Spring is a great time to try something new. Just like January 1, right? The days get longer, the weather gets warmer, the flowers are blooming!
Lettering is definitely not new to me, but I do like to do different things with it to keep me fresh and also practice. When my custom order list is long, I warm up with lettering challenges that I find by different letterers on Instagram.
This March I’ll be sharing with you those letterings and my devotional thoughts. I’m using James Montgomery Boice’s incredible commentary on Psalms to walk me through these each day. And I’ll also be talking about my favorite lettering resources, too.
By the end of the challenge, I hope to take all of the ombre brushlettered cards and make them into a Psalms memory ring!
Day 1 (I was going to post this last night but my mister needed the computer, and I wanted to go to bed). Psalm 3:3
I’ve loved this Psalm for about 15 years since I sung it as part of a choir at a church in NC. This is one of my favorites. I love this version by Brooklyn Tab. My mister will be singing it this spring as part of a choir tour – encouraging pastors and church members.
The Psalm is written by David. To say the least David is having a rough go of it. His life is in danger – by his son. When I’m anxious about anything I can tell you I don’t sleep very well. It is a fitful night of tossing and turning. And yet David says he woke up because the Lord was with him. That says he was very calm.
When we are being pressed in, have people that are after us, or accusing us, or being mean to us (yes, bullying happens as adults too), or we just are having a rough time, we can look at this verse and know the same God who rescued David is the same God who shepherds and rescues us.
He is a shield.
He lifts your head.
He is a near God who protects you.
“When a believer gazes too long at his enemies, the force arrayed against him seems to grow in size until it appears to be overwhelming. But when he turns his thoughts to God, God is seen in his true, great stature, and the enemies shrink to unimaginable proportions.” (JB Psalm 3)
Tools: Artistic Isle Watercolor, watercolor paper 140lb, large round brush (I get mine at Target), Crossway Psalter
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Day 2: Psalm 6
Day 3: Psalm 9