Mood:  sharp

So In closing this though I will quote from Rich Mullins :"We are not saved because we're good. We're good because we're saved. Never forget what Jesus did for you." "Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours."  

Mood:  caffeinated

At home tonight and this week has been demanding....it took most of the week to get my groove again at work, but I did :) ....SO tonight I am checking site stats. I have free devotional downloadswhich I have had for going on three years now and they are the most visited pages on my site....they are there to minister, and are free for personal use...... the URL is:

http://www.terryartworxstudio.com/Graphics.html

and for page two:

 So I can check the visitors, not who they are but from the location. This week has been amazing as I see a couple from my own island one I know is my Hanai Dad...:), and none from the neighboring islands, but the rest from all and I mean all over the world......

Moscow, Moskva
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Denmark
Germany
Blackpool, England
Fresno, California
Montana
Anaheim, California
Saudi Arabia
Redford, Michigan
Onsted, Michigan
Berlin Germany
Manchester, England
United Kingdom
Senegal
Manila Phillipines
Memphis Tenn
South Africa
New York, New York
Guatemala, Guatemala
Lynchburg, Virginia
Sesser, Illinois
Green Bay, Wisconsin
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Wailuku, Hawaii
Makawao, Hawaii
Oakland, California
Australia

You see this is a mind boggling list, and from what I can figure about 90+ % visit the Inspirational downloads. Freely You recieve , freely give. I am thankful, and not in the least slapped for those being the most popular pages...Those things are eternal, I do them for joy and far weightier than anything else I could create. This does not make me some kind of goody goody, but we all should strive for decency! Art is not a money making business for me...yet, but those things of God I will continue to freely contribute to as I can, so that others may be helped! Blessings, Tim

Mood:  a-ok

Aloha!,

It is good to be doing this blog again, as I had taken several months off. I was thinking this blog has done me a lot of good through the years. I have always intended it as an out-of-box type of ministry thing, because if you have met me you may not think of me a Christian epr say, until you got to know me. I guess I had to strip through the religiousness (with Grace). With this I realize that just because I believe the way I do, does not put me into the push-over or puss category. But it does call me to love, and that means following His leading (best I can).

Twice in one day last week I was cut off by fellow brethren in traffic! That is of course if they were believing what their bumper stickers stated. I had to repent because of what I said out the window at this guy (who was not curteous in his driving) after I saw his bumper sticker, and for the hand signal I gave (which is a rarity for me), after I saw this lady's bumper sticker, I felt a little checked in my spirit.  I guess that is why  I don't have a Jesus sticker on my car....would not want to represent wrongly... :) That is not a proof of your belief!

We are called to love...His Love. His love will drive you to your knees! It will drive you to cry out when you want to kick someones rear over a hassle, or when you want to verbally rip someone a new one. Crying out when you have been the ass, and have been representing Him wrongly. When you have failed so much in life you feel worthless!  His LOVE is also the same healing that comes with forgiveness of others and yourself, and gives you strength to start over or try again! His Love can give you something better than you have ever dreamed possible!

Think about and go out and do something nice for someone that has been pissing you off...maybe they still will, or maybe it will mend a fence! Either way you will traveling along the better path...the one less taken........

Blessings...In Him, Tim