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Hi there, I’m so glad you’re here. This blog was started in March 2013 ~ FOR YOU ~ so I could share with you:
- FREE paper gifts of love for kids – some I’ve designed, others I find online – with a special emphasis on those with Bible verses;
- Snippets of faith to bless and encourage you and all who come here, strengthen your faith in our Lord Jesus or introduce you to Him, our magnificent Creator who changes the hearts and lives of all those who really come to know and love Him;
- To brighten your day… enjoy!
These FREE paper gifts are fantastic for homeschool, Sunday School, if you sponsor a child, or for other Christian ministries. In fact, for any child in need of paper gifts of love. So welcome and come on in. I am delighted to see you. While you’re here, I’ll make you a cuppa while you snuggle in, relax and put your feet up or have a look around. Stop to chat and let me know how your day has been or how you will be using my designs. Like all bloggers, feedback blesses, inspires and encourages me and helps me connect with you.
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A note about child sponsorship: Sponsoring a child is a great way to teach our children social responsibility and to realise how blessed they are and also to teach them that we have a responsibility before God to account for the resources that He has given us. If you are thinking about sponsoring a child, choose a child the same age as your own children / grandchildren / students, then get them involved. Draw. Paint. Write. Kids LOVE writing to kids. Take them into your heart and into your family, and most importantly, pray for them.
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A note about me: I am passionate about the Lord Jesus Christ; the authority of Scripture; God’s magnificent creation – admiring His designs are like walking through a living art gallery, don’t you think?; and telling others about Him. My love of designing is a gift from Him. He sits beside me all the way as I whisper a quiet prayer for inspiration.
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A note about you! Do you know God? If you do not already know Him, please ask Him to show you THE truth. Your eternal destiny is resting on whether or not you KNOW Him and have accepted HIS way (not yours) of forgiveness for your rebellion against Him. He is a holy God. Just talk to Him like you would your best friend. He loves you and know you intimately… but, as I once told some teens with a smile who asked me how they should pray, with a whole lot more respect because there could be a lightning bolt with your name on it! :) You could start out by saying something to Him like: God, if you are really there, can you please show me the truth, lead me to You, and show me how I can have a relationship with You. Because, regardless of what many people may try to tell you, the truth does exist and you will find it only in Him, the Lord Jesus Christ. The One True God who created you, loved you enough to become human and die for your sins and rebellion against Him. Mine, too. Realise that you are a sinner. We all are. There is a huge gulf between God and all of us. There is NO way we can cross it. DIY religion will never cut it. We might think that we’re better than the guy standing next to us or that ‘bad dudie guy’ over there, but no matter how hard we try, we can never be good enough. God judges us according to HIS standards, not ours. And His passmark is 100%. If you ever told a lie when you were 8 years old; or stolen a pen from your boss just once; or loved anyone or anything more than God, you’ve blown it. We all have. But God’s grace, mercy, and love bridges the gap. The Lord Jesus Christ, who is God in human form, came to Earth a couple of thousand years ago, lived that perfect life and got the 100% for us, and paid the penalty for all of our sins by His death on the cross, so that God can forgive us our sins and give us eternal life if we ask Him to. It’s not what you know, but who. He is the judge stepping down from the bench to pay the penalty of death for the condemned and guilty prisoner so that we can go free.
We can’t buy it.
We can never earn it.
It’s a free gift.
But, in return… ‘Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all’.
Have a wonderful day and remember, YOU are His beloved. YOU are invited. He has chosen YOU, so that you can have a personal relationship with Him. Forever. Starting right now. All you have to do is ask.
For His glory and His honour.
Andrea
xoxo
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Lord it was You,
You created the heavens.
And Lord, it was Your hands
That put the stars in their place.
Lord, it was Your voice
That commands the morning.
‘Cause even oceans and their waves
bow at your feet, O Lord.
Lord, who am I
Compared to Your glory?
Lord, who am I
Compared to Your majesty?
‘Cause I’m your beloved,
Your creation,
And You love me as I am.
You’ve called me, chosen
For Your kingdom.
Unashamed to call me your own
I’m your beloved.
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I’m very careful to be certain that I have permission before using someone else’s work. I am looking for pictures of lambs to include in the yearbook. Our theme “We follow the Good Shepherd” is based on Psalm 23. In particular, I really like your creation of the “Psalm 23 freebies” as found on https://papergiftsforestefany.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/psalm23-freebies/
My children like the design. We plan to print the cards to give to their teachers as a thank you for sharing sharing the love of our Good Shepherd with them each day. They will also be great for sending with our missions support. Thanks so much for all your creating to be a blessing to many! The Lord’s blessings.
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Hi Tracy, yes those images are compiled from my own work and a creative commons license, so they should be fine and I would be delighted for you to use them. Thanks so much for making my day! Blessings. :)
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Is it possible to use any of the images from your blog for a Christian school yearbook without copyright infringement?
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What images in particular are you after, Tracy?
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Andrea, I have been sending my Compassion children so many paper gifts from this site. Thank you so much I really appreciate it!
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Wow, Kim, you’ve just m.a.d.e. my day!!! Thanks so much for your encouragement. Maybe, just maybe, I might come back next year! :)
Merry CHRISTmas to you and all your family. Blessings.
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What a wonderful ministry!
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Thanks so much for your encouragement Victoria – you brightened my day!
I enjoyed my visit to your blog too. Your post ‘Do you remember?’ was heartbreakingly poignant – it should be read by all of us.
https://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/do-you-remember/
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You have a wonderful gift and I have enjoyed perusing your blog. Thank you for the follow.
