365 Days of Colour - Flower for the day - 349 - 355

Memories

We can all think back and remember those good and not so good memories.  What do your memories contain?, as we look back to our lives we need to focus on things that will propel us forward, and make changes for our today.

Day 349

  Reflection

Let yourself get the rest you need 

Quote

An artist is like a prophet. He must lead people and help them get acquainted with what he

sees. ...George Buytendorp

Scripture 

For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.  Psalm 27:5

Day 350

Reflection

What one thing did you do better today than yesterday – celebrate!

Quote 

Every day is a gift- bound out of bed with the enthusiasm of a child....Joye Moon

Scripture 

...if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father; Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John 2:1

Day 351

Reflection

You have so much to be thankful for

Quote 

The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. ...Julia Cameron

Scripture 

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.  Galatians 6:9

Day 352

Reflection

Take time to declutter your life

Quote 

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. ...Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Scripture  

He who loves his life loses it; and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal John 12:25

Day 353

Reflection 

There are open doors waiting for you to go through..

Quote 

You are a child of God; your playing small doesn’t serve the world....Nelson Mandela 

Scripture 

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. Proverbs 30:5

Day 354

Reflection 

Don’t worry about the closed doors! 

Quote 

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. ...C.G. Jung 

Scripture 

O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. Psalm 139:1 

Day 355

Reflection 

Think of one thing to be grateful for! 

Quote 

Merely looking at the world around us is immensely different from seeing it. ...Frederick Franck 

Scripture 

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love...John 15:10

365 Days of Colour - Flower for the Day - 342 - 348

Upside down 

Sometimes situations do not present themselves the way we expect and we have to gain a different perspective.  Or you may be called to do things that you think you’re not ready for.  You have to step out of the box, shake things up and look at the situation with fresh eyes to really see what is in front of you..

Day 342

Reflection 
Just because you acknowledge the pain, doesn’t mean you are weak.... 

Quote 

You got to have a dream If you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true? ...Rogers and Hammerstein 

Scripture 

Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins. Acts 10:43

Day 343

Reflection 

Hand it over to God, he cares for you. 

Quote 

You’ve made your bed, now go bounce on it....Peter Scott 

Scripture 

...Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Matthew 28:20

Day 344

Reflection 

All will turn out for good.. 

Quote 

The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful. ...George Bellows 

Scripture  

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him.  Mark 11:23

Day 345

Reflection 

Why worry? 

Quote 

The primary benefit of practicing any art, whether well or badly, is that it enables one’s soul to grow. ...John Welwood 

Scripture 

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous....Psalm 1:6

Day 346

Reflection 

God knows the desires of your heart.. 

Quote 

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient. ...St. Thomas Aquinas 

Scripture 

As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.  Romans 8:14

Day 347

Reflection 

Your path will be straight 

Quote 

We artists are the first to see the light at the end of the chaotic tunnels we all live in, and we dare to move toward it. ...Eleanor Blair 

Scripture 

I am He who will sustain you.  I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.  Isaiah 46:4

Day 348

Reflection 

Trust...

Quote 

The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do. ...Sequichie Comingdee 

Scripture  

..where the Spirit o the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:17

365 Days of Colour - Flower for the Day - 335 - 341

Majestic

We think of grandure and giving reverence, less we think of whose image we are made in we forget our blessings and settle.  That fire still burning in our hearts gets put out and we live out our lives never realising our true potential, our purpose and our calling.  Was it meant to be just this? - on our death bed we will ask if we never take the leap

Day 335

Reflection

There is no quitting on my watch

Quote 

The art of art… is simplicity. ...Walt Whitman 

Scripture 

Do not be overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendour of his house increases; for he will take nothing with him when he dies, his splendour will not descend with him.  Psalm 49:16-17 

Day 336 

Reflection 

Cherish 

Quote 

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us. ...Oprah Winfrey 

Scripture 

What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do. Isaiah 46:11

Day 337

Reflection 

Know your purpose 

Quote 

People who love art really do need it in the same way they need oxygen. ...Martin Zimet 

Scripture

...God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also .. 1 Corinthians 10:13

Day 338

Reflection 

Move pass the past and look forward to your best year yet! 

Quote 

An artist is not one who has solved life’s problems. He is one who accepts life’s problems. ...Anonymous 

Scripture

...whoever heeds correction is honoured. Proverbs 13:18

Day 339 

Reflection 

Your dreams are important 

Quote 

Everyone needs an identity of their own, not in relation to someone else… someone’s daughter, sister, wife, mother. “Artist” is mine alone. ...Janet Badger 

Scripture 

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved.) Ephesians 2:4-5

Day 340 

Reflection 

What if your you could live a joyful life 

Quote 

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Scripture 

He heals the broken hearted, and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3

Day 341 

Reflection 

Your dreams are important, support them 

Quote

Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. ---Claudia Black

Scripture 

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your earswill hear a voice behind you saying ‘This is the way’ walk in it.’ Isaiah 30:21

365 Days of Colour - Flower for the Day - 328 - 334

The Garden
You don’t have to have a garden to enjoy plants and growth.  We start with our intentions and our purpose.  The gardens of our mind hold untold secrets and amazing flowers and wild life, hidden behind the wall waiting for a vistor to take in the scenery and breath in the scents.  How we neglect our minds for what is easy and takes little effort...if we only new what lay waiting for us would we still say maybe tomorrow? 

Day 328

Reflection

Be kind to yourself you are growing

Quote One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art. ...Oscar Wilde 

Scripture 

You have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. Colossians 2:10

Day 329 

Reflection 

What if 

Quote 

Art is the only way to run away, without leaving home. ...Twyla Tharp 

Scripture

 ..whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. Matthew 25:40

Day 330 

Reflection 

It’s time to take stock of your life 

Quote 

Sufficient to today are the duties of today. Don’t waste life in doubts and fears, spend yourself on the work before you; well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it. ...Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Scripture 

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26

Day 331

Reflection 

Free yourself, it’s time to be yourself! 

Quote 

One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art. ...Oscar Wilde 

Scripture 

For where two of three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20

Day 332 

Reflection 

You are never alone 

Quote 

We decide what we want to pursue, there is no right or wrong, we formulate our own paths. ...Arthur Maderson 

Scripture 

For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, tat is, through the living and abiding word of God 1 Peter 1:23

Day 333 

Reflection 

Each day is an opportunity to start again 

Quote 

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure. ...Alfred North Whitehead 

Scripture 

I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me and heard my cry. Psalm 40:1

Day 334 

Reflection 

Get ready to soar like an eagle 

Quote 

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. ...Robert Louis Stevenson 

Scripture 

It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure Philippians 2:13

365 Days of Colour - Flower of the Day 321 - 327

A straight path

Sometimes it isn’t the winding road which leads to mystery and surprise.  At times the straight path unfolds and brings us treasures beyond our comprehension.

Day 321

  

Reflection 

The hard times in your life will develop the pearls of wisdom... 

Quote 

If art is not to be life-enhancing, what is it to be? ...May Sarton 

Scripture But now, thus say the Lord ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!’ Isaiah 43:1

Day 322

 

Reflection 

Time to start over 

Quote 

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. ...Friedrich Von Schlegel  

Scripture 

The Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; neither is His ear so dull that it cannot hear.  Isaiah 59:1

Day 323

 

Reflection 

Be brave, all things are possible 

Quote 

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. ...Jim Morrison 

Scripture 

The one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:8

Day 324

 

Reflection 

Don’t worry, it will be alright 

Quote 

Art thaws even the frozen, darkened soul, opening it to lofty spiritual experience. ...Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 

Scripture

I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.  Ephesians 3:17-18

Day 325

 

Reflection 

As a work in progress, go easier on yourself 

Quote 

Fear is the reason for making art. It is a means to freedom. ...Ilya Kabakov 

Scripture 

The needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever. Psalm 9:18

Day 326

 

Reflection 

There is always tomorrow, you have a chance to start over! 

Quote

Art is the only way to run away, without leaving home. ...Twyla Tharp 

Scripture 

For whatever was written in earlier time was written for our instruction, that through perseverance and the  encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4

Day 327

 

Reflection 

You are able to do all that you set your mind to! 

Quote 

Sufficient to today are the duties of today. Don’t waste life in doubts and fears, spend yourself on the work before you; well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it. ...Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Scripture 

The Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3

365 Days of Colour - Flower of the Day 314 - 320

Peace

In the peace and stillness we are able to think, to gather our thought for the day, solve a problem come up with the answer to the mystery, we can heal.  In the peace we really get to listen to our surroundings and find the beauty around us. 

Day 314

 

Reflection 

Pay more attention to want matters most.. 

Quote 

Art is the journey of a free soul. ...Alev Oguz 

Scripture 

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 2 Corinthians 3:5

Day 315

Reflection 

You will soar like the eagle

Quote 

Art is the demonstration that the ordinary is extraordinary. ...Amedee Ozenfant 

Scripture 

And Jesus said unto them, ‘I am the bread of life; he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.’ John 6:35

Day 316

Reflection 

You always have a choice, don’t settle for what makes you feel small! 

Quote

I have accepted fear as a part of life- specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back....

Erica Jong 

Scripture 

He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Isaiah 40:29

Day 317

Reflection 

Time to be still..... 

Quote 

Art is not the bread, but the wine of life. ...Jean Paul Richter 

Scripture 

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful.  Later on, however; it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.  Hebrews 12:11

Day 318

Reflection 

Enjoy the life you currently lead don’t just endure it 

Quote 

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. ...Joe Namath 

Scripture 

...Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really My disciples.  Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’ John 8 31-32

Day 319

Reflection 

Stand up for what you believe in and you won’t regret it 

Quote 

It’s easy to get bogged down in the circumstantial and mundane, but if we connect to our passion, that in itself will be regenerative; we won’t have to wait for the energy, it will be there. ...Nina Simonos 

Scripture 

The world is passing away, but also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:17

Day 320

Reflection 

Be honest with yourself 

Quote 

I could never convince the financiers that  Disneyland was feasible because dreams offer too little collateral. ...Walt Disney 

Scripture 

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

365 Days of Colour - Flower of the Day - 307 - 313

Growth

If we don’t grow we stand still, wither and fade away.  When we don’t use our mustles they become weak, if we don’t continue to learn and use our brain our cells die off.  A child grows up to be an adult and has responsibilities.  What area in your life do you need to turn the spotlight on to encourage growth?

Day 307

Reflection 

You have blessings waiting for you!

Quote 

Art is not to do with the practical side of making a living. It’s to live a fuller human life. ...Henry Moore 

Scripture 

Delight yourself in the Lord; an He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

Day 308

Reflection 

Today matters!

Quote 

Art is an experience, not an object....Robert Motherwell

Scripture 

The Lord isgood, a refuge in times of trouble.  He cares for those who trust in Him. Nahum 1:7

Day 309

Reflection 

Miracles are waiting to happen – open your eyes!

Quote 

Wander a whole summer if you can. Thousands of God’s blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted....John Muir

Scripture 

I am the vine, and you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit. John 15:5

Day 310

Reflection 

You have wonderful things happening in your life.. 

Quote 

The key is to trust your heart to move where your talents can flourish. This old world will really spin when work becomes a joyous expression of the soul.....Al Sacharov

Scripture 

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22

Day 311

Reflection

There is a time and a place for everything, and everything in its season

Quote 

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have

such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.......Claude Monet as a young painter 

Scripture 

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 1 Peter 3:9 

Day 312

Reflection 

There are blessings waiting just for you

Quote 

Art is a language. It’s not a skill. It’s not a stunt. It’s not something that you just learn to do and put it down. It comes from the heart. ...Wynona Mulcaster

Scripture 

Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain. Psalm 127:1

Day 313

Reflection 

Everyone who truely knows you believes in you, do you believe in yourself?

Quote 

Good art speaks truth, indeed is truth, perhaps the only truth...Iris Murdoch

Scripture 

The Lord longs to be gracious to you....He waits on high to have compassion on you.  Isaiah 30:18