“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—”
Ephesians 2:8
Got lots to work on but I enjoyed practicing with this song from Hillsong. ❤️
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.”
Psalm 136:1
I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
When we view life as a race, we have this tendency to compete and win at all cost, sometimes even forgetting our values and trampling on other people’s worth just to emerge as winners, successful or powerful people. God gave us a life to travel along with Him, to journey and enjoy each moment. When we race through life, we do not stop and smell flowers. That is contrary to what life is about. Learn to slow down, to enjoy each moment, to rest in His love and to trust in His purpose. Learn to trust the journey. ☺
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm 59:16
Doodling on my notebooks during classes or meetings had been an act out of boredom. I have always thought that I am made to read or write or both. And that was what I have been gladly pursuing. However, we have such a generous God. As I was not contented with just reading and I have been struggling with writing as I often find myself on dead ends or literally no ending, a new journey opened up for me.
So I expanded my horizons and started exploring lettering second half of last year. There were moments where I felt like I’m getting nowhere, and whenever I compare my work to those amazing works of people I follow on Instagram I sometimes get frustrated. But since lettering relaxes me, I pushed on. Later on, I worked with water colours, which at first I was hesitant to try because I felt it was messy and I’m not really artistic, I couldn’t draw properly, all the excuses thinkable. But I love colours and so I dived in the water colour adventure and it was soooo satisfying! Even when I couldn’t draw an identifiable stuff, just spreading those colors all over the paper was like a massage! ((:
I still have that “I will publish a book” in my list. I scrapped everything from the first draft of the book and restarted on it again few months back. But at times that I do not feel any inspiration or idea that I can add to it, I take comfort in the stuff that I can do and that relaxes me. You can say it’s like trying to feel useful and productive, maybe. (: And I found that lettering is like sharing about stuff of my interest in a lively, colourful and simple way. With that, I am adding another category to this wordpress of mine DJLetters where I will share my lettering journey/blog. Or you can follow me @djletters on Instagram where I do post more often. (:
Pixies & Stardust 