Adorned With Beauty

Fall is such a beautiful season with the trees adorned by color. Each leaf is like a jewel on a branch.  The leaf shimmers in the sun as the beams of light sift through it.  God has a way of beautifying His creation in nature. As the leaf burns bright, so also God adorns His Bride, The Church.

Yes, as believers in Christ, we are His Bride And He is our Bridegroom.  In verse 10 in Isaiah 6, our trademark verse, the Word of God describes the Lord clothing His believers with garments of salvation and a robe of righteousness.  Isaiah, the author, describes a bridegroom that decks himself like a priest, with a beautiful headdress, and a bride, adorning herself with jewels.

My daughter, Rachel and my new son in law, Chase

What a beautiful picture of Christ, the bridegroom and Believers as a the bride. We are adored by Jesus and we look forward to being restored, gathered together at the wedding feast. Until that day, we are to shine and bring Him glory.

Catherine Pearl Necklace

“ I will greatly rejoice in the Lord: my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.” Isaiah 61:10

Pray Necklace

As believers we are to share the Good News! Our mission at Peony Market is to have beautiful gifts to share; gifts that demonstrate our love for those we care about. Peony Market’s jewelry line is a sweet way to give a perfect gift for those you cherish, including yourself!  Enjoy the shop on our website and share our journal to encourage someone you know.  Also, mark your calendars for November 11th and 12th for our Fall Market!

Live each day knowing that God loves and pursues you.  Each day is an opportunity to live intentionally by reading His Word, Exercising, and Serving and Shining for Him. Know that you are Adorned with Beauty, His beauty as Believers in Christ; therefore, Go and Share God’s love.  

Remember, as believers we are his Bride Adorned With Beauty!

Gratefully,

Sharon 

Be the Key

This past Thursday and Friday, Peony Market hosted a Fall gathering to begin the holiday season.  The theme of the gathering was Freedom.  God offers us freedom by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, forgiving our sins and giving us the gift of eternal life. Therefore, as believers in Christ who are truly free, we can do our part to help others by being the hands and feet of Christ.

I was introduced to a non profit this year called “Uncaged” that fights the ravages of sex trafficking. At Peony Market, we are fully on board to help Uncaged provide healing and restoration for precious girls rescued from the bondage and shame of sex trafficking. 

My friend, Kim Westfall, is the founder of Uncaged. Through her extensive travels to various parts of the world, Kim shockingly discovered that there are truly girls held in cages by their wicked captors. God put on Kim’s heart the calling to help free these girls physically, emotionally and psychologically from the bondage of such trama.

As the hands and feet of Christ, we have the opportunity to join with Uncaged to help unlock these girls by providing funds to open their first sanctuary in Romania, a gateway to sex trafficking in Western Europe.  “Uncaged is creating sanctuaries where traffic survivors can live in peace and safety with access to everything they need; trauma therapy, spiritual care, education, medical services, vocational training, and also things like art, music and physical therapies. The goal is total transformation to launch survivors into a lifetime of freedom.”

Peony Market’s key necklace, which we called “Set Free,” was sold at our event to bring attention to our “Uncaged” initiative. We are donating to Uncaged 100% of the gross profits from the sale of the key necklaces.  Thanks to you, we sold all thirty necklaces at the event! I think this is just the beginning of how we can support Uncaged. We also are giving Uncaged 10% of the net profits from the sale of all the other items purchased at the event.

We are taking orders for more Set Free, Key necklaces to provide more funds for the future sanctuary in Romania.  Just as God provides for the birds, we can join Uncaged and provide shelter and care for these women.

“ Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap not gather into barns and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not of more value than they?” Matthew 6:26

 We are offering an iron frame from HomArt with a sketched sparrow with a pen and ink printing, “You are valuable to God” Luke 12: 6-7  designed by Twelve Stone Art. 

These are available soon online.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, we will be reminded of all of God’s provisions. The comforts of shelter and family.  The bountiful feast we will prepare together, the laughter and games we will share are treasured times. Family is so precious, so lets extend that love by giving to others. Love is limitless. Join us by supporting Uncaged and setting the captives free.

Blessings,

Sharon