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wash me clean, (but set me free,) please!

Published on May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by Dawn Marie4 Comments

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Psalm 51.

they were dirty. they needed cleaned. and there was only one place to heigh-ho and go.

the laundromat.

“Wait, what? I do not like this very much! At. All. ‘Be Brave’ my fun-stuffed friends!!”

could it be? that she.

would not understand.

and so there needed to be a plan…

“Stay calm, and stick together everyone! I, the best golden-retreiver-in-the-universe, will save you!”

round & round & round they’ll go…

where they’ll stop, wait…

nobody….

knows, where is Helen?

uh, oh. nice try Helen. (miss distraction-ator!)

we know you do not like

baseball.

now this was very clever indeed.

“You cannot see me but I am resting on the floor near the red-headed lady’s prayer books.”

but morning prayer is finished. (and it’s already noon too.)

only one thing to do.

wash you too!!

at last they’re (all) dry!

“Don’t worry! I will get the red-headed lady to look the other way! And then at last, I will rescue you!”

and now that

THAT

is over…

hugs n’ sudsy blessings!

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

~ Psalm 51:7

Doodlie-do!

Published on May 11, 2015May 12, 2015 by Dawn Marie6 Comments

“Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.” ~ 1 Timothy 4:14-15

God inspires us in so many ways!

He sends us many different inspirations to

ignite our spirit & develop our souls.

(Just like Halloween-costumes.)

And I have met so many beautifully creative souls in blog-play-cyber-space!

Some play with words.

Others music.

There are the sketchers. (Mum’s sketches make my heart giggle.)

The fashionistas. (Toby has a great-eye for style!)

And faith-believers!

And those who jumble it all squish-blissly together!

I love how they (all) inspire me with their unshakable hope! (He is my rock-star!)

I love how they ignite my courage and help me to fluff-up my wings in my own attempts to fly-forward with my creative-pursuances. (I believe I can fly…I believe I can touch the sky…think about it every night and day…spread my wings and watch me play… Can I get an Amen, R. Kelly?)

One particular creative-spirit, whom I must acknowledge as one of my favorite bloggity-bloggers, is

Doodles Invigorate

I met this lovely young woman as I troddled through a few inspirational sites and I was drawn instantly to her doodles of INSPIRATION!

I STRONGLY encourage you to check-in at her blog space!

(It is a lovely slice of heaven and always manges to pick-me-up-nicely with each post she creates! )

Recently, I had the BLESSING of commissioning a little doodlie-do done by her! I asked Shannon (creator-extra-ordinare at Doodles Invigorate,) if she would wave her magic pencil and create an INSPIRE-ational graphic for me to use on my Instagram page to announce a NEW post on my site. And abbra-ca-dabbra her creative spirit whipped up a splendiferous delight!!

I love my custom-commisioned Instagram stamp done by Doodles Invigorate!

There are so many beautiful spirits filling our world.

The real.

And (even) the cyber.

I’m grateful for each one I’ve encountered.

And I look forward to those I will meet down the path I continue to troddle (upon.)

*I sure do hope I can commission one of these Peepity-Peep Sculptors someday…

Photos taken at the ‘Erie Peeps Show’ hosted by Villa Maria Elementary!

(I’m thinking in leau of an ice sculpture at our daughter’s wedding…

a peepity-peep creation instead! Brilliant!)

hugs n’ creative blessings!

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” ~Ephesians 2:10-11