Change: Ecclesiastes 3:14

I hope that you are all having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I am very blessed to have a lot of family and friends to spend the day with us today. Thank you for joining us for another challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ.

This week the sweet and talented Kristine chose the verse and the challenge. The verse she chose comes from the book of  Ecclesiastes 3:14 .

"I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him."

Everything God does is forever - for me that means His many promises to me. I could write a very long book filled with all the wonderful messages and gifts He has given me but for today I will share one quick story.  

One of our children is mentally handicapped. When we adopted her as a 3 month old we did not know of this handicap and I was blind (or in denial) to it for a couple of years. When I finally took her to a neurologist I was told that her malnutrition as an infant in Korea had caused brain damage and that we would not know the extent of that until she was older. It was an incredible blow to me. That night while my husband was taking night college classes and I was home with our 4 children I broke down at the foot of her crib. I cried and ranted and raved at God telling him this was not what I wanted and that I could not handle taking care of a child with special needs! After a while I calmed down and on my knees accepted God's wish for me and us and asked (told) Him that I could NOT do it alone and that He better not ever leave me. The peace that I felt at that moment is indescribable! Katie is now 34 years old and He has never left either one of us.

His promise was and is forever! 

Kristine has a sketch challenge for us. That challenge is to follow the sketch to a "T" - not adding anything to it, or taking anything away from it.

Our sponsor this week is Sweet and Sassy Stamps and the winner can select 3 digitals of their choice. Be sure to check them out, they have a wonderful selection!

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters to see what they have to share this week:

Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps

Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow 

Peggysue Turner: Roses By My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough
Kristine Breach: Ink Something
MariLynn DeGroot - Mississippi McGyver
Sabrina Jackson - SJ Butterfly Dreams
Randi Barret: A New Creation (On break)

It is always great to see you, thanks for the comments!

Recipe:

Stamps: GKD - Warm with Love

Paper: GKD White
Designer Paper: PinkPaislee - Bayberry Cottage

Other: Ribbon

Challenges:

Rainbow Lady's - Inspired by the song "Some Enchanted Evening".

Do You Stack Up? - Animals.

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything goes

Crafting for all Seasons - Anything goes

Crazy Amigo Challenge -  Insects
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes