Divine Design BVC July

It's July 8th...time to post our monthly Divine Design projects : ) ! This month I chose Psalms 130:5 ~ "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word, I put my trust". There is an awesome song my Jeremy Camp, titled, I wait for the Lord, that is basically this scripture put to music. Click HERE to hop on over to youtube to see that video and hear the song!! I used a sketch that I found over at the Our Creative Corner for my card...love that blog!!

I love visiting the other Scripture Chick's blogs and checking out their projects...these girls are SO inspiring: Lori Craig ~ Make A Difference, Angel Wilde ~ Angelosity, Jami Sibley ~ More isMore (Jami will be posting her project a little later this week), Taylor Van Bruggen ~ Taylored Expressions

For my monthly Divine Design project, I make a card, & my daughter Megan, picks a scripture and I make a bookmark for her. This month, we both chose the same scripture. If you'd like to play along with the Challenge, you can join us anytime (and I hope you do!). Just click here to see what we're doing and how you can get started !! If you upload to SCS, be sure to use the words BVC08. Here's the bookmark I made for Meg.... lots of shimmer and sparkle...Meg love glitter as much as I do, maybe even more :- ) ~

I don't know about you, but waiting is not my favorite thing to do. In fact, it's among my least favorite things to do. That's a big reason why I chose this scripture. If my internet pauses and I have to wait for more than a few seconds, I'm telling the screen to "come on!" while looking for something to do to make the wait more tolerable. I love efficiency and waiting just doesn't seem to fit anywhere into an efficient process. My attitude about waiting carries over to my relationship with the Lord. When I pray, I sort of expect an immediate answer. I want a full blown instant miracle : ) ! You know what I'm talking about. We've read about how Jesus touched people and they were immediately healed...I want that! Here's the problem, according to the bible, God has promised to answer my prayers, but nowhere do I find a scripture telling me the answers will always be immediate. I do find scriptures that indicate that sometimes I will have to wait, be still, seek, trust, hope and believe. I've really had to learn (and I'm still learning) this lesson over the past couple years with Megan's illness. It's not easy to wait. Especially when the stakes are high. But God is loving and faithful, and His answers are worth waiting for. Think about being hungry...I mean REALLY hungry. You walk right past the fast food places and arrive at the best restaurant in town. There's going to be a wait, but you know the Chef is the absolute best...your expectations are high, so you choose to wait. Finally you're seated, and your meal is served, course by course....and it's exquisite. It's perfect. Every bite is amazing. You could have skipped the wait and buzzed through McDonald's for a big mac 'n fries, but it wouldn't have been the same. Good things are worth waiting for. God's answers are worthing waiting for. That's my 2 cents for the day : ) !

Here's a close-up of the bookmark, so you can some of the sparkle and shimmer that Meg requested : ) ! BTW, if you're a fan of Scripture & Stamps...then you'll want to check back soon! I should be receiving some brand new stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs any day now : ) & when I do, I'll have some examples to show you! Kelley just keeps crankin' out one awesome set after another!! If you haven't been to her site yet {{gasp!}}, it's worth the visit. She's got Scripture stamps and a whole lot more!

Supplies for the card: Stamps: none, just a computer generated scripture Paper: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Shimmery White & Basic Grey Pheobe DP Ink: Computer brown Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Photo corner punch, decorative scallop scissors, mini crystals, polka dot ribbon & green rick-rack, Kaiser rhinestone flower, Sakura clear glaze & glitter pens, dimensionals

Supplies for the bookmark ~ Stamps: none, computer generated scripture Paper: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Shimmer White, Basic Grey Phoebe DP Ink: Computer brown Accessories: Petite Round/Scallop Nesties with Cuttlebug, Small Oval punch, 1" Circle punch, Round tab punch, Boho flower punch, green rick-rack, pink polka dot ribbon (amuse), brown stitched ribbon (amuse), Celery brads, Pewter eyelet, making memories flower brads, mini crystals, Paper piercing tool/mat pack, Sakura clear glaze & glitter pens, Dazzling diamonds glitter

Hugs & Blessings! THANKS for stopping by : )