Seeking the "Why?" by Heather J. Kirk

Zoom With ZO Breakfast Highlights

2023-05-03T05:55:00.000-07:00

The editors at ZO have been hard at work since we recorded Zo Breakfast last month. Enjoy this and the many artists that were a part of the "Touch of Blue" art contest I placed in. I will keep you all posted for when the full version and my highlight reel comes out. Until then, CHEERS! Heather

The 2nd is mine, titled "Three in One" by heather J. Kirk

Find my art as prints, home decor, and stationary at:
https://heather-kirk.pixels.com/featured/three-in-one-heather-kirk.html

Desertwood DaZe with Kathy Blaze: Episode 60 with Heather J. Kirk

2022-04-07T06:00:00.004-07:00

I loved this Kathy Blaze Jefferson, George O'Barts, Lyle Dillie and the rest of the Desertwood DaZe Team! Thanks for the chance to share and to just "hang out" my friend!

Pop-up Mercado and Xico's Steam Roller Print Workshop - Phoenix Art Detour 2022

2022-03-24T23:26:00.001-07:00

I'll have my books and art at the Pop-up Mercado and Xico's Steam Roller Print Workshop-Art Detour Event!

Xico, 829 N 1st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ March 27, 2022

10:00 AM until 4:00 PM

Explore relief prints with a fun, modern twist.

Shop local artisans! 3d and practical art, books, clothing, note cards and home decore!

Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather

Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk
and https://artofwhere.com/artists/heatherjkirk

Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com
and http://AEC.pixels.com

Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

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Raining Lights and What Must the People Know by Heather J Kirk in the Ea...

2021-12-23T22:29:00.000-07:00

Crazy stuff about this project! (Please Like and Share like Crazy - it is a beautiful message from our Heavenly Father)

1. Nobody gets to see or hear me cry...until now. Well, hear... still not see!
2. My cameras is throwing Magnificent balls of light through the heavens on this one. I can't explain!
3. As an editor, me leaving in a few stutters and grammatical errors is almost as hard as me leaving in the tears of vulnerability. But I can't imagine I could do it any better than this free-form stream-of-consciousness first time. I truly believe I felt God's grief at separation from us, His beloved, as I pondered this question ... and I believe it is meant to be experienced by you as well.
4. The Chosen Christmas Special posed the question, "What must the people know?" I start out a bit logical but partway through the Holy Spirit takes over. I believe this is what God wants all of us to know! How MUCH He loves us and longs to closed the distance or separation.
5. Though I was rushing for a December 25th timeline, it turns out this is not even remotely limited to Christmas, or even Easter, or Pentecost. It's about a God who has been in pursuit of us, in love, our entire lives!
6. And possibly the rarest thing of all, other than the video footage that I did take with a pretty wild dash-cam, I've used other people's art, photography and videos. This is rare as I am a photographer and artist myself, but that's what was meant to happen. The images are beyond what I could have provided in their specificity to the message if I'd searched my own bounteous reserves. Also, these are search word enabled much better than mine!
7. I believe God is fully capable of handling our questions and our doubts, and therefore I asked them straight up, and got some answers!
8. This is my gift and the Spirit's gift to you. There's no commercials, no third party, commercial monetization. But that doesn't mean you aren't welcome to also enjoy my poetry books, fashion, or art; or some of the art of the photographic contributors. Take a minute to Like, Subscribe, Explore, and Support. But most importantly, Pray!

Decisions decisions on how to name this post! Other options were:
"Open your heart to close the distance!" copyright Heather J Kirk
"Eavesdrop on my ride" copyright Heather J Kirk
"It's Raining Lights, Hallelujah!"
"What must the people know?" as per the question asked by The Chosen"Every good and perfect gift" (James 1:17)

Contributing Artists - Please visit and support (roughly in order of appearance by description):

The Chosen Christmas 2021 FB Header: https://www.facebook.com/InsideTheChosen ; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBXOFnNTULFaAnj24PAeblg

Tim Tebow with white sky-DSF0419: https://timtebow.com ; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jEkxDALxafWBSwNcl5N2g

The following can be found on: www.pexels.com

Image of rain and red and green lights: pexels-zhang-kaiyv-2672808

black and white hands apart pexels-matheus-viana-3354675

hand through water: pexels-ashutosh-sonwani-1669605

Hand with leaf with holes pexels-daria-shevtsova-1029844

Christ on cross and crown pexels-alem-sánchez-977657

Triple hand on glass:

cross in glass in light in hand pexels-italo-melo-2356140

jesus praying pre cross pexels-rodolfo-clix-1615776 / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jEkxDALxafWBSwNcl5N2g

Sands of time on beach pexels-ivan-khmelyuk-6982055

I love you in sand pexels-alleksana-7248767

baby toes in basket pexels-pixabay-161534

Close up blue water drop (altered colo=RED) pexels-bernyce-hollingworth-2702798

Other images: Wikimedia commons or free clipart. Please let me know if I've missed an attribution.

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Catholic Priests React to "The Chosen"

2021-07-01T04:24:00.002-07:00

Two Friars (yes, really!) review the Chosen. Interesting insights... and kinda funny.

They point out how with Jesus things are often "upside down."

Was Jesus a Catholic? OF COURSE NOT! Jesus was PRE-Denominational (my word)!

2021-06-29T04:00:00.000-07:00

Listen to this beautiful life testimony of the man who has played the Christ on film repeatedly. He speaks on the gifts of Humility and Mercy; and shares the stages of his faith:
1. Prayer
2. Expectant Faith
3. Surrender (and Relief/Rest)

In a culture that apparently likes to complain, compare and divide, the newest "controversy" is whether the new multi-season series about Jesus called "The Chosen" is 'too Catholic' or 'not Catholic enough,' or some such silliness.

My guess is that in the spiritual realm, the Big "S" - and father of lies - is mad as heck at this beautiful (hi)story-telling that is reaching millions and breaking barriers left and right.

YET, was Jesus a Catholic? OF COURSE NOT - Jesus was PRE-Denominational (my word)!

The show actually is the gospel - but a lot of extrapolated and created character development and dialog, and some compressing of multiple situations into connected stories (actually histories). Obviously much of the day to day dialogue and interactions between disciples was not written in the Bible, nor a full fleshing out of the disciples personalities, so The Chosen in that sense is not "true" per se. But as long as it does not contradict Scripture, neither is it 'false'. It is amazing, compelling, and sometimes heart-aching, soul-sustaining, storytelling.

But the actor, Jonathan Roumie, who plays the Messiah in "The Chosen," IS Catholic. He calls himself a born-again Catholic.Roumie grew up Greek Orthodox (in a mixed Irish and Egyptian family), and went to Catholic school, where he joined the Catholic Church through their catechism. (He says herein that the liturgy and sacraments are similar).

The testimony is beautuful, and actually brought tears to my eyes several times. POWERFUL! It is FASCINATING how a childhood passion (literally) and act on Jonathan's part became a prophetic act!

You can watch 'The Chosen' each release date on Youtube for 24 hours, then on the VidAngel App thereafter. It is free, with a pass it on donation option and related products as the soul funding source. That means it is the HUGEST EVER crowd funded project in history! Learn more on FB at The Chosen, on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheChosenSeries ; get the App 'The Chosen' on Google Play or Apple.

Want to read the original story for yourself? Try the Gospel of John as a starting point!

There are LOTS of translations, so may I suggest either the King James Version or NIV - both of which I grew up with. Here is an (affiliate) link to a Holy Bible that is most read and worn, pages falling out, in my household.

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Available as art on the wall, notebook, note card, pillow, shower curtain, t-shirt, ummm... you name it!

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Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather

Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk and https://artofwhere.com/artists/heatherjkirk

Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com and http://AEC.pixels.com

Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

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Leanin' (Psalm 86) - Michael Land - Official Music Video

2021-06-18T07:28:00.001-07:00

Soulful, funky, true!
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The Chosen Season 2 trailer (60 sec)

2021-06-17T02:17:00.000-07:00

They are going DEEP! Episodes 1-5 already released on Vid Angel App.

True story! of an extra in The Chosen’s Sermon on the Mount scene

2021-06-05T03:26:00.000-07:00

This clip speaks to speaking up...doing and saying what Jesus places on your heart.
Trust the reason -- even when you don't (yet) understand it! Sometimes we are afraid of offending or not wanting to disrespect a belief or a culture. But if God places something on your heart, it is His job, not ours, to prepare the soil and the timing. Trust!

"Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.” Exodus 4:12

As each episode is released, it is on Youtube for only 24 hours. But it is always free in the The Chosen VidAngel App (which you can cast to your tv). The show is crowdfunded. Feel free to just watch and enjoy ... or to donate and pay it forward: for others to watch and/or to fund future episodes and seasons!

https://thechosen.link/1Y1R7

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Listen to Guest Heather J Kirk on TALK the WALK Radio Show with Host Cristina Eve on Elation Radio

2019-09-30T02:56:00.000-07:00

Listen on September 30th, 8 PM MST (Phoenix) / 10 PM CST (Chicago). On-line at www.blogtalkradio.com/elationmagazine or by phone at 646-564-9842.
There will even be a time for questions. Get them ready!

Listen to TALK the WALK Radio Show with Host Cristina Eve on Elation Radio. Our guest on Monday, September 30th will be Heather J. Kirk, Author, Graphic Designer and Leader of Writing on Purpose / Writing for God Bible Study.

They will discuss Heather’s book of poetry We…a spirit seeking harmony for a world that’s out of sync and the changes in her life that brought the book about. Learn about the Bible Study and Writing Group, and what it took to get her to do what she knew God was calling her to do.

Finally, you are invited to meet Heather and her group at an exciting Literary Event. Full of books, activities, raffles, classes, contests and presentations, 50 authors and writing groups will gather at Meet Your Literary Community at presented by ASU’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. The event takes place at Phoenix Public Market, Saturday, October 5th, 8 am – 12 pm, 721 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Open to the Public and Free!

