I am the director of a prison ministry that sends Bible studies to those incarcerated.
I have enjoyed crafts of all sorts all my life and now enjoy using my creativity to make small tags with scripture and encouraging words to include in those Bible study packets.
As I make each one (and I do bunches at a time) I pray especially for those who will receive them - that they will encourage those in what is most likely discouraging situations.
Others I make to abandon - praying they will be an encouragement and trusting God to place them in those hands where He needs them to be.
I thank God for the gift of creativity and thank Him for allowing me to use it for His work.
I pray to be open to His leadership in spreading the love of Jesus Christ to a hurting world.
I have found tremendous joy
in creating small pieces of artwork or making crafts and including Scriptures
with them. Whether I have given them as gifts, abandoned them in random places
for people to find who may need an encouraging word from God, contributed to a
specific outreach, or in some cases handed them directly to a stranger, God has
forever changed my life through this avenue. God has used this means of
communicating His message of love and hope to others to bless me in the
process. I always ‘pray while I play’, asking God to show me what Scriptures to
include, and He is always so faithful to guide in each step. I also pray for
each person who will find or receive my work.
This has become a passion
of mine, and I am continually humbled to know that I ‘get to’ play a small role
in God’s plan of reaching out to His world, so in desperately in need of His
love, by communicating His Word through creativity.
Hi, I’m Debbie Reed. I live in Minnesota with my husband and two adult children.
I’m a pretty crafty person, love to do all kinds of different art
projects.
I have been a Christian for about 35 years now. I love to encourage
people and try to give them hope in life.
I love making tags and bookmarks with encouraging Scripture on them and
leaving them around for people to find.
I always pray over the items I am working on, and I pray for God’s leading
and wisdom for what to put on each one.
I then pray for his direction and prompting as to where to leave each one
for the person that He intends it for.
It is such a joy to be used by God in this way. To be used as His Hands
and Feet to others in the world, spreading His Love.
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