Kim Loves Stamping!: Faith-Based Friday

Hello again, friends!

I'm so excited you stopped by my blog today because this week I am beginning what I hope will be a weekly post ... Faith-Based Friday.

My faith is a major part of my life and I try (although sometimes I know I fall short) to always put God first in my life and to seek His will when making decisions.  Stampin' Up! has also become a major part of my life and so I figured "why not combine them"! I love sending people cards and I love glorifying God ... and I love that I can do both at the same time!

Each week for my Faith-Based Friday post, I plan to share a scripture or some sort of faith-based reading that I'm doing with you and then whatever project I have to share that week.   The week the scripture verse I would like to share is from Psalms 139: 1-4:

"You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely."

WOW! What a beautiful verse to contemplate! I am in no way a theologian or philosopher, so my "interpretations" and thoughts on these verses are purely my own and what's on my heart. But, as I read that I was thinking a few things: First of all, how comforting is it to know that God knows us and loves us so intimately as to know our thoughts before we even speak them? I know that I believe in the power of prayer and I find great comfort in prayer, but sometimes I just can't find the words.   It's comforting to me to know that I don't have to find the words. God already knows what's on my heart and on my mind and He will hear me without the words. Of course, it also reminded me that I should be careful to guard my thoughts as well ... if God knows what I'm thinking even before I speak it, then he hears the ugly things I think but may not speak.

For today's faith-based project, I am sharing a card that I think kind of illustrates that scripture:

I love this sentiment on this card "Heaven knows you're special. I know it too." Heaven (God) really DOES know you are special! So many verses in the Bible tell us just how much He loves us!

I apologize for using a sentiment that is retired. = ( I really will try not to do that. I have started clearing out my retired sets for a big sale I will be having soon, but I never get rid of any of my Christian stamp sets because I use them A LOT and there just aren't as many of them that are current in the catalog as I would like. Otherwise, everything else on this card is current and can be purchased from my online store. I have listed the supplies below: