Joshua

Welcome back Joshua!

Most of you remember when Joshua was this short little guy that was in here with all the time.

The crosses he colored and painted back then were some of the most beautiful ones that were ever made in here too.

As he entered middle school things changed. As they do. We all can relate to that time in life, so I don’t have to go into that transition in life and how hard it is.

But, there became a time about a year ago that I was starting to accept that he may never work in here with me again.

I had always hoped and prayed he would. But, I knew it wasn’t up to me.

It was a long 7 years of patiently waiting.

Today, Joshua is a grown young man and is in here with me again. 🙂

And, he is working on all of the pendants now!

When I broke my thumb this March it became difficult for me to work on and hold the pendants. I honestly gave up on making them anymore and thats when that page became quiet.

Well… the pendants page on the website that was quietly going away, is now full of some awesome designs of Joshua’s! They are all premade and there will be new ones coming weekly.

There are even little live edge crosses that we went through all of the processes for that we would for milling lumber for the larger ones I make.

I’m so excited for him!

I will be quiet now and let ya’ll stop by the website and check them out.

Because this proud Dad could keep going.

https://divinecrosses.org/pendants

Man on a Mission

March 2020- Sept. 2024

Prayer, patience, and perseverance goes into everything we make. We recognize this approach from milling our own wood to drying it and preparing it ourslef is a little old fashioned. It’s just the way it’s done down here.

God willing.

Day and Night

The difference is like Day and Night. Literally! 💚

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One at a time

Would it be easier to precut a bulk amount of ribbons, put them in a box, and have them ready? Yes.

But, I prefer to make them one at a time and at the same time I make the cross that they will wrap around. They are made together, to fit together.

The person that this Cross of Hope is made for hasn’t been going through anything that is “easy.”

I’m not going to make it easy on myself in making them.

They are not a random person to me either and their ribbon won’t be a random one picked out of a box.

I just read your email Michael explaining what you’ve been going through and what God has done in healing you. As you said. You were given an 8% chance to live. And that in turn gave God a 92% chance to heal you.

You are a miracle! I’m blown away my Brother.

This is your ribbon on your walnut cross.

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New Navy Coin

The new U.S. Navy challenge coin for the Divine Sailor’s Cross!

Some of the things I cannot control are the making and designing of challenge coins. I kind of have to get what’s available or left over.

This will be the third design I’ve had to use for this Sailor’s cross since 2018.

It’s fitting, because the Navy designs and changes things more often than any other branch of service.

I have liked all three of them so far though! 🙂

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The night is ending.

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When the Storms come.

It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

Isaiah 4:6

It was my birthday, I was turning 40. That night I was putting the last of the siding up on the barn.

A storm came over the fields with quite a punch as the sun set.

As I screwed in the last piece of wood separating the inside from the outside, the wind became deafening.

It was too late to run inside the house for shelter. It was a little scary I admit. We built this place with our own two hands and only using three tools.

It was about to be tested...

I sat down on the floor against the Northwest wall of the barn which is what the wind was hitting the hardest. I could feel the wall swaying slightly with every gust. I could hear the cracks and groans of the poles as they were being tested.

I just sat there talking with God.

I was nervous.

But, he had us build this place for a reason. I trusted that he had me use all screws and no nails for a reason. I trusted that he had me do extra stuff that was code for structures built right on the water that weren’t “needed.” I trusted that he had us put every board in its place for a reason.

In short, I finished that heart to heart with these words.

I Trust You Lord.

It’s weathered many storms since that night in the past 9 years. God willing, it will weather many more.

When a storm comes. I feel safer in here than anywhere else. Working on crosses for Him.

Hope in the Lord.

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. Romans 5:3

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