Learn more about Heather at www.HeatherJKirk.com
Learn about this and other literary events and classes at www.piper.asu.edu/events

Listen on September 30th, 8 PM MST (Phoenix) / 10 PM CST (Chicago). On-line at www.blogtalkradio.com/elationmagazine or by phone at 646-564-9842.
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Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather
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Thinking of writing a book "Save Money on Just About Everything"

2019-09-12T12:34:00.001-07:00

Thinking of writing a book "Save Money on Just About Everything"

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Winning Art Gets Billboard Treatment with Fine Art America and Pixels

2019-07-22T05:44:00.000-07:00

I created the above a collage of the 6 images I submitted.
I am not cheating, I promise! I pay for two accounts - one for the "individual" Heather J. Kirk
and one my company Abundant Eight Creative

Each image that gets at least 250 votes
will become a contest finalist.

UPDATE - I did not get enough votes, but still, 150 is a HECK OF A LOT. THANKS TO ALL who voted and all who tried! Heather

Five winning images will appear on billboards throughout Los Angeles!

WHY VOTE FOR ME?

Reason #1:
A portion of my sales always goes to support non-profits somehow related to the location or content of the photo sold.

Reason #2:
My best preparatory efforts met up with TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!
(see after pictures if you actually care about technical difficulties...
OR IF YOU HAVE THEM... then find out what to do to fix them :) )

Vote and Share Please!

I'm seeking 250 votes for each image to be considered as featured art on Billboards in Los Angeles! I am told Facebook is the easiest way to create an account. Then come back to this post to use the 6 SPECIFIC LINKS BELOW. Otherwise you will never find m art!
Blessings! Heather

1) https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=27522326

2) https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=12588739

3) https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=27510063

4) https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=17052354

5) https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=18340725

6) https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=18918423

Kirkjufell and Foss and Midnight Sun and Sky

The first image in the group is of Kirkjufall in Iceland. I HOPE you will vote for all, but it you choose only one, I ma trying to stack votes on the first in the list.

Kirkjufell and Foss and Midnight Sun and Sky by Heather Kirk and AEC - Abundant Eight Creative

This was taken in #Iceland during the #summersolstice in the #LandoftheMidnightSun . Made famous by #GameofThrones in which it is called #ArrowheadMountain. The actual name is #Kirkjufell which means #ChurchMountain, and I like to pretend was named after me, #HeatherKirk

It is located more specifically in the #SnæfellsnesPeninsula near the town of #Grundarfjörður (Here's those words hashtagged without the squished up and funky letters, lol! #SnaefellsnesPeninsula #Grundarfjorour )

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2019-06-08T02:55:00.000-07:00

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A common response to "I've been all over the world," is "Oh! What's your favorite European country?" I found this question quite strange: Ummmm I said the WORLD - think Exotic!
People found my answer strange: Ummmm, I've never been to Europe.

So as of last year, I have now been to Europe AND have done my first ever tour vacation. (As I write that, I thought I'd better check my memory. Wrong, my second.)

I chose to do a 6 day tour of Ireland through Paddywagon and 2 day trip tours in England for two reasons. 1) SHORT time frame, much of which was taken up just getting there and home. 2) I have driven cars "all over the world" and in CRAZY situations - but never on the 'wrong' (Left) side of the street.

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The first multi-day tour that I originally forgot about, was a Yucatan Mexico tour of Mayan ruins. I chose that for safety reasons of driving in remote areas of the Yucatan as a woman and after a tri to Mexico previously in which it was hard to rent a car with automatic transmission. When I FINALLY got one by saying I couldn't drive a manual car, it died in the middle of nowhere and no one had cables to jump the car, though everyone offered to push start it...

Ultimately though, I like the control of time flexibility and being able to visit the less popular locations, hard to reach spots, or popular places at different times, and avoiding the large buses (and, if you know me I HATE long bathroom lines!).

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How I WISH I'd done that in London. So much wasted time and late arrivals from walking and figuring out bus schedules. :(

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A Hybrid Faith

2018-10-03T09:11:00.001-07:00

Six or eight months ago when someone told me to ask God for exactly what kind of car I wanted in minute detail, so that when I received it, the answer was clearly from Him. This was when I was having engine trouble that required close to a $1,000 worth of work... I already knew I wanted a Kia Soul. But without thought, out of my mouth came the words, "the gift of an electric blue Kia Soul hybrid." The fact that a hybrid Kia Souls did not exist simply told me that the time for that gift had not yet come. So I fixed the car. But when I was so clear about the kind of car I wanted, even though my friend had said to be detailed, he immediately got nervous and said that I should allow for God to answer prayers creatively, in the way He wants to. I told him I agreed in general, because there are times when we want something that is not good for us…, or because God, seeing the grand picture, knows so much better. Yet because my friend was the one who asked me to go all "minute detail," he didn't get to have it both ways.

But the truth is I didn't answer the question my friend asked, God did. I had no premeditation of an electric blue colored car or a hybrid. I had never seen a blue Kia before (turns out at the time they had chosen that color for the purely electric Volt only and there were a few on the road, but not many). So that made me just a mouthpiece, not even a Wisher.

As soon as I was hit in this recent car accident, and had a few moments for my head to clear, I said, "Really God, you couldn't give me a new car through theft?" (Don't worry, He gets my sense of humor! He gave me this sense of humor!)

Now a month after my car was totaled I still don't have a replacement car, for the first three weeks mostly because I was unwilling to drive with numbness in my legs that could put myself or others at risk. So I borrowed rides from incredibly generous friends, until the right leg got steady feeling, then I borrowed a car for a week.

But time and reality press upon me and I know a decision about how to next ACT must come soon. So I pray to know what to do! Do I try to buy a car? Do I wait and perhaps a gift of a car not come. Do you know what that prayer sounds like? I doubt it. I do not pray for an electric blue Kia Soul hybrid. I pray that I do and be everything, and only, what God wants me to do and be.

You see, I am not praying about a car or a gift! I am praying, begging, that when those words came out of my mouth I heard from God and he made a promise that he will fulfill. I am not asking for an easy way out of a difficult financial place (and it is a very difficult place), or a way not to act. I am longing to see the EVIDENCE of Faith (of things not seen). I know that to some this comes out sounding as if I am a monster of faith. And I TRY to be that, TRY to thank Him in advance. I say, "I can't wait to see how you are going to do this God!"

But the truth is words like that come from a practice I started many months ago in which I would ask myself, "IF you were content in everything and IF you believed with all your heart, then what would that prayer sound like?" At the time that practice began to change my prayer life, my praying attitude and my outlook on life - from a needy doubting place to a trusting hopeful place.

That prayer now hovers somewhere between those two extremes. I am not praying about money or transportation – though both are blessings I could use. I am desperately needing to know that I recognized and can differentiate God's voice from my own.

And yet, even as I wait upon God's direction and answer (and gift in whatever form that may be), it is true that there still is no such thing as a Kia Soul hybrid... not in my parking spot, not on dealers' lots, and as far as I know, not in the plans of the manufacturer. This is truly the place where faith and reality butt heads. So I wait for my insurance company’s small check to clear the bank for the purely monetary value of a 2005 PT Cruise with 139.000 miles on it (a miracle in itself), of so much greater value because that huge heavy front end saved my life. It and of course the plans God has for me on this earth.) Until then, and until God leads, I wait in expectation of a miracle the depths and "How?" of which I cannot possibly fathom.

So like a “hybrid Faith” I slip between the exactness of the prayer and the freedom for God to answer in a better way – switching back and forth perhaps not seamlessly, but as the situation seems to require at the moment. Yet with an expectancy that surprises even myself!

Heart Anniversaries and How to “Celebrate” a Loss by Heather J. Kirk

2018-02-14T06:45:00.001-07:00

Let's talk about why holidays can be so hard on some people. But before that, we must understand what I call ‘loss anniversaries’ or ‘heart anniversaries’. These are not the well-advertised universal celebrations that the world insists on reminding us all that they are coming, and how they are supposed to be amazing and exciting gatherings of family and loved ones. For those without close family or significant others to celebrate with, it is obvious how those can cause depression and disappointment for some. It may be the lack of people to spend it with, it may be the absence of someone dearly missed, it could be a comparison of how good these times were in the past to the present (and sometimes with new people who can’t live up to “ghosts,”) or it can even be memories of terrible times of loss, pain or trauma that just can’t be forgotten.

While public holidays are hard to miss, heart anniversaries tend to sneak up on us. It may be someone’s birthday that you no longer jot in your calendar, the anniversary of someone’s death when you didn’t even realize you remembered the date, or no longer anticipating a special event with someone who left, either because of a death or no longer being a part of your life. Though these are not broadcast across TV and social media, they are being broadcast within yourself, casting a shadow onto your emotions and your memory. Only thing is that even if we do remember these dates, seldom are we consciously aware that they are approaching. Once several years have passed, we may be surprised to get half way through the day of your ex’s birthday, or only remember days later that it would have been your 20^th wedding anniversary ‘had she lived’. But our spirits and bodies remember even when we don’t, and in fact often notice well in advance of an upcoming date that once was important to us. We may not understand at the time why ‘for no reason at all’ we are experiencing overwhelming sadness, have a random feeling of loss, or even feel suddenly anxious or angry. In that week or two leading up to that loss anniversary we don't recognize it for what it is, until suddenly the date is upon you. More often we ‘get it’ once we recognize it’s someone's birthday who has passed, but we may never make the connection to a death date, the date that a divorce was asked for or made official, or the last time we made love. We rarely are cognizant of why we are particularly emotional, weepy, anxious, distractible, irritable our outright angry during this time frame.

A relationship that I valued greatly ended recently, and though I saw the signs of the end coming, I did not understand why it was happening. I found that I experienced great joy in this person’s presence and I thought he was experiencing the same thing. To discover that it was not the case was a bit shocking to me and I was grieving not only the loss of the relationship, but also a sense that I could not trust myself to discern what was really going on. Had I deceived myself? Had I misjudged this person so wrongly? And if so, could I be trusted to make good choices for myself in the future. It was a relationship worth grieving, but at some point I had to admit it had only been a few months, and the loss, anxiety and anger I was experiencing was a bit out of line with the length of time we'd been together, as well as with my character. And then my father’s birthday arrived, my father who had died 34 years earlier, and the day after I seemed more able to feel the loss of the recent relationship back at a more realistic level for the circumstances, still truly a loss but not a roller coaster of conflicting emotions.

But when private loss anniversaries and public holidays occur close together, especially ones like Valentine's Day or New Year’s Eve, which are specifically supposed to be about love, it makes these holidays even harder, because it feels like the whole world is noticing you are alone and ASKING about it! It is important to recognize for ourselves how loss anniversaries tie into public holidays - so that we understand what is happening to our emotional undercurrents (or tidal waves). We need to learn how to take care of ourselves, especially if we notice (or others mention that) we are over-reacting to a public holiday or a private loss anniversary). This includes doing what may seem counterproductive – not only put the date in our calendar but even put a note a week in advance that the loss anniversary is coming. We may want to forget all about them, but it is better to grieve these losses consciously, not to bury them, because IF you are susceptible to these kinds of anniversaries you already starting to realize they are not truly buried.

Soon after my father’s death when I was 18 and my youngest brother was 12, we used to climb into my mom’s bed on dad’s birthday and talk about good memories. Once my brothers got married, their wives thought that was a little weird (lol), so we started calling each other instead. Now we may do a group text or post a photo on Facebook and comment. It’s been a very healthy way of honoring my dad, and I have not been overwhelmed by it in decades…until I had a breakup the week prior. But with enough experience in the area, as soon as his birthday hit I was able to identify what was going on and bring my emotions back in line with reality.

Create some healthy rituals around the date that is difficult for you. Maybe call a friend or family member (agree to it in advance please – you want them to be ready also); maybe buy a cupcake and put a candle in it. Write a letter, get a massage, walk on the beach. It’s your ritual and your healing – so be conscious and intentional about it. Get help if you need it, write in a journal, pray about it and offer up your feelings and pain to God, write down your anger and then burn It… whatever ritual you need to do, do it. IF it doesn’t work, try something else. But it is important to intentionally decide not to let the overwhelming emotions control you and certainly not harm any existing and living relationships. It helps to know what is happening to us so that we do not allow public holidays to hurt us as badly, and that we do not allow jealousy consume us, or that we not feel the need to put down other people's happiness.

So though it may not be all flowers and chocolate, on this Valentine's Day I do wish for you a truly healing love.

Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather

Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk
and https://artofwhere.com/artists/heatherjkirk
Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com
and http://AEC.pixels.com
Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

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Fill in the Blank...when the Pastor doesnt give you all the answers

2018-02-04T10:30:00.001-07:00

Many church goers are used to having pre-printed outlines for the sermon with blanks to fill in. We put in those spots exactly what the preacher tells us to write. But in sermon at Impact Church titled “The Hunger Games” Justin Hamilton (JH) said, “You fill in the blank, because each of you is different.” Wat! He is supposed to tell us what to write, give us the answer, make it easy.

Let’s start with my margin notes to get some context JH is him, HJK is my thoughts and revelations.

JH: “It’s easy to find crowds of people who gather in a church. It’s hard to find people who will go to the mountaintop, go anywhere He calls you to go.”

(HJK) Each believer is called to their ‘mountaintop’ – a unique ‘where, who and how’ to disciple others. it could be the Bible Study I facilitate or my neighbor’s condo. AND that darn book I am supposed to be writing! (HJK)

JH: “Don’t ever talk about Jesus more than you talk to Jesus.”

JH: “Revelation vs Recollection” (HJK) Show people vs tell people. We need the accurate foundation, but if the Word does not live in us, walk and talk through us, CHANGE us, it is useless. And we know God’s Word is not useless, it is simply un-used. (HJK)

JH: “Am I polluting the pond that God told me to fish in?”
(HJK) Such a painful question and where I often feel that I fail. I am called to speak into people’s lives – to be an example and a teacher of God for them…and then I let my own feelings get involved. I let it become about ME instead of about God and whoever or whatever God has called me to – and when I get hurt, I lash out. Perhaps it is true, perhaps it is doubt, or perhaps Satan is whispering in my ear, “All that work, and you just destroyed it in an instant.” I am a polluter of the first degree. When will I learn that the Messenger and the recipient are depending on me – AH, THAT”S IT! Not me, but depending on the Holy Spirit working through me! As long as I try to represent God by my own power I WILL fail. (HJK)

How many of you have been irritated by my lack of sharing the original question? Probably not enough of you. Why do I say that? Because we want answers provided for us. Because many of us spend more time reading about others’ pursuits of God than in the Word of God and pursuing Him ourselves.

So here it is.

JH: “6. I CAN NEVER FULLY LIVE THE LIFE GOD WANTS FOR ME, UNTIL I VALUE HIM MORE THAN _______________________. You fill in the blank. What holds you back? Is it pride, or family, wealth, the image others have of you, what your family said you should be or do? It’s individual for each and every one of you.”

