Blue Jeans And Teacups: Tea with Friends blog

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Gardenias and Grace

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV

Today, a lovely little gift I won from Angela over at: Tea With Friends arrived in the post. It is this lovely chintz teacup & saucer, which highly reminds me of Cath Kidston designs.

It says it is Grace Teaware, and while I don't usually name my cups, I am calling her 'Gracie'. I have a niece whose middle name is Grace, so I think she will like this. The 2 nieces address all my cards to: AunTea :)

I bought a new phone a couple of days ago. (The Samsung Galaxy Note4). I jumped from an 8 megapixle camera, to 16mp! So, I had fun taking pictures of Gracie and playing with the editing software a bit.

Isn't she pretty with the evening sun shining on her?

And I love using this plant stand with a bit of rust, mixing textures against the elegance of a teacup.

There were not very many gardenias left on my bush, so I decided to pick them ...

and fill Gracie to overflowing.

Now, I can enjoy the heavenly fragrance in my kitchen.

Thank you Angela!

Playing with a pre-loaded photo app.

I saw this on FB today and literally laughed out loud, thinking, "Yep, that's about right!" A quick save and edit to add my name, and here you have it.

tea hee!

But seriously, I am so thankful that God's grace truly is sufficient for me. That His mercies are new every morning, and for the amazing power and love that comes from being delivered and set free by the Son of God. I pray you share this peace with me friends.