After looking at it, I thought, I should be able to do better. Setting to work, I started my journey, however, at the time I was unaware that God had called on me. I made several crosses, each one an improvement. Well, I got side tracked, as I am prone to do, and started making Noah's Ark piggy banks. However, with the encouragement of my family, I went back to the crosses. I made a few, using a pattern. I didn't like the duplication process doing the same thing over and over. Then one day as I was working in my shop. I felt the call of God, telling me to just let go, and let Him be my guide. With that in mind I put the wood to the saw creating a freehand cut cross.
I was astonished and pleased with the results. I truly believe God is guiding my hands and has given me a gift. Now, each day as I am working I see the beauty that is part of life by giving control to God. I know that each cross is being made for just one special person, that God has already chosen. I use rare and exotic woods, creating some of the most exquisite forms of the Christian cross one can find anywhere. Each is unique and a work of art.
What to do with all of these crosses--my walls are full. In the Fall of 2007 God led me to open a small shop in the prestigious Dallas Galleria and the Collin Creek Mall for the 2008, just for the Holiday season. There I received affirmation, that my cross designs and use of the wood were praiseworthy and for display in many North Texas homes.
The Affirmation Cross (see photos) is the one that God revealed his face to me. This is the "Jesus in the Clouds"
cross (photo). The steps to this piece began with the ordering of the raw wood. Then, my choosing the piece from my stash of boards. Then cutting the cross. I cut four pieces, each a little different, from this particular board. I did not see the
"Jesus in the Clouds" at that time. It was not until a few months later and the finished cross was sitting on a shelf in my shop, that I looked up and saw the face of Jesus on the cross. A true affirmation, I felt, that each of of these crosses are truly blessed.
I realize a great deal of personal satisfaction of working with the beautiful wood that God has created. Most are polished and "soft to the touch".
Now with this web-site, I am hoping you also may enjoy my/his work.
Letting go and letting God take control.
By the way, I still owe my daughter a stool.
Thank you,
Kim
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