I believe many people walked out of the service with that blank still empty. And you know what, I think they should have. Unless we have already been wrestling with God to discover our calling, longing to get to the mountaintop, and seeking HIM as desperately as we seek things or a relationship or a certain position … then we probably DON’T know yet what is holding us back. We may not even be aware that we value something more than God.

But I have been wrestling. I have been seeking, and to be honest feeling like a huge failure. I let the final worship song wash over me as I too leave the space blank, but place a box around it in expectation of an answer. Then, ass I get up one word pops into my mind. “EVIDENCE!”

That may not mean a whole lot to you, but it is CLEAR to me. And as I drive and let that answer wash over me, more words and phrases come to mind. Some add further clarification - “FAITH,” “THE NEED TO SEE THE FRUIT.”

Additional obstacles come to mind also, because we are complex human beings and are rarely limited or challenged in a void or by a single issue. Not only do I stop trying sometimes because of the failure to see the evidence of the fruit of my labor but, I also add, “SURVIVAL. THE INCOME TO LIVE ON WHILE I DO WHAT YOU ARE CALLING ME TO DO,” and “HOW I HAVE ALREADY FAILED GOD AND THE FEAR I WILL KEEP ON DOING SO,” and “PEOPLE FINDING OUT THAT I AM SO INCREDIBLY IMPERFECT.”

“Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.” Psalm 24:3-6 (KJV)

This is not easy stuff and can deter many. But perhaps it should not be easy to be called. It makes sense that our leaders and influencers will struggle with the same things we do but still come out on top and with a message to share (eventually, climbing mountains takes time)! And the whole ‘clean hands, pure heart, no vanity, not sworn’ stuff can get scary when we are privy to the inner workings of our own evil hearts – even if we don’t say the stuff out loud. But I suddenly notice and want to point out to you also that the righteousness is from God! The purity comes to the saved – He is the source of that righteousness and the power to overcome. Not me.

What is your word, your obstacle, the ‘god’ in your life that comes before the one and only God who wants to GIVE you life abundantly, not take anything away.

I CAN NEVER FULLY LIVE THE LIFE GOD WANTS FOR ME, UNTIL I VALUE HIM MORE THAN _______________________.

_____________________________________________

This month, VIDA is giving Kirk the chance to have her designs presented to HSN

2017-07-08T07:23:00.000-07:00

Heather J Kirk has created a collection of apparel and accessories designed using her original artwork with VIDA, a company committed to producing wearable art in a socially conscious way. This month, VIDA is giving Kirk the chance to have her designs presented to HSN for an upcoming show. If you’d like to help her qualify for this amazing opportunity, please use the code below for 15% off any purchase from my collection!

Enjoy 15% off

Using code HSN-JLAC

From now until midnight PST 7/12/17

Your purchase not only supports Kirk's personal collection of hand-designed products and brings her closer to being featured on HSN, but makes a global impact. VIDA is passionate about helping to drive social change for artists and makers, something of utmost importance to Kirk. Their company offers literacy and empowerment programs for VIDA’s factory workers so they can build a better life for generations to come.

Her clothing / fashion designs can be seen and purchased at: https://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk

Last Minute Mom's Gift

2017-05-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

Sustainable Scarves

Repurposed Upsourced Embroidery Samples Now Scarves

Sides are surged, ends are cut, the way it came naturally as a fabric sampleLast minute Mother's Day Gifts - Ships the next day. And I will e-mail you a printable card so you have something to give even if you order too late! Or plenty of time to order your Summer Scarves!

* CHECK CLOSELY FOR SHIP DATES! SOME HAVE A 5/15/17 EARLIEST SHIP DATE.

* THEY WILL BE STEAMED OR IRONED PRIOR TO MAILING, THOUGH THEY WILL BE FOLDED INTO AN ENVELOPE.

Several sizes: mini / small as , medium (rectangle / long), and large. The mini scarves and small scarves can be used for the newest fashion trend to have a purse scarf, handbag scarf, purse accessory, wrist scarf, ponytail scarf. Some will work as neck scarves.

Medium and large ones are decorative for the neck or even used as head scarves or head wraps.

As a sustainable effort to help the environment, I have saved these embroidery samples from the trash, keeping them from filling up landfills. This type of fashion movement is known as repurposed products or upsourcing. Another way of fabric recycling, except these have never been used except as extra stock that was intended to show manufacturers the fabrics available to them for their fashion products.

These embroidery and applique samples have now become embroidered scarves, most of these beautiful and feminine scarves are sheer scarves.

Perfect gifts for her for Mother's Day, self gifts, birthdays, women’s events, bridesmaid gifts, swag, spring and summer.

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Fashion Specatcle This Saturday!

2017-05-11T06:31:00.000-07:00

You may have seen my fashion show at El Panzon y Frida (with amazing food and service), but you will still be enthralled by the upcoming May 13 Fashion snow in Tempe at Fabric!

This was my "Teaser Event" wearing glasses to make you ask "WHY?"

