Making His Mark With BeautyKB, Inc’s world-wide motto is alive
Hip, Hip Hooray! Now our organization is seeing beauty emerge all around the world. When we changed our "slogan" from Loving Who You Were Divinely Created To BE to Reaching Through Chaos, Seeing True Beauty Emerge we did not quiet understand why - because we knew the first one was correct. However, we had to believe in what God saw beneath the chaos in order to find the faith which enabled our perseverance to help others not only see what we saw, but believe in it.
As we began telling women and children that they were desired, loved and had a reason to not be afraid, we saw them embrace the " idea" of hope. But as we stuck by them~ encouraging them to believe that even as God forsaken as life can feel at times, there are always lovely moments too; we noticed they were actually reaching out to grab onto that hope and tucking it away to protect it. But the day we understood with His understanding was when we saw His "beauty mark". It was the day that all the pieces collided to perfectly mesh. For the first time I know I saw the elusive Kaleidoscope Butterfly. Although it was one moment it was also many and there will be many more. Because as we are walking and relating to these lovely individuals God is revealing precious details which are transforming their minds to see that they, themselves, need to BE BEAUTY in this world of chaos.
We are witness to the fact that there is not a more beautiful sight than His hand reaching through their chaos to share in very real ways.
Our work is simple but true:
We believe True Beauty is as a seed planted within you, tenderly tucked into a deep, dark space. Alone with such dreams of grandeur, restlessly squirming, simply dying to be released! It truly believes there is something much larger and unique it is to be. It feels it could bestow beauty and goodness upon an unaesthetic world. “Just as the butterfly is always within the caterpillar – so too your beauty is fighting to take flight and ride the breeze. You are a kaleidoscope butterfly, a vision foreseen in the mind of the Great Divine. He delights in what you have to offer. He created you to rise above and be seen. So flutter your jagged, shattered pieces in His sunlight. His hand merges all our shapes in His time. To Him we are not missing or broken we are His Delight and perfect in His sight.
We make our request known and know it is His will:
Do not look with your eyes to perceive reality. Do not allow this world to diminish what He sees. Push through the weight trying to hold and bury you. Stand tall in His continence, mercy and grace. Reach up and out with your arms wide. Turn your face to be set on the sun. Allow your bud to blossom. Be open for all to see and embrace. Release the joy in your heart for their pleasure. Allow it to pour out, free. Keep it flowing till the scent of it rises - as a fragrant offering of what you believe all heaven can now see.
So allow us to encourage you "BE the Beauty in chaos no one can stop you – honest!"
With the Love of our Christ,
Kisses,
Candace
When created, we were envisioned as thriving, so why do we merely survive? Life is a creative journey, a story being continually told. Display your creative words, music and visions;allow them to encourage the lives of others.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sometimes You Must BE the Beauty in the midst of Chaos!
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Creativity Flowing Through Deeply Programs
One of the most wonderful aspects of being so connected with individuals on a regular basis is actually seeing how God is transforming thoughts, actions...LIVES!
I am so blessed to be able to watch individuals realize things about themselves, discover how they work and encourage them to keep picking themselves up, dusting off and laugh about it. God is so very good - all the time.
Knowing this is part of the encouragement we exemplify daily - We understand that *" life is not perfect, but it is the perfect plan". Back in the day we would say * "That's a Trip". Now, 30 years later I think I will dust that saying off and repurpose it, because "life is a trip!". We do not have to be so serious all the time. Whether it is a great day, a difficult day or just another day - when we keep it in perspective that this is only a journey and bad experiences are in "fact" just another experience. Only our perception of it gives it such power. In truth bad experiences have no more or less power in our lives than the really great experiences or the mundane.
Each day, we will awaken till we no longer do. That's a fact! Each day, we will choose our emotional responses and actions to the plethora of stimuli along the path of our moments. Each day will come to a close leaving it in the past. So today I am sharing thoughts made into something real, tangible and visible. That is what God created and you and I get to walk around in it - All....Day....Long...
Now That is something to get excited about - We are "Living His Dream"!
Deeply Homework:
What do you dream about???
