Scripture Challenge HEART

Hey, everyone!

This week's scripture challenge word is heart. Well, it is if you are on the same week as I am! LOL That is something I love about Patter's challenge. You can just pick up right where you left off and you're not behind! This word is so relevant this week. I've talked about that before how it's amazing to me how much the Word just comes alive to me as I study these challenge words. The words that Patter picked when she began this challenge are just what I need at this time in my life. God is so awesome like that!
My scrapbook page is 8½" x 11" and I'm using black cardstock. The white cardstock for the hearts are stamped with a Hostess Level A stamp set from The Angel Company called Build-A-Background. I used L'Amore Palette Hybrid Ink. The "heart" layer started with a white circle that had the word heart on it in red letters. It was from Leaving Prints when I used to sell scrapbooking items a long time ago. The cardstock alphabet stickers are from LP, too. The red heart was cut using my Creative Memories cutting system. The scriptures are printed from my computer onto address labels and adhered to black cardstock.

The scriptures I used are:
Proverbs 21:2
1 Samuel 16:7
Jeremiah 24:6-7
Jeremiah 17:10
Phillipians 4:7
John 14:27
Romans 10:9-10

I am so glad that God does indeed look upon the heart. You know I am a preacher's kid so I've been to all kinds of churches, various sizes, different denominations, and sometimes varying belief systems. Some churches we had to wear certain things, other times we had to NOT wear certain things. Even following the church's protocols, we were often judged by our appearance. Sometimes people thought we were more holy if we looked a certain way, and other times we weren't holy enough if we didn't look exactly like them. But through all the experiences I have had, it taught me not to judge the outward appearance. God looks at the heart and He decides based on our attitudes and motives whether we possess good fruit or bad. As a Christian I really want to have the heart and mind of Christ. I want all the fruits of the Spirit to be at work in my life. I don't want to just honor God with my lips and tell others I am saved but then deny Him by my lifestyle. I want to become invisible so that when you look at me, you see the picture of Christ. Not because I am anything. I have not arrived! I just want Jesus to be big in me and use me to further the Kingdom anyway that I can. These scriptures are full of promise and hope and I pray that something I have shared today will help your cross be easier to bear today!

Angel Hugs,