I Danced For You - Radical Love

Day 5 - The God Of Radical Love

Luke 6:35

Jesus spoke of love, radical love - loving your enemy, not just your neighbor.

I don't think I have any enemies, though.

God tells us "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult but with blessing because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 1Peter3:9

I want that blessing!!

My little sketch is of a dancing angel. She rejoices over you and me. She is "wired" to dance for joy for all. Some of you may have put on your dancing shoes and rung in the New Year last night. But hey! let's all put on our dancing shoes this new day and dance before the Lord like David did in the Old Testament.

Come on!! free yourself from the old stuff, shake off all the garbage hanging on, no one is watching you there in the safety of your home. Just do a radical dance for Jesus. He loves it when we rejoice because of Him. Do the dew dance, the early morning java dance, it's better than a cup of coffee. Caffeine in the feet, it's so sweet. Lightens your load and makes you laugh. No one sees but Him. So celebrate the New Year He has begun, join in the fun.

NEOCOLOR SunFlower First Attempt

This pic is for my friend, Fannie. She does an excellent job using Neocolor wax pastels. Over a year-n-half ago I discovered this great little product. And here was my first attempt at using Neocolor Wax Pastel crayons last year or was it the end of '06. It doesn't matter when; only that I tried them. I even serged the edges instead of using my sewing machine. A friend gave me her old serger. Wish I had someone to teach me how to use my serger. Any takers?!

I look at this piece everyday in my bathroom, but really I don't; if you know what I mean. It's there but I've become oblivious to it on the wall. How many other things am I like that too? Or more importantly how many people. I will work on seeing using a different eye, right Fannie?!?

From A Hymnbook - A Maze In Grace-Tribute to Two Dads

Salt Faith Challenge blog has a new challenge entitled
"From the Hymnbook"

This week I reminisced with one of my sons about a song his Papa always sung his way. He made up words to Amazing Grace as he went along and I would say "Dad you are singing the song wrong." He would do his big belly laugh and keep on singing.

On the quilt to the right the small military picture is of my dad, who was killed in a car accident when I was three. In the faded leaf the
word "two" represents "A Tribute to two Dads". One for a dad I never knew and two to my father-n-law, who I always referred to as "Dad." Both of my dads served in the Armed Forces. Tomorrow is Veteran's Day and this is to honor them.

I transferred my dad's military information onto fabric paper by running it through my copier. Then I ripped the pieces into four labels, left the edges unfinished and blended them into the painted fabric background with Caran d"Ache Neocolor II wax pastels. I adhered them to the background with Steam-a-Seam2.

The leaf outline is made with purple metallic variegated thread, then lined with the maze design. I used the same thread on the words "A" and "Grace". The mirrored leaf was made while the original leaf was wet. I folded the piece onto its self and transferred the image to the other side. The white letters "A Tribute two Dads" were from the Simply Stated alphabets package. The side border was copied from my mother's family Bible and blended into the piece also.

This was a great project that seemed to just flow together as soon as I saw the artistic projects on SaltFaithChallenge blog. I love their challenges. It is helping me to be spontaneous and free-flowing with my creativity.