Fashion Spectacle
Public Hosted by WEARizona
Saturday at 7 PM - 10 PM
Fabric: 132 E. 6th St, Tempe, Arizona 85281
Find Tickets: $20 in advance by Friday, #30 at the door
www.eventbrite.com/e/fashion-spectacle-eyewear-fashion-show-tickets-32992202566

Lately eyewear is being touted as the new "it" accessory. WEARizona began, a year ago, formulating the idea of an eyewear based fashion show taking to the runway. Now in collaboration with the Arizona Apparel Foundation. We bring you Fashion Spectacle! Which brings together the best independant and most unique eyewear shops in the Valley while pairing each shop up with a talented local Arizona based Fashion Design using the eyewear as inspiration.

Showcasing some of the most exclusive local Eyewear Shops in town, including:

Sassy Glasses, i2i Optique, Sherwin Optical, Vintage from Avante Optical, Paris Optic, and Central Eyeworks

Arizona Designers include:

Hamati Design, Heather Kirk & Brandon Greer, Northern Clover, Alex Sanchez, Electric Lyon, and DesignHOUSE of Darylene

Over 40 models from:

Young Agency, Victor Navarro, AZ Star Talent & Management, and free lance.

Tickets in advance $20, at the door $30

VIP reception at 7p show at 8p
Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather
Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk
and https://artofwhere.com/artists/heatherjkirk
Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com
and http://AEC.pixels.com
Literature by Heather J. Kirk
www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

2017-04-14T23:03:00.001-07:00

If you plan on filing a tax extension (yes, me too), but haven't done your Arizona tax Credit contribution yet, you have until April 18 for that also! Not sure how much to give? It's dollar for dollar...give to the State or give to a qualifying organization, so use last year AZ Amount Due to estimate how much to give. Don't worry about giving too much - it will carry over to next year if you are "too generous"! Though understand each has it's own MAX donation...and of course in each year you can't TAKE (give :) ) more credits than you OWE.

There are several kinds of Credits you can take, according to where your heart and passion lies. Then within each category there are LOTS of qualifying options. Each one has a page to use to donate for the credit.

Not sure who to give to? The Arizona Department of Revenue provides an updated list of qualifying foster care organizations that are eligible for each type of credit.

1) Foster Care Charitable Organization (www.azdor.gov/Portals/0/RefundCredits/CertifiedFosterCareCharities2016.pdf),

2) Public School Credit (www.azdor.gov/TaxCredits/SchoolTaxCreditsforIndividuals.aspx),

3) Private School Credit (https://www.azdor.gov/Portals/0/RefundCredits/sto_i_list.pdf),

4) Additional “PLUS” Private School Credit (allowing donors to receive credit for contributions over and above the original private school tax credit),

5) Arizona Charitable (Working Poor Tax Credit) (https://www.azdor.gov/Portals/0/RefundCredits/CertifiedCharities2016.pdf),

6) The Arizona Military Family Relief Fund Credit (https://dvs.az.gov/mfrf).

The list too big and want a suggestion?

Submission page for Christian Family Care: https://cfcare.org/featured/tax-credit-google

The maximums for the Foster Care Charitable Organization, Contribution amounts eligible for credit: $500 for single filers/ $1,000 for joint filers.

Time to make your 2016 Charitable Tax Credit Donation even if you are filing an Extension

2017-04-02T07:38:00.000-07:00

Taxes and Charitable Donations DO mix, especially in Arizona. Your "regular" charitable donation can be used as a deduction for 2017 or can carryever for 5 years. And your donations to Qualifying Charitable Organizations (QCO) and Qualifying Foster Care Charitable Organizations (QCFO). You can even give right on up to April tax day for the previous year! Which means YOU CHOOSE WHERE YOUR TAX DEBT GOES - to the State Government or to the Charity of your choice (for Tax Credit They must already be qualified. - find the links to Credits lists here!: https://www.azdor.gov/TaxCredits/QualifyingCharitableOrganizations.aspx
AZ Tax FORMS 301 and 321 (among many others) are here: https://www.azdor.gov/Forms/Credits.aspx

In the next few days you will hear a lot about Arizona GIVES Day and giving through their site. Pros: MUCH more is raised this way, and yes, giving to charities helps the AZ economy. Charities can win part of a bigger pot there to add to their direct donations. Cons: 6.9% of your donation is taken in fees. This is my own bias....write a check,to the organization directly (but better do it quick), then 100% goes to the charity instead of the credit card company and the fundraiser. Even in my everyday giving, I"ve started writing checks. A bit inconvenient but all my donation goes to where I intend it.

Not sure where to give? Here are a few of my suggestions.

Deductions:

1) MOMA'S HOUSE is a domestic violence shelter and also takes in women rescued from sex trafficking. I have huge respect and admiration for a woman who changed her entire life because she was called by God to do this. Here is how to give as a tax credit, but you can give " https://www.azgives.org/momashouse

2) 100Pedals: 100Pedals provides parents and other family members with educational resources and coaching programs to navigate their life through addiction's chaos. https://www.azgives.org/100Pedals

3) Arizona Consortium for the Arts Charity an all-volunteer community organization. Please help us continue to provide programs, events and festivals Free to the community. Click here to donate http://www.artizona.org/donate.html

Credits:

1) Christian Family Care Agency: Christian Family Care serves Children and Families through Foster Care, Child and Family Counseling, Pregnancy Counseling, and Adoption.