What do you envision????
Take out a piece of paper, if you don't desire to draw it make it from things you find. Just get it out there - that all just attempt it. Write about it, make it a song - a poem - a jingle ..Make up a category, your unique so don't put yourself in anyone elses' box. "Be the Box" _just kidding I hear some line from a movie going resounding my head =D
In Group Tomorrow we will do more on this - Today Just Be - Who God Divinely Created You To Be.....and Loved IT!
Kisses,
Candace
I am so blessed to be able to watch individuals realize things about themselves, discover how they work and encourage them to keep picking themselves up, dusting off and laugh about it. God is so very good - all the time.
Knowing this is part of the encouragement we exemplify daily - We understand that *" life is not perfect, but it is the perfect plan". Back in the day we would say * "That's a Trip". Now, 30 years later I think I will dust that saying off and repurpose it, because "life is a trip!". We do not have to be so serious all the time. Whether it is a great day, a difficult day or just another day - when we keep it in perspective that this is only a journey and bad experiences are in "fact" just another experience. Only our perception of it gives it such power. In truth bad experiences have no more or less power in our lives than the really great experiences or the mundane.
Each day, we will awaken till we no longer do. That's a fact! Each day, we will choose our emotional responses and actions to the plethora of stimuli along the path of our moments. Each day will come to a close leaving it in the past. So today I am sharing thoughts made into something real, tangible and visible. That is what God created and you and I get to walk around in it - All....Day....Long...
Now That is something to get excited about - We are "Living His Dream"!
Deeply Homework:
What do you dream about???
What do you envision????
Take out a piece of paper, if you don't desire to draw it make it from things you find. Just get it out there - that all just attempt it. Write about it, make it a song - a poem - a jingle ..Make up a category, your unique so don't put yourself in anyone elses' box. "Be the Box" _just kidding I hear some line from a movie going resounding my head =D
In Group Tomorrow we will do more on this - Today Just Be - Who God Divinely Created You To Be.....and Loved IT!
Kisses,
Candace
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*Quote from "Gallery of Truth"
*Quote from "Trip Fall Fly"
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Examples of Deeply Artwork
These pieces are going up in the Glimpse of His Glory art exhibit "Sancuary" They are not the final work of art so be sure and stop by the gallery and see all the artist work. Glimpse of His Glory is within Johnson Ferry Baptist Church click on this link for more information about their gallery ministry. http://www.johnsonferry.org/gallery.aspx
Sanctuary Exhibit viewing dates
February 25 through April 10 of 2011
Be sure and snoop around the site for ways you grow in your understanding, faith and walk with God. It's a great place to come in and be fed -
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Creativity Speaks is the foundation for our Deeply Series.
Daily you can get a nugget to journal from by having us send you the post from our daily encouragement through "Journey of the Kaleidoscope Butterfly"~or simply log onto http://www.kaleidoscopebutterfly.org/ and pick a thought.....any thought and start your entries in your journal.
We meet monthly to encourage each other or daily on line. There are also weekly, and bi-weekly meetings. So check it out, or just share whatever you feel. We are very happy to post your ponderings here. After all.....ALL creativity speaks to us!
Be who you are...not who you think someone desires you to be ~ That's all.
Daily you can get a nugget to journal from by having us send you the post from our daily encouragement through "Journey of the Kaleidoscope Butterfly"~or simply log onto http://www.kaleidoscopebutterfly.org/ and pick a thought.....any thought and start your entries in your journal.
We meet monthly to encourage each other or daily on line. There are also weekly, and bi-weekly meetings. So check it out, or just share whatever you feel. We are very happy to post your ponderings here. After all.....ALL creativity speaks to us!
Be who you are...not who you think someone desires you to be ~ That's all.
