"Like a Little Candle" and Thrifty Finds

 

I love to go thrift shopping.

Probably too much.

It's the thrill of the hunt.

I think I could open a shop.

We find that funny, but our husbands don't!

 

I have found several (more than several) things recently but today is a simple post.

 

 

I'm sure you are like me, that when you shop, certain things just "jump out at you".

Some things you may have to think about,

but others there is no thinking twice.

That's how it was with this white porcelain candle holder,

and the hand-stitched doily it is sitting on.

 

 

 The colours are pretty and I like how the flowers are out-lined in black.

I have black accents in my main living area.

It makes the white "pop".

 

 

The edging is so pretty too.

 

 

It's been hot here the last few days.

I am not complaining at all.

Soon the cold months will be here and I'll be wishing for summer again.

But even in the summer,

I still like to have a candle or two on in the evening.

It helps to make the evening cozy.

 

 

I picked up the wicker tray at our Salvation Army thrift shop for one dollar.

The low prices are part of the thrill of the hunt.

Actually, everything you see there are thrift shop and flea market finds.

 

 

The insulators were half off at an antique market.

The white roses (fake) were found at thrift shop.

I enjoy making it all work together.

 

 

 

In my last post, I shared about the children's hymn, "Jesus Loves Me."

You can read about that here.

As I was researching it, I found out that the author's sister wrote, "Jesus Bids us Shine."

I've been singing it for the last week.

When I lit this candle, it made me think of the song.

 

It was hard to find a simple video, but I finally did.

This little girl is singing it for her grandparents.

 

 

To read more about Susan Warner, go here.

Susan and her sister Anna lived together on Constitution Island.

Neither ever married.

Together they produced over 106 publications.

They started writing to help with much needed finances.

They both taught the students at West Point about the Bible.

They are the only civilians buried at West Point.

 

It doesn't take much to be a light to someone in your small corner.

A smile, a call, a baked good, a card.

If you are a follower of Jesus, then shining your light will be a natural expression.

That expression is who God made you to be.

Your world needs your light.

"You in your small corner and I in mine."

 

 

 

Blessings to you,

 

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Paint, Lace, and Old Hymn Pages

...is what I used for this...

 

 

I kinda like how it turned out.

I knew I wanted to Mod Podge something on the top of the table,

I just wasn't sure what.

 

 

I decided on using some hymn pages from an old hymnal.

A few years ago, an antique store had a clearance section of old books.

I snatched up quite a few hymn books for projects.

 

 

I pulled out pages with titles that ministered to me.

 

 

I arranged them first and then put a small piece of frog tape on so they would stay together.

(You could also use sticky tack underneath, I just didn't have any)

 

I thought there would be less of a chance of the paper ripping

when I took the tape off if I used the Frog Tape.

 

I made a crease all around the table except for the straight edge.

Then I carefully flipped the whole thing together and cut along the inside of the creased line,

and then put it back on top of the table.

 

 

I applied Mod Podge on the table a bit at a time starting at one end,

and immediately putting the sheets on.

(It was hard to take pictures doing this part)

Then I very carefully took the tape off and applied Mod Podge several times to the entire top.

A small amount of the ink came off when the tape came off but it actually adds to the vintage look.

 

 

There were a couple of air pockets but they eventually worked themselves out.

(That's why you have to do a bit at a time! It dries pretty quick.)

Give it a few coats to glue it and seal it.

 

 

Beautiful titles to some old hymns.

 

 

I painted the piece of the table where the lace is black, but it just didn't look right.

Then I thought about gluing some flat lace on top.

I have to say it adds a nice vintage touch.

 

 

Paint, Lace, and Old Hymn Pages

 

 

The table is sealed with clear wax with touches of dark wax for the distressed look.

 

 

I made my own chalk paint from Lowe's Olympic ICON,

and the colour of the paint is Brandied Pears.

If you're looking how to make your own chalk paint,

check the video below.

 

 

The recipe I use is: 3 tablespoons plaster of paris mixed with two tablespoons of warm water.

Stir the mixture well into one cup of latex paint of your colour choosing.

 

 

Before and After

 

 

I'm working on a little vignette for the table.

 

But that's for another post.

 

Have a great day!

 

Blessings, 

   

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The Old Rugged Cross





This beloved hymn is 102 years old.

The words and melody were written and composed by George Bennard.

He was born in Youngstown Ohio in 1873.

George was the youngest of five siblings.

His father owned a tavern and after it burned,

the family moved to Iowa where his father worked in a mine.

His father died at the age of 49 from an accident, and so George,

at the age of 16, went to the mine to work as well to help support the family.

