"The Writing on the Wall" Daniel 5

Daniel... what a guy! No wonder God used him as a visionary.

Since January a lovely group of ladies and I from North Ridge Church have studied Daniel's life and prophesy. Guided all the while by Beth Moore. What a trip! Of all the heart moving scripture we've studied, I have selected "The Writing on the Wall", Daniel 5 for this month's journal quilt. October 12, 539 BC, what an awesome night, the party of all parties that brought the Babylonia empire to it's knees. Belshazzar made the huge mistake of treating the holy as unholy. He called for the silver and gold goblets, taken from the temple in Jerusalem many years prior to be used in a toast to his gods. Not a smart move, King Belshazzar.

....Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way.
Daniel 5:5-6

....This is what these words mean;
Mene...God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
Tekel...You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
Pers.....Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
Daniel 5:26-28

Beth brought to light an interesting twist on the ancient holy vessels. Like so, we too are holy vessels in a relationship with God and having a sacred purpose; marked as holy by him. Dare we treat ourselves ..."the holy as unholy"? Um.... another thought to ponder.

The quilt page uses fabric collage and raw edged applique, beading, fabric letter stencils and photo art printed on fabric. Words of scripture are printed on paper and rolled into a schroll and tied to the palm of the "hand".

Beth Moore; The Book of Daniel

Since early January I have been part of the Ruby Tuesday Women's group at North Ridge Community Church. We have begun a study of the book of Daniel; a Beth Moore Study. My journal page for March will most likely come from this study. Beth is enlightening, thought provoking and God inspired. If you yearn for a down to earth "women's" connection with God and his word, check her out at http://www.lproof.org/Daniel is an intense collection of scripture that holds many secrets to biblical history, life and prophesy. I am so fortunate to be a ticket holder on this ride.

February Journal Quilt "Proverbs 3:13 Wisdom

February's quilt page went together like a snap. Randy at North Ridge Church http://www.northridge.org/ read from Proverbs in his "2007 Bring it On" sermon; preparing for unforeseen tragedy, we must trust and know the truth in God's plan. I really liked Proverbs, so the next week I read more. Imagine finding answers to the problems we face in 2007 deep within the books written so many years ago. Wisdom is God's gift to us, he gives it only to those who earnestly seek it. This month, I will be the SEEKER.

Proverbs 3:13-16
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom,
the man who gains understanding.
for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.
She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.

The quilt page is made of batik and hand dyed fabrics and embellished with paper letters attached with beads, metal tags that spell out HONOR on her left hand and fish,frog and shell embellishment's in her right hand. A very satisfying project.

January "Fishers of Men" Journal Quilt

So, I'm a blogger now. Who would have thought? January flew by; great times with friends,family and RVing in Arizona. My theme for this years Journal Quilt is "12 Months of Scripture". January's quilt developed from the book of Matthew; "Come follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:19. Fishers of men, interesting how this scripture keeps popping up in my life. This summer, Steve, our pastor at Driftwood http://www.driftwoodcc.org/used this scripture in one of his sermons. As I kid, I always liked the story, but now as an adult I actually get it. Thanks Steve! I ask myself, am "I" able to use the right bait, my unique personality and as well, find common ground and be a fisher of men?

The quilt page is a collage of overdyed fabrics, paper and printed fish fabric. The scripture is printed on fabric, adhered to freezer paper and fed through my printer. A great project, I thoroughly enjoyed this months project.