I'm a musician so the psalms always strike a chord (pardon the pun) with me. This one in particular makes me feel joyful and inspires me to pick up an instrument and play to God, or just to sing worship songs loudly in the shower, car, kitchen or wherever!
A song. A psalm of David.I used Copics on page prepped with gesso, stencils, black and white pens.
My heart, O God, is steadfast;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
- Psalm 108:1-5
Psalm 7 - God is my shield, using pencil crayons and black pen.
Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
My shield is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
- Psalm 7:1-2, 10
I coloured in something from a colouring book using pencil crayons for this verse, but honestly it's my least favourite page in my Bible now because I didn't have to think about the verse as much and it's not something personal, it's something someone else created.I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 1:4
Psalm 59:16 - God is our fortress.
I used pencil crayons to draw a fortress wall then used alphabet stamps to add in some lyrics from Hillsong's song Made Me Glad (one of my favourite worship songs). They seemed to fit well with the psalm, which talks about God being our place of safety.But I will sing of your strength,in the morning I will sing of your love;
for you are my fortress,
my refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalm 59:16
Matthew 6:25-34 - Lilies of the field.
Do not worryI used watercolour pencils to stamp the flowers and then create the background and highlight the words. I chose to write out lyrics from a song Special Kind of Love by the Malachi Trust. The song is a conversation between someone and God, with the person talking about their worries and fears and God telling them He's got it all in hand. The full lyrics of the chorus are:
‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
‘And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you – you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
- Matthew 6:25-34
Look now at the birds out there - do they worry? Do they care?
They trust that they will always be fed a special kind of love from Me.
See now how the lilies grow. Dressed in splendour they all know
more beautiful they couldn't be, clothed from head to toes with love from Me.
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