 

Soon after his father's death,

 George met his Saviour while at a

Salvation Army service.

 

George would serve as an officer along with his wife in the Salvation Army.

He later became a part of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

He traveled and ministered most extensively in the states of Michigan and New York.

 On one occasion, after returning home to Michigan,

 he passed through a deeply trying experience,

 which caused him to reflect intensely upon the significance of the cross of Christ

 and what Paul meant when he spoke of entering into the suffering of Christ.

 It was this difficult experience and the conviction,

which resulted in his heart concerning the importance of the cross

that gave birth to the hymn that bears his name.

 

For some time “The Old Rugged Cross” was in composition in the heart and mind of Rev. Bennard. Only a small portion of the hymn came to mind:

 "On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross . . .”

Here the hymn remained until some youths heckled him at one of the revivals he was preaching. After this experience, the rest of the words came quite freely.

 

The complete version was sung for the first time during a two week

revival meeting at the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon Michigan.

The inspiration came to me one day in 1913, when I was staying in Albion, Michigan. I began to write “The Old Rugged Cross.” I composed the melody first. The words that I first wrote were imperfect. The words of the finished hymn were put into my heart in answer to my own need. 

"I seemed to have a vision . . . I saw the Christ and the cross inseparable,"

he wrote in his memoirs

 Shortly thereafter it was introduced at special meetings in Pokagon, Michigan on June 7, 1913. The first occasion where it was heard outside of the church at Pokagon was at the Chicago Evangelistic Institute. There it was introduced before a large convention and soon it became extremely popular throughout the country.

 

Evangelist Billy Sunday, an Iowa native,

popularized the hymn with his nationally broadcast radio show.

By 1939, more than 15 million copies of the hymn had been sold and numerous recordings made.

 Following the writing of “The Old Rugged Cross,”

 Bennard ministered an additional forty years.

 During this period, he wrote additional gospel hymns, numbering more than 350,

including “Have Thy Way, Lord,”[3] “Pentecostal Fire Is Falling,” and “Love Never Faileth.”

 But none of his subsequent hymns ever received the wide public acclaim,

 which was given to his first hymn.

Bennard, who played a guitar but not piano,

was known as a persuasive speaker and sharp dresser, yet humble and sincere.

Bennard's first wife, Willaminta, died, and in July 1944

 he married Hannah Dahlstrom, who was his accompanist.

 The couple eventually retired to Ashton, Mich. 

 

    On October 9, 1958, at the age of eighty-five,

 Bennard, the holiness evangelist and songwriter,

passed from this life, exchanging his “cross for a crown.”

He spent the last few years of his life a few miles north of Reed City, Michigan.

Near his home where he spent these last years, a twelve-foot-high cross was erected,

and still remains, with the words emblazoned upon it,

 

‘The Old Rugged Cross’

Home of George Bennard,

composer of this beloved hymn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lyrics

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the Dearest and Best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Refrain

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.

 

 

 

 

I am so grateful for the sacrifice that Jesus made for me.

He took my shame.

He took my sickness and disease.

He took my fears.

His blood covers me and cleanses me.

I am so grateful.

My Saviour, my Friend.

 

Have a blessed Easter weekend.

 

 

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Amazing Grace

 

Tonight I shared about the author of the famous hymn "Amazing Grace"...John Newton.

We hear this song sung or played at so many functions but a lot of people are not aware of its history.

 

John Newton was born in 1725 in London, England.

His father was a shipmaster.

His mother died just before John's 7th birthday.

His father remarried two years later.

John spent two years in a boarding school and then at age 11 went to sea with his father.

 

In 1743 Newton was forced into the service of the Royal Navy.

He tried to defect and was punished in front of a crew of 350.

Newton was stripped to the waist and tied to the railing and received

a flogging of eight dozen lashes and reduced in rank to seaman.

Disgraced and humiliated Newton contemplated murdering the captain

and then throwing himself overboard.

Later while on route to India, he transferred to a slave ship bound for West Africa.

The ship carried goods to Africa and traded them for slaves to be shipped

to England and other countries.

Newton caused problems on this ship as well,

 so he was left in West Africa with

a slave dealer where he was subjected to mistreatment and abuse.

He was rescued, and on the way home a severe thunderstorm overtook the ship he was in.

As the ship was filling up with water quickly, John cried out to God to spare his life.

This began his conversion to Christianity, however Newton continued to work in the slave trade.

 

"I cannot consider myself to have been a believer in the full sense of the word,

 until a considerable time afterward."

 

John Newton continued in slave trading until 1754 when he suffered a stroke.

Newton studied and became a priest in June 1764.

