I have been overwhelmed lately with what I have seen and heard and just felt a heavy burden to intervene. If you are a teenager and you are dealing with some things that make you feel disgusting or overwhelmed or afraid and you feel you have no way out, I just want you to know how God feels about you and how to get out of a mess. You are in the most exciting time in the history of the word according to bible prophecy and you need to know that. You are so important, and God wants you to know how to walk in his spirit and not in your flesh. He wants you to be healthy in your relationships, in your thoughts and in your body and have his peace.

Today might be the most freeing episode for Christian artists that I have ever recorded. I am talking about why being an artist is so hard for Christians and at the end I am giving a genius solution, I promised I would!

Today I am chatting about moses, retirement and how the enemy has taught us how to fall out of this world... I'm also talking about my downstairs shop update and the art that I am making lately. I just had to share the story of how I used my husband's hazard pay to buy Grace a Capiz shell lamp and how it started this whole thing with shells... and more! I am also shouting out an Instagram account I think you should follow if you are having trouble in your marriage.

it's been a while... lets talk about how you are NOT a victim.

In this episode I am answering some questions from Instagram! How do I reach collectors and get out of the friends and family circle??? Do I teach taxes and finances at the creative weekend? How do I have energy to accomplish as much as I do?? I also had a lot of questions about overcoming anxiety / dealing with chaos etc... so I went into the word some. Shalom!

Today is Monday, July 1. We are talking about the hurricane approaching, Charlie status on military bases and a prophetic word I gave to a girl at Harris Teeter. Also, Grace joins me today and we are talking about making things with your hands, fast fashion and being blessed by God. The good old Proverbs 31 woman comes into our convo as well. Be blessed!

Answering the question today " do I homeschool?" and also a question came in from a mom " I am about to be a mom of 2 under 2 and desperately wanting to kickstart my at home business! help!"

I am obviously answering this question from MY perspective because this person asked ME. I highly recommend coming to my creative weekend because if you ask all the former women who have come, they will all say that what they learned and gleaned here could not have been done online. Just get here! Bring your baby! Make it a babymoon!!!

I just wanted to chat a little bit today about being a mom who painted at home with two little itty bitty kids. Lucy was a baby , still nursing when I started and Grace was a toddler. Something that held me back from really painting and starting my business is all the shame people put on moms who arent really " kid" moms. Meaning, I never really enjoyed playing with my kids!!! Do you relate? If you don't, GREAT! I just never got into mom groups or playdates ... let's talk about that today.

My daughter Grace and I talk (with a lot of tears) about the thought that what you paint or write doesn't matter or have a purpose, hello piles of paintings or files of words that sit for years... We encourage you to hold fast to Gods word and listen to him when he tells you what to do and be able to recognize when to move on! Grace is 15 and has been an artist for 5 years now and sells her oil paintings on my website and also writes and does digital art . You can see her art here :

I want to have a series of conversations about the creative weekend that I hold, it's the art retreat I do once a month in my upper room art studio! Today, I am discussing the foundation of it and how it all started and my heart behind it!

Learn more about the weekend and sign up at my website www.melissalyonsart.com