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The vibrant colors of spring inspire us in many ways, including themes for our BQ journals. The Spring Showers trio set provides us with several options for rainy day pages. The umbrella is fun to decorate in a variety of ways! If you're feeling melancholy on stormy days, there are scriptures reminding us that these moods are temporary and our refuge in the Lord is eternal . I found some raindrop washi tape to use for the border and used some floral stickers to embellish the umbrella. For a little more splash, I added some rain boots to the other two templates. One is open and the other has stitch lines dividing the page for you. I used the 8.5 x 11 version to add this stitched one into my Monthly Bible Quilt Journal . I started with searching for verses on rain while I was sitting outside enjoying a gentle rain. Then I incorporated a verse from our 30 Days of Redemption series and finished it out with verses on being cleansed. I loved this one that tied all these loose threads together: "You heavens above, RAIN down my righteousness; let the CLOUDS SHOWER it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation SPRING up, let righteousness flourish with it. I, the Lord, have created it." Isaiah 45:8 I'm excited to see what creative themes you pursue for these spring-y templates ! Please share in the Comments below or in our BQ Facebook group . #spring #biblequiltjournal #monthlybiblequiltjournal #aprilshowers #springshowers #rain #rainyday #umbrella #cleansed #renewal #redemption

Happy Spring, my friends! Hope you're enjoying all the blossoming of spring . Spring rains inspired a new set of templates : Spring Showers Trio Set We're digging into our 30 Days of Redemption series this month. All the set-up details are in that post. Halfway through: love how these verses build us up throughout the month! Some of us got a jump start on our April pages with the Crosses on Stained Glass craft night . It's not too late to check out that post for the Recap or to watch this process video to walk you through some options re: this fun page. Last year's 30 Days of Resurrection may have some scriptures you'd like to use on the Stained Glass Crosses template , too. Related posts for Easter pages: Using BQJ templates Vertically The Days Leading to Easter BQ Community We had a fun chat on Zoom to talk about Easter activities and ways to use hymns in our #biblequiltjournal pages. Our next Zoom will be on April 20th . You're welcome to join us!! Locals, stop by the Bible Quilt Journal booth at the Sand Springs Arts & Crafts Fair on April 17th ! I'd love to see some friendly faces for BQ's first time to this type of venue! ABC Bible Quilt Journal Can you believe that we're already to "N" in our letter-of-the-week series? Here's a nifty page my neighbor, MaryJo, did: How's your Bible reading plan going? I got to read through the book of Ruth again this week and loved how it tied in to our monthly theme of redemption. Blog post: A Tale of Redemption During your Bible reading you may encounter some strong female characters. You can use the Women of the Bible templates to summarize their personal stories and highlight their attributes. What other ideas to you have that you'd like to create this month? Something for spring on the rainbow or butterfly templates ? All the beautiful Easter music has inspired some pages incorporating hymns or worship songs. Whatever you're creating this month, I hope you find solace and strength in His Word. BQ Newsletter 4-15-21 #30daysofredemption #april2021 #Easter #Heisrisen #monthlybiblequiltjournal #redeemed #spring #abcbiblequiltjournal #Nisfor__ #Oisfor__ #Pisfor__ #Qisfor__

- - - Good Friday tends to have us reflecting on the cross more than usual. This morning while I was walking my dog, enjoying all the blossoms of spring, the hymn "the Old Rugged Cross" kept coming to mind. Back at home I searched through my Mom's old hymnals and found a copy of the song to use for a BQ page. Reading through the lyrics again, I focused in on the phrase "dear Lamb of God" and chose a verse with this phrase included, which also happens to be one of our 31 Days of Redemption passages! I pulled out the cross stamp I found recently on clearance at Hobby Lobby and the page developed pretty quickly from there. The simplicity was just what my spirit needed. This page doesn't have many verses, but the process really impacted me on this holy day of remembrance of all Jesus gave up for us . I hope you're having some productive reflective time this weekend, too, my friend. #biblequiltingwithhymns #hymns #cross #oldruggedcross Using Old Hymns in your Bible Quilt Joy to the World