I Am FreeI am freeFree to beBe all you desire…..Of you in meMy humble heart soarsOn wings of youYour love lifts it higher……Above all that displeases youShine your presenceFor all to seeNot me my master……But your divinitySoar and cover all unpleasantnessSwaddle the essenceAnd cuddle it tightRise in us all…..That which is pleasing in your sightGrow your seedLet it bear your fruitFeed all the ravished……Bring joy to their groundNourish your harvestFarm your lush fieldsSend out your abundance……To every lost soulRain down - ignite your powerStrike with lightening - connect your linksSpread like current - conduct the changeLight into the darknessWarmth onto the coldAir increases circulate…….Your spirit now flowsMy master; my allMy life is but youDead to my existence……Alive to serve youBe all I amLoose all I wasBind all you are……..My anchor; My StrongholdBy Candace Huffmaster©2005 all rights reserved
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Work by Kristi Parmer
My Face Against the Wall
Sometimes it seems:
As thought there’s no where else to go,
There’s nothing more to try
And no body on which to lean
When everyone is removed
And we are falling, falling down
The bottom that we hit
Forces out our last bit of air
With the bricks of the wall weighing in
Our eyes see no space left
Desperation is our cry; yet silence is what we hear
In the stillness of our sobs, the voice of truth is heard
As his love unstacks the forms
Although it seems all is a waste, and your lifeless body limp
They can steal but not destroy; your breath they may not take
I am always in control... my control respects your space
What they meant to hem you in
Actually saved your very life
Because now you seem my hands
Are placing the pieces of your life
All must move away, because your life is much too large
Bursting free, from the bondage of these walls.
As thought there’s no where else to go,
There’s nothing more to try
And no body on which to lean
When everyone is removed
And we are falling, falling down
The bottom that we hit
Forces out our last bit of air
With the bricks of the wall weighing in
Our eyes see no space left
Desperation is our cry; yet silence is what we hear
In the stillness of our sobs, the voice of truth is heard
As his love unstacks the forms
Although it seems all is a waste, and your lifeless body limp
They can steal but not destroy; your breath they may not take
I am always in control... my control respects your space
What they meant to hem you in
Actually saved your very life
Because now you seem my hands
Are placing the pieces of your life
All must move away, because your life is much too large
Bursting free, from the bondage of these walls.
Psalm by Kristi Palmer and Candace Huffmaster ©all rights reserved 2010
After speaking with Kristi about her picture and discussing it's meaning we spoke about Hezekiah feeling like this possibly. I have listed the text from God's Word Translation here for you to ponder this as we did.
Isaiah 38:1-20
1In those days Hezekiah became sick and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Give final instructions to your household, because you're about to die. You won't get well." 2 Hezekiah turned to the wall and prayed to the LORD. 3 "Please, LORD, remember how I've lived faithfully and sincerely in your presence. I've done what you consider right." And he cried bitterly. Then the LORD spoke his word to Isaiah, 5 "Go and say to Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: I've heard your prayer. I've seen your tears. I'm going to give you 15 more years to live. 6 I'll rescue you and defend this city from the control of the king of Assyria.'" 7 [Isaiah said,] "This is your sign from the LORD that he will do what he promises. 8 The sun made a shadow that went down the stairway of Ahaz's upper palace. I'm going to make the shadow go back ten steps." So the sun on the stairway went back up the ten steps it had gone down. 9 King Hezekiah of Judah wrote this after he was sick and became well again: 10 I thought that in the prime of my life I would go down to the gates of Sheol and be robbed of the rest of my life. 11 I thought that I wouldn't see the LORD in this world. Even with all the people in the world, I thought I would never see another person. 12 My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd's tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day. 13 I cried out until morning as if a lion had crushed all my bones. You ended my life in one day. 14 I chirped like swallows and cranes. I cooed like doves. My eyes were tired from looking up to heaven. I've suffered miserably, O Lord! Please help me! 15 What can I say now that he has spoken to me? He has done this. I will be careful the rest of my life because of my bitter experience. 16 Lord, people live in spite of such things, and I have the will to live in spite of them. You give me health and keep me alive. 17 Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you. 18 Sheol doesn't thank you! Death doesn't praise you! Those who go down to the pit cannot expect you to be faithful. 19 Those who are living praise you as I do today. Fathers make your faithfulness known to their children. 20 The LORD is going to rescue me, so let us play stringed instruments. We live our lives in the LORD's temple.
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