I must learn how to wait in confident hope; teach me well. Romans 2:29 A true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people. I am a worrisome fool, and I love that You love me in spite of myself. Jesus, show me who I really am.