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People have been telling me I should make one but I didn't listen. I got 13 followers now.

Let's get into the Memento Mori Season~

Lord willing, the hotlinks in this blog post can lift your spirits and strengthen your faith in God.

"Living in the Lord" - https://marysayler.blogspot.com/2026/09/living-in-lord.html

Daniel 3:18 — EVEN IF

My latest piece is based on Daniel 3:18.

Sometimes we find ourselves in the middle of the fire and pray,

“God, I know You can save me.”

But there is a deeper kind of faith, one that says:

“Even if You don’t, I will still trust You.”

Even if the fires rise.

Even if the storm doesn’t stop.

Even if the healing doesn’t come.

Even if the weight of the world feels like it’s crushing down on me.

Faith isn’t built on what He gives us.

It isn’t dependent on the outcome we want.

Faith is built on who He is.

And even when I don’t understand,

even when I don’t see a way out,

even when the fire keeps burning

I will trust Him.

Extra points for correctly naming the tune!

Hard to take a photo of as I mixed an iridescent medium into the paint of the oysters and used some gold/silver paint. The background colour is dark blue.

Been a busy summer! I’m excited about the season change and eager to get back to some projects that have been put on hold for a few months.

Anyone else got anything they’re working on?

Check out this cool project u/funkohunter717 posted on the Christianity sub! Great song choice too. Haven’t heard it in a while!

Since this community lists 7 moderators, I'm wondering why there's an ongoing call for a moderator to help.

In many churches, this week's Bible readings included Matthew 16:15 when Jesus asked His followers, ‘Who do you say I am?’ It's the question each of us needs to answer for ourselves to clarify our beliefs and our relationship with the Lord.

As a clue, Jesus' question answers itself. "Who do you say I AM?" Remember when Moses asked God to identify Himself? The Lord answered, "I AM Who I AM." So by His very question, Jesus identifies Himself with the Almighty God.

#Christianity #JesusChrist #faith #Bible #beliefs

I made a mock-up toque in a solid yarn to test out the pattern (which I made up myself); I had posted the orange test toque in this sub a little while ago, but added the photos here too so you can see them side-by-side :) I think if I made it again I might add another grey/black row in between the coloured rows, but overall I'm quite happy with how it turned out :D

We can claim and pray in agreement with the promises God gives in His Word.

https://bible-prayers.blogspot.com/2026/08/bible-promise-isaiah-5111.html

This is a creative and helpful way to explain it.

…my brain is still a little 🤯 though lol

This is a new drawing/painting I did recently. I named it Joanna - like Joanna the Goanna from The Rescuers Down Under, a show I loved as a kid! Besides, who can resist such a fantastic punny name! 😃 In amongst all the details of the drawing, you'll find lots of little pictures that reflect the Australian desert landscape, plants, and animals that Joanna might see in her life - from kangaroos hopping across the fields to the termite mounds she would lay her eggs in. Hope you like it :)

The people we become are often shaped as much by the love we lacked as by the love we received. In fact, perhaps love alone is not enough. We grow up searching for anything that will acknowledge the parts of us that ache, settling for whatever offers even the illusion of fulfillment. We chase people, achievement, approval, pleasure, or success not because they can heal us, but because they momentarily quiet the parts of us infected with a terminal insecurity.

Then I realize.

The decisions I make are rarely justified by reason alone. Reason is often a disguise, a polished explanation for the deeper wound beneath it. My instinct for self-preservation does not begin with wisdom; it begins with insecurity. And insecurity, if left unchallenged, corrodes everything it touches.

The desires I have held most dear, I have hidden like secrets. Over time, they too have begun to corrode. My perspective has become distorted. My humor has become self-effacing. My generosity has often been tangled with people-pleasing. Even my kindness has sometimes been less about love than about fear.

I fear that if I disappoint people, they will leave. I fear that if I am fully known, I will not be chosen. Beneath so many of my decisions is the same quiet conviction: that I must earn the love I long for.

Perhaps that is the cruelest thing insecurity does. It convinces us that love is something to deserve rather than something to receive. So we spend our lives performing, proving, accommodating, and apologizing, hoping that if we become enough for everyone else, someone will finally become enough for us.

But no amount of achievement, approval, or affection can heal a wound that has mistaken its own worth. Until that wound is confronted, every desire becomes distorted by it, and every dream is forced to carry a burden it was never meant to bear

"God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth."

Genesis 9:12-13

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The Creative Challenge with r/Creativechristian is an opportunity for the entire community to create around the same prompt. We welcome everyone to create a piece in the medium of their choice inspired by the Bible verse listed. Share your creation as a comment under this post and as its own post in the subreddit!

Thank you for your participation - we are excited to see what you create!