A previous post from August of last year and a reminder of a hope and a choice that bears repeating in our world today. God bless! ~M
Tag Archives: 2013
PERSEVERANCE
Photograph of Puget Sound from Eerie Mountain in Skagit County.
What will you persevere in accomplishing in 2014?
Santa has left the building!
Colored Pencils & Pastels on Gray Paper – 14×12 inches – Mark Schutter ©2013
Here is hoping everyone’s wishes came true this Christmas and offered prayers for a blessed and Happy New Year for each of us!!! ~M
Dun Che Lao Ren
“Christmas Old Man”
“Dun Che Lao Ren” is Chinese for “Christmas Old Man,” and how Christian children in China refer to Santa Claus. Muslin stockings are specially made and hung by the children on Christmas Eve, hoping they will be filled with wonderful gifts on Christmas!
Crayon and ink wash drawing, 8×11 inches, border added using PicMonkey.
Life … is an Adventure!
A wonderful quote taken from the book ‘Battles Men Face‘ by Gregory L. Jantz, PhD and so true!
Dr. Jantz is a Christian author, Founder of A Place of Hope which is ranked #1 for depression treatment and host of the weekly radio show Overcoming on Mondays at 1 pm PT.
Life is meant to be lived fully and if you are not engaged you are settling for less. As we are in the season where miracles are more easily believed, purpose to live the rest of your days with no regrets! Merry Christmas! ~M
Related articles
- Just Thoughts, Not Life Itself (psychologytoday.com)
- Always the Victim (psychologytoday.com)
- Depression and the Holidays; the Top Three Cues We Miss (faithinspires.wordpress.com)
Do You Believe in Miracles?
Photo taken by Carri Schutter of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on November 30, 2013. Edited using PicMonkey, online photo editing. So do you believe in miracles? ~M
Reach for the Light
always reach for the light
when lost in the night
Christmas spirit abounds
deeper magic sounds
eternity forever resides
within the hearts’ tides
light overcomes the dark
when love casts a spark
from power that’s given
we begin truly livin’
a flame forever burning bright
illuminating the black night
~Mark ©2013
(This poem was written based on inspiration from John 1:5 “The light shines in the darkness but the darkness has not understood it.” and it seemed this simple colored pencil drawing I completed previously and then edited using PicMonkey complemented it perfectly. God Bless!)
