Abide Scripts

How It All Started...

My name is Jess. I’m the gal that creates what you will see here. I have been walking with Jesus most of my life (since 5ish) and feel like I am just now beginning to scrape the surface of what is to abide in Jesus. I am ever growing and ever sharing as I do. I am Paul’s girl. Our marriage is my greatest gift this side of heaven. He makes me sore with laughter and keeps me tethered to reality all at the same time. I love doing life with him. Paul is a full time firefighter and works several other jobs to give me my life long dream of being a stay home mom and home educator. We have 3 wonderful kiddos who keep us on our toes and pressing into Jesus!

I have always played around with fonts and hand lettering. When I do this with Scripture it helps me as a visual learner to soak in the truth that I need so desperately in my daily life. Abide Scripts started a small businesses. It was exciting and terrifying to present something and basically say, “do you like this enough to spend your money on it?” EEK! To my complete surprise people did buy my work!

Abide Scripts was successful as a small business but I did not do well as a small business owner! After a year of business I took a close look at the profit and loss. The profit was making good money at something I loved. The loss was not doing the painting in the heart and direction the God had called me to. The deadlines and such were just too much for me to juggle on top of being Wife, Mom, and Homemaker/Educator. No amount of money is worth that loss.

God has given me this painting thing as a window into the lives of His people. I have had countless opportunity to hear stories of heartache and victory! I have my Father’s ear and I am to talk with Him about the people that will receive the art He leads me to create. Like I said in that first year this was not happening with each and every painting.

I knew that I could not continue running a business. Yet I knew just as emphatically that I could not stop painting! I had no idea how to reconcile to two. Of course God did.

He provided. I started giving my paintings away and He started telling His people to bring me supplies, or give money towards someone else receiving His word on canvas for free.

God is the builder of this ministry and I take that very seriously. Every penny or canvas I am given is used for the purpose of proclaiming the truth of God’s word and love.

Painting With Others

I have had the privilege of hosting others in painting and scripting. I have no desire to have a corner on this “market!” The more painting, and scripting God’s word the better! Below are a few opportunities I have had to share my passion for this. I would love to do more of this as God allows.