2) Phoenix Rescue Mission: The Phoenix Rescue Mission is committed to transforming lives of the homeless and hungry. Our core values: • Christ-centered: We believe that we first exist to glorify God and advance His kingdom; through grace we receive and grace we share.• Servant-Leadership: We highly value and intentionally serve each other, our clients, and our ministry partners, leading by following Christ’s example. • Transformation: We invest in the spiritual, personal, and professional development of one another; restoring and equipping each other for intentional living.

3) St. Vincent de Paul: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international non-profit organization dedicated to serving the poor and providing others with the opportunity to serve. The Phoenix Diocesan Council has been assisting central and northern Arizona families since 1946. Programs include services for the homeless, medical and dental care for the working poor, charity dining rooms, thrift stores, a transitional housing shelter and general assistance for individuals in need.
THERE ARE SOOO MANY more choices: Get the PDF lists here.

We have that we may give! May this Blessing be so in your life: " Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Luke 6:38

Be blessed My Purposeful People!
Heather Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk and https://artofwhere.com/artists/heatherjkirk
Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com and http://AEC.pixels.com
Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

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Pandora, General Mills and Help Feed America

2017-03-07T03:49:00.000-07:00

5 meals donated per code entered, 10 codes per day.Same code works repeatedly. "3003M4X"

When you put in your zip code, it goes to a local Food Bank! (For me, St. Mary's Food Bank)

General Mills has already given $500,000 and giving $200,000 more. Let's make sure the goal is reached!

Share with your friends and make it go LOCAL!

Oh yeah, and some Pandora perks for you too!

https://outnumberhunger.com

#helpfeedamerica #meals #donate #generalmills #localfoodbank #stmarysfoodbank #outnumberhunger #givefood #pandora

My Aero Garden - First Cuttings!

2017-03-05T03:11:00.000-07:00

Growing my own organic salads.

Yes, me, who kills all things not succulent (read - lives through droughts)! The AeroGarden is hydroponic, fast growing, and delish! Get the LED version for sure (light lasts 5 years vs the 6 months of CFL bulb.

All different sizes, lots of seed options (lettuce, herbs, flowers, peppers).

Here is a larger one than pictured on sale. Look for others from there: http://astore.amazon.com/photographi0b-20/detail/B00L8LTH54

Be HEALTHY and Blessed My Purposeful People! Heather

Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk and https://artofwhere.com/artists/heatherjkirk
Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com and http://AEC.pixels.com
Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

#salad #organic #lettuce #aerogarden #hydroponics #delicious #growyourown #homegrown #healthy #healthfood

Great wedding season gift

2017-03-05T02:27:00.001-07:00

With wedding season soon to arrive, I thought this would be a pretty gift from the groom or mother, mother-in-law, or for the bridesmaids.
It's definitely different!

http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-5640356-12695623

Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com and http://AEC.pixels.com Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

#wedding #gift #weddinggift #spring #season #pretty #watch #bride #bridesmaid #bridesmaidgift #unique

Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com and http://AEC.pixels.com Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

Why even bother to vote? Because...

2016-11-07T06:03:00.000-07:00

I seriously considered leaving some of the elections positions blank on my ballot - thinking that I didn't want to be held accountable for choosing either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton as our next president.

But beyond being a cop-out, I remembered that an Election Volunteer in Florida was caught filling in her own choice when opening early ballots with no vote. I realized I HAD to choose.

There is not a way to avoid responsibility for voting, because NOT CHOOSING was literally allowing some random person to choose for me instead - whether it is an unethical elections volunteer or someone else who voted when I did not.

I remembered living in Mexico and having as a hostess someone who counted ballots during their elections. Mexico requires citizens to vote, at least they did then in order to get certain privileges. But they also allowed for write in candidates - or people did it anyway. "For decades," she explained "Su mama came in first place, Mickey Mouse came in second place, then the incumbent party's candidate came in third. but the first two were never announced." I suddenly understand!

I am not suggesting you vote for a Disney character or someone's mother, but I am suggesting there are other choices...though a third party candidate or a write-in likely is a throw away vote.

So I will choose based not on the person on the presidential line of the ballot, or even for the political party, but for who I would like to be nominating the next three Supreme Court Judges, and therefore likely affecting our country's future not for four years, but for decades.

"All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD." Proverbs 16:2

Why do I place this verse on this blog post? Because making good choices are NOT always easy. And not choosing IS choosing. So in every difficult situation, pray, seek what is right, and be accountable to no one but God. That, indeed, may even be harder than knowing who to vote for in this election, but we are held to a higher standard and a higher power than the President of the United States...One who is not limited in how He is able to acts...not even by the winner of an election.

Be Blessed My Purposeful People, Heather J. Kirk
Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com and http://AEC.pixels.com Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

Drive for Lyft and get a Bonus using this Code!
Bonus amount varies by city, but tends to be $50 -$100.
In Los Angeles LOTS more!

https://www.lyft.com/drivers/HEATHER897430

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