Blessings ~Zoey
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Thanks Zoey. I really enjoyed my visit to your blog. :)
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Thank you for choosing to follow my blog. May you grow closer to Jesus every day! May God bless your blog and work.
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Really enjoyed your post today, Tom.
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Hi Andrea! I just thought you might be interested in this adventure. I’m taken part in a Blog hop opportunity. The idea is this: Each author answers 4 questions and then introduces 3 blogging friends of their choice. You would then post on your blog your answers to the 4 questions and introduce your three blogger friends in the post. If this is something you will like to participate in. You will need to answer the following 4 questions in your post and introduce 3 blog friends of your choice. The questions are:
· What am I writing or working on?
· How does my work differ from others of it’s genre?
· Why do i write what i write?
· How does my process work?
Please take a look at this link site for an example of how it works.
http://aliajoy.com/writing-questions-blog-hop/
If you are interested, I will need your profile photo and a maximum of 100 word profile introduction of yourself. So that I can introduce you in my post. Please I will need to have this latest by the 30th of August.
The beautiful thing abort this Blog hop thing as I believe is that, it’s a creative way of getting your blog before different audiences and given them the opportunity to check out what your blog is about and if interested, connect with you.
I will be featuring my own post for this in early September. And I will help to promote yours when your blog post goes live if you decide to participate.
P.S. Just that you know, unfortunately as I am only allowed 3 blog friends, I will only be able to select the first 3 people to respond back to me. Please kindly let me know asap if you are interested. God bless you! (Sorry for taking so much space, i didn’t have other means of contacting you. Please feel free to delete after reading)
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Delete a REAL comment?! No way! :) I am honored that you would think of me Shade and will contact you directly. Thank you!
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Thank you so much for this blog Andrea! I have been looking it over and have found treasure already. I look forward to continuing my search!
I see that you are a sponsor of Compassion International. I am glad to see that you have a missions focus on your blog. I have been blogging for Gospel For Asia for the past several months and have been really blessed by it. I pray that those who read are blessed as well.
I also wanted to let you know about a new journal I have started on my blog. You can read the intro post here: http://mylordisjesus.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/a-new-journey-tongues-really/ which also has an index of all of my journal posts (Yes, I’m just starting so the index is short) that I will update each time I add to my journal.
I hope that you will follow along and add your comments as you feel moved to.
God bless,
John
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Thanks for stopping to chat John. I enjoyed my visit to your blog and will check out that page and Gospel for Asia. Blessings (and a prayer for your next step, too).
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This is one of greatest blogs i found. My honor to be your follower.
Thank you for the liked and follow my blog. Jesus bless you :)
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Thank you Sella Irene. I am so happy that I found your blog through Karina. I really enjoyed my visit: http://sellairene.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/lifemirror-the-highest-vision-and-profession-beautifulwords/
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Ow, you are welcome. And thank you for kind comment. I am so honored :)
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How lovely to meet you, thank you so much for visiting my blog and for the reads and the follow, I really hope that you enjoy what you find at my ‘cyber’ summerhouse! When things are little less hectic, after Christmas, I do very much look forward to visiting you again and reading about your child sponsorship programme, a subject very close to my heart. Meanwhile, I wish you a very Happy Christmas and New Year full of every joy and blessing. Sherri.
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Happy Christmas to you and your family too, Sherri. Thanks so much for dropping in. I’ll be sure to come and have a relax in your beautiful summerhouse: http://sherrimatthewsblog.com/about/ :)
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Looking forward to it :-)
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What a blessing it has been for me to search through your blog! I can *feel* the JOY of the Lord jumping off the pages… and I look forward to following! May our Father God bless and protect you and yours in Christ Jesus and Merry Christmas! :D
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Thanks so much for your kind comments Teach. They were a huge blessing. I look forward to reading your posts. And when I went back to your blog to grab a link back for you, I noticed… wow! your beautiful snow wallpaper is able to be shared. I love it so much. I’m going to give it a whirl, both on my blog and on my own screen here. Thank you! I’ll make sure to check out your other wallpapers too. : )
Oops, I forgot the link :) http://teachx3sblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/christmas-free-wallpaper-graphic-free-desktop-holiday-lights-create-your-own-snowflakes/
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Oh yes, feel free to share and/or use any of the wallpapers/graphics that I make… to the Glory of God!! Thank you for your kind words as well! :D
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Thanks so much. Did you also make your snow background page for your blog? The blue/mauve with silver snowflakes?
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No, I found that doing a search for ‘free background tile’ :)
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Ok… thanks for the tip.
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Just wanted to stop by and thank you for the likes and the follow. May the Lord continue to bless you in your efforts for these children. A blessed Christmas and New Year to you and yours.
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And the same to you. Thanks so much for stopping by to chat Von. I am enjoying your voices of Christmas perspectives: http://nightlightblogdotcom.wordpress.com/
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Dear Andrea..
Thank you so much for reading my last post ” The Holy Vow” I really appreciate it. Just curious to visiting your blog. Eventually I found great blog here..No need to long consideration. . Will follow your blog.. once again, thank you so much. Blessing to you.
Karina
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Thanks for following my blog. God bless you in your caring and compassion for these children. Be Blessed.
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So pleased you stopped by to chat, Jim. Loved your amazing pictures of the baby in the womb. God bless.
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Thanks for following my blog! I am always excited to find another Compassion friend. I am currently sponsoring 7 children. I recently changed from a full time to half time position at my church, but I am determined to continue to sponsor and communicate with these children. I love all your creative paper ideas. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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You are most welcome Karen. And I look forward to reading more of your blog, also. Yes, it does takes a large chunk of time to love on these precious ones, but watching them blossom before our eyes is incredible. It will be exciting to see what God does with their lives. Bless you for stopping by to chat.
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