Thursday, July 16, 2015

What Are You Wishing For?

Hello Friends, Viewers and Followers,
No Christmas in July.  No sketch challenges. Just picking up some paper out of that famous box of scraps and using my imagination today.  I was thinking about a question concerning "wishes".  Are prayers and wishes one in the same?  Here is where I would love to hear your response.
  According to Dictionary.com and Wikipedia, wishes = to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause):I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning;  to desire (a person or thing) to be (as specified): to wish the problem settled; to entertain wishes, favorably or otherwise, for: to wish someone well; to wish someone ill;  to bid, as in greeting or leave-taking: to wish someone a good morning. to request or charge:  I wish him to come.  In fiction a wish is a supernatural demand placed on the recipient's unlimited request. When it is the center of a tale, the wish is usually a template for a morality tale, "be careful what you wish for"; it can also be a small part of a tale, in which case it is often used as a plot device. One can wish on many things for example: wishing wells, dandelions when one blows the seeds or light them on fire, stars and much more. When one wishes in a well he or she throws money in, in the hope his or her wish comes true, and the money normally goes to a charity.  Some cultures have customs in which people are encouraged to "make a wish", such as blowing out the candles on a birthday cake, seeing a shooting star at night, tossing a coin into a wishing well or fountain or breaking the wishbone of a cooked turkey. Many believe such wishes can only come true if they are kept a secret from other people. Others, on the other hand, believe that wishes come true only if they are told to someone else.
Here are two cards I'm sharing today: I opened the scrap box and pulled out items that went together.  white and gray cardstock; gold cardstock; a piece of frame cut from a Spellbinders die; The only new item was words cut from Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits word die.

Back to the original question: Are prayers and wishes one in  the same?
Thanks for visiting with me today.  You may leave your comment in the box below.
Sending you a hug and LOVE,
Lois

5 comments:

Treva said...

Love both cards but especially the one withe butterfly and the corner embellishment. You always leave something for me to think about, gotta be more conscious to make my prayers and wishes sync! Thanks for everything that you do, I'll be emailing you soon.

Beebeebabs said...

Both cards are absolutely beautiful tfs!!!

Amanda Trought said...

Your cards are gorgeous, hope your having a blessed day, looking forward to seeing more!

Cara said...

Gorgeous cards Lois and I love your post ... I know, for me, sometimes what starts out as wish changes to a prayer because the situation has changed. So they can, in some way, be one and the same depending how it is presented!
(Hugs) Cara

CreativeAbuela said...

Lois, love the cards. Always full of thoughts and kind words. Thank you for all you do.