Did you?

I did.

I filled out my "Play & Plan" Fun Sheet (a simple yet powerful tool located here) to help me bring focus to my life in the new year. I'm really glad i did - you see, yes, it might look elementary however, looks can be deceptive as it has served as an awesome foundational reference point for me as I take time to look at it each morning.

It reminds me of who I'm called to be.

When you fill yours out, you'll see what I mean...

One of the spots to fill in on the sheet is "3 ways I want to feel each day." Mine were:

grateful
creative
vital - full of vitality!

One way I've been sticking to my desire to feel grateful & creative each day is by doodling down the first message I hear from the Holy Spirit each morning. (Not a mind message - nothing frontal lobe here - but a message that rises up from deep down inside.) I doodle something out and on the back of my picture, I write down 3 things I'm grateful for. Thus feeling grateful AND creative all in one shot and fulfilling 2 out of my 3 objectives. :)

Last week one of my doodles was about faithfulness. I love receiving these little messages from God because they really make me stop & think. It dawned on me, really dawned on me, that faith is a gift. I wondered if I have ever really appreciated it as a gift and received it as a gift? You know what I mean...like when a friend gives you a birthday gift, we take the time to "ooh" & "ah" over it and really make a big deal over how special it is because any gift given in love is a big deal?!!  

Well, I realized that I needed to take the time to do just that - to stop and thank God for what a true privilege it is to be in relationship with Him through faith! It's so neat that we get to believe the Lord God Almighty, Maker of Heaven & Earth - at His Word. We could just be stumbling along like some little fuzzy-haired, drool mouth trolls never realizing who we are in Christ but because of the measure of faith each one of us is given, we get to know Him! And you know what I say to that? "Ooooh, Aaaaaaaah..." :)  In Love & Grateful to Serve Him, -Anne :)

Hi Beautiful Creative Souls!
Welcome to all my new readers!

This morning as I was waking up, I felt a resistance in my body; a bit of tightness in my soul if you will. You see, the thing is I have had an AMAZING holiday season. God has really facilitated a shift in my life and I've enjoyed most every moment of the past 2 weeks where I've got to refresh, regroup & reconnect with my creative soul. Well.......that all changed today...you see, it was time to get back into my old routine. NO PLEASE!!!!!!! That's where the tightness comes in, I felt a resistance and I found the old dark grey gloom cloud moving in on me - I felt myself slipping into the pattern of thinking about the things that I simply don't want in my life anymore. Ugh.

But no! I won't do it! I won't forsake the past 2 weeks of reconnecting with who I really am - it's been too amazing; too wonder-filled. That's when God moved in His grace. By grace, I was reminded that it's better to focus on the things you DO WANT & CAN DO. I started focusing on creativity, thinking about the pictures I wanted to draw today, about the people whose lives I want to reach today. I started reminding myself out loud to focus on DO want & CAN do...do, can, do, can, do, can...

That's where the Do-Can Bird comes in. Why have a toucan when you can have a Do-Can?! So, here he is (...and by the way, I kinda' like the little bugger; I suspect we'll be seeing more of him & his breed in weeks to come.)

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13

Thanks for reading today! Print out Do-Can if you'd like as a constand reminder to focus on the right things! Be sure to share your ideas and ways we can creatively believe together! It's a pleasure to hear from you, you creative, believing wonder!
-Anne :)