He was known for his pastoral care.

William Wilberforce sought his advice about leaving politics.

Newton encouraged him to stay in Parliament and "serve God where he was".

(Free card from Little Birdie Blessings.)

This was the front of the postcard I gave the ladies.

 

In 1788, thirty four years after retiring from the slave trade, Newton broke

his silence by writing a pamphlet called, "Thoughts Upon the Slave Trade"

 

John Newton lived to see the passage of passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807.

He died seven months later.

 

Amazing Grace was written in this vicarage and was published in 1779.

 

It is the most famous of all the hymns.

 

(This is the back of the postcard)

 

Here is a beautiful rendition of Amazing Grace by Celtic Woman.

 

 

There is a movie called Amazing Grace. Here is the trailer for it.

An excellent movie by the way.

 

 

Aren't you grateful for God's grace in your life?

I know I am.

None of us deserved God's grace.

We have all done things that we are ashamed of.

It doesn't matter what our background is or what our experiences in life have been.

We all need God's grace.

So be encouraged today.

It is God's grace extended to you that saves you, keeps you, and uses you for His glory.

Such an amazing grace!

How sweet the sound.

 

Blessings,

 

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On Tuesday evenings I volunteer at the Windsor Life Centre.

I always do devotions with the ladies

 and I create a postcard about what I talked about for them to keep.

 

Tonight I shared the hymn written by Louisa M. R. Stead

She was born in England in 1850 and travelled to America to be a missionary in 1871.

She eventually married and they had a daughter named Lily.

One day they were enjoying a lovely picnic together when they heard cries for help.

Louisa's husband rushed to help a boy who was drowning and as often happens the rescuer becomes the victim as well.

Louisa and Lily helplessly stood by.

Louisa was a widow and struggled to make ends meet.

Food was a scarcity but God always miraculously supplied their needs.

People would drop food off at the front or back door.

Homemade pies would be baked.

In her sadness and despair Louisa penned the words of a beautiful hymn.

 

I encouraged the ladies to persist in their relationship with God even when life hurts at times.

Beauty can be seen in pain.

So many others have penned glorious hymns because of the pain or suffering that they endured.

The hymn, "It is well with my soul" was written after the loss of his children.

We have been blessed with these precious words because of the pain of others.

We are blessed because of the pain that Jesus endured on the cross.

It seems odd to say, but if you remain strong in the faith in the midst of your trial, there is a strength that others who know you or know of you can be blessed by.

This is the front of the postcard. I made it using PicMonkey. After playing around I decided to make it look like a school paper with practice writing.

Feel free to use it. I print these out on postcard paper from Staples,

 which has four postcards per page.
Right click to "Save As" and then in that folder,

Double click on the picture and then click the Print button. Choose the print option for four pictures. Then change the number from 1 to 4. (You'll see the four pictures show up on the screen)

I always uncheck "Fit picture to frame" (It fits everything on when printing)

 

This is the back of the postcard. Put the picture side of the postcard up in the printer and the words will print on the back.These are the words of this precious hymn.

You can listen to this beautiful hymn below. I like how this girl sings it.

 

 

If you're facing some type of hardship, I encourage you to stay in the race and trust the Lord for everything. Let God use your situation to be a blessing in some way to others.

 

 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.

Proverbs 3/:5-6

 

Blessings



A Touch of Hymn

 

One of the many things that I enjoy doing

 is transforming an object from one state to another.

Kinda like when God gets a hold of us (or we let Him!)

We are transformed from glory to glory. 

 I guess it's in the genes!

 

 

So when I'm "thrifting",

 I'm always looking at something to see if there is a use or a potential for use.

When I saw this "candle box", I saw potential.

I just needed some paint, some modge podge, and some pages from an old hymnal.
(I get my Modge Podge from Michaels)

I painted the box black.

 I like to have pieces of black in my home

 because it stands out and also helps to show up everything else.
I  purchased some old hymn books last summer for 25 cents each.
You can read that post here.
I ripped a few pages out and pre-arranged how I was going to display them.
I applied a coat of modge podge first and then put the first sheet down. I covered that with modge podge and applied the next sheet and so on and then gave the finished look  a few more coats.

This is what I put in the box and it doesn't look too bad.
But it's a candle box right?
And how pretty would the words of the hymn look
with the glow of candle light!

Still have the fake snow in the jar. Looks good with the black.

I chose the words to this hymn to remind me
 of the price that was paid for my salvation.

A little touch of purple for spring?

It doesn't take much time or money to create a unique piece.

Once I start I want to keep going. So I did.

But that is for another day to share.

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Blessings,

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Jennifer Rizzo