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| Mary with her Art TRUTH Journal |
Saturday mornings are my special art time with only the girls! Each Saturday morning I meet with the older girls (ages 11-13) and then the younger girls (ages 7-11) to work together on what I call…our “Art TRUTH Journals.” Drawing and writing God’s word or TRUTH has been an important part of my walk with God, and I want to share that same process with all the girls!
Over the past year and a half
while waiting to return to Ghana, God has been teaching me what it means to
find my identity solely in Him and nothing else. The word I would use to describe my heart and
passion for the children as well as myself is FREEDOM. Galatians 5:1 has been a key TRUTH for me to
claim and live out… “It is for FREEDOM that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be burdened again
by a yoke of slavery.” How do we stand
firm? We can only stand firm if the word
of God is securely planted deep inside our hearts! Knowing the TRUTH will set you free from the
lies of the devil.
You can be a believer and
still be in bondage to the lies of the devil, taking back that yoke of slavery
again. And that is how I had been
living. An unnecessary yoke burdened me
until the Lord in His wonderful mercy and grace revealed the lies I believed. So I started to draw and write the TRUTH that
God was teaching me in my art journal. This
art TRUTH journal became such a precious and intimate time with my heavenly
Father that I couldn’t wait to be alone and spend time with Him. The Lord has transformed my heart through
this process, and I have found healing through drawing and writing God’s
TRUTH. There is power in the word of
God, and that is exactly what I want the girls to discover too! The Bible says in Hebrews 4:12, “For the word
of God is living and active.” It is the
Lord who is working in the hearts of these young girls, and I pray He would do
the work that only He can in their hearts like He has been doing in mine!
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| Abigail |
We began our time together by creating the covers of our art TRUTH journals! We had already talked about Psalm 139:14, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” So each of the girls wrote (name) is fearfully and wonderfully made says the Lord on their journals and drew beautiful designs around the words. Then, each week when we discuss a TRUTH of who they are in Christ, they will be able to write/draw that TRUTH on one of the pages in their journal.
If you could pray with me
for all the girls (Christiana, Comfort, Mary, Justiana, Comfort, Emefa are the older girls and Abigail, Benedicta, Mary, Teiko, and Doris are the younger girls) as we walk together on this journey
to FREEDOM in Christ!
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