Freshwater: Cookie Jar 2022

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Cookie Jar 2022

This year I used the sea glass paint method...mixed ModPodge and a little acrylic paint, then painted a few layers, with plenty of time to dry between. I printed a label I designed from Powerpoint, that simply reads "Cookies", and used the bright butterfly fabric to cover the lid since it had the closes colors. That bow over the twine "ribbon" is an earring I found at a thrift store. I just glued it onto the knot.

Apparently it worked! We went to the fair last Tuesday to see all the exhibits, and for the first year ever, my cookie jar was wearing a blue ribbon!!!!!!!!