Winter BRRRR

I don't know about you but it seems the older I get the faster time seems to slip away. Hindsight almost seems to come before the event. LOL. Hibernation might be in order with all of this white stuff that is accumulating outside. It is quite a change from when we were young. The snow glistening while building snow forts and even working in it was a fun time. Now it is more comforting to sit inside and look at it and reminisce on what it was like back then. Those memories were happy ones for the most part but the past is gone. Today is here to be lived and, no matter what may be happening, there are memories being made. Retrospect is a good thing if we learn from the life that went before. It has often been stated that " If only we could be born with the knowledge we now have." The problem with that is the knowledge would not be connected to a life lived or a memory lived within that life. In other words no wisdom would be available to make that knowledge come to life. The whole of the book of wisdom in the bible is directed to living life and seeking wisdom. Knowledge is the beginning and wisdom is, hopefully, the end result. There are no shortcuts or magic potions to make that happen. Learning from living is the most complete teacher of knowledge. Living is the wisdom part of living and learning. Without both, neither are of any use. 

Sounds easy doesn't it? It isn't! If only we could bottle everything we experience just before we are called home and give it to someone to drink to preserve the life within it! That would not work either. The process of gaining knowledge, absorbing wisdom from it that can be passed on is an ever present, ongoing process. It is never really finished. The nice part is that it is already written down for us. It is called the Bible. There is a life guide and wisdom for living already there for us and it was all hard won and preserved. This does not release us from living life. It only works if the life you have right now is experienced in the here and now. Life is ever changing as are the things we experience in the here and now and going forward. The Word of God in the Bible is our guide.

I have a card to share that was sent out in December. It is a rather special card since it is not what you might call traditional. The image was designed by the craft shop owner that Jill and I love to frequent when we are able to make the trip to Ephrata, Pa in Amish country. The image was given to me and was perfect for making the card. Sorry folks she is Mennonite and has no computer. I don't know if she does mail order.

 I cannot find the menu of colors used. The crown is made from die cut glitter paper pieces from my stash, the die is Spellbinders Antiquities, and the blue gems are are from Coastal Stickers. The red gems are taken from  two heart embellishments that Maria F. sent in a gift package. The burlap and black card stock is from my stash. The sentiment was created  with Microsoft Word, (NOT and easy task), fussy cut and everything was attached with Sookwang tape. Here is the inside.

This is a Cottage Cutz Christmas die. It is delicate to say the least. It took three tries before it could be die cut without tearing it. Fun! Jill has a gizmo that I ran the die through to put the sticky shtuff on the Sentiment. Worked pretty good but I still had to clean the excess off to attach it to the inside of the card. More Fun.

That is it for now. I hope to have an image finished by the time of the next post. It is a full 8.5 X 11 card stock image. Until then, God Bless and remember to Love The Details.