Monday, February 15, 2016

'SHIN WHEEL'  Hebrew letter meaning El Shaddai, Almighty God

These KLJ earrings are made in the customary way, with hand chasing and repousse.  The look is really unusual.  They can be made in bronze, copper or silver, also in the size of your choice.  The diameter of these is 1 3/4 inches. You won't find anything like it anywhere, especially with the message which is most important.

 El Shaddai is one of God's names, revealing His character, multi-faceted, although He is unchanging...the One and only eternal God, Creator of the universe, working out His will and fulfilling His Word, often in mysterious unexpected ways.  He is totally outside of our box and the most exciting Being to know.  Wow, imagine that.  He wants us to know Him and has made the way through His Son!

Notice the design of these earrings makes a wheel.  Wheels move and this is what God is powerfully doing.  If we will give Him first place in our lives, we may see what He is doing in the small and large things...best of all, we can learn to hear His voice and move with Him.  All He does is fitting with His character, based on love.  He is working everything out for good, so we can come into His rest and trust Him.  This is perfect peace....Shalom!

God first revealed His name of El Shaddai, when He made His eternal covenant with Abraham to make him a great nation...to make him a great nation, and this specific nation a blessing to the whole world.
The Messiah came into the world through Israel and He is returning there, where God's Holy Name is placed....God will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel. Genesis 12:2-3

According to His purpose, He has chosen this tiny nation to reveal who He is to to the entire world.  When not in line with His ways, according to His Word, they were disciplined severely. We who are not Jewish have been grated into God's Vine by His grace and mercy.
...ours is not to judge, but walk in mercy.  The calling is high for all who know Him and not to be taken lightly or complacently.  The goal is for His Kingdom to be established here on earth and for many to come into His amazing love! 

Monday, January 4, 2016

Shalom Sign

Shalom is a beautiful word. Here you have it both in English and Hebrew, designed using chasing and  dapping tools for the repousse effect above and reverse repousse below.  The metal is brass, but I polished it without cleaning off the oxidation from annealing the metal for the look of antiquity.
Recently, I had a wonderful opportunity to join friends traveling in Israel.  Everyone uses 'Shalom' there as a greeting, 'Hello' or 'Goodbye', but it means so much more than that.  Shalom means completeness, wholeness, health, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of discord or strife, with nothing missing or broken.  Shalom comes from the root verb shalom meaning to be complete, perfect and full.  This I always longed for deep in my heart, but never found it until I met the Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom, who is Jesus, Yeshua.  Without Him is no shalom.  Choosing to walk with Him each day, with its twists and turns, challenges and victories, often closes with amazement at how things worked out... "How did You do that, Lord?"
"The LORD bless you and keep you, the LORD make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up His countenance on you, and give you... SHALOM."  Numbers 6:24-25