Wordless Wednesday

This Day Foretold

 ¹ Who has believed our message 

   and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 
² He grew up before him like a tender shoot, 

 and like a root out of dry ground. 

He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, 

   nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 
³ He was despised and rejected by mankind, 

a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. 

Like one from whom people hide their faces 

   he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
⁴ Surely he took up our pain 

   and bore our suffering, 

yet we considered him punished by God, 

   stricken by him, and afflicted. 
⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions, 

 he was crushed for our iniquities; 

the punishment that brought us peace was on him, 

   and by his wounds we are healed. 
⁶ We all, like sheep, have gone astray, 

each of us has turned to our own way; 

and the LORD has laid on him 

   the iniquity of us all.
⁷ He was oppressed and afflicted, 

   yet he did not open his mouth; 

he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, 

   and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, 

   so he did not open his mouth. 
⁸ By oppression and judgment he was taken away. 

Yet who of his generation protested? 

For he was cut off from the land of the living; 

   for the transgression of my people he was punished.
⁹ He was assigned a grave with the wicked, 

and with the rich in his death, 

though he had done no violence, 

   nor was any deceit in his mouth.
¹⁰ Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, 

   and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin, 

he will see his offspring and prolong his days, 

   and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. 
¹¹ After he has suffered, 

he will see the light of life and be satisfied; 

by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, 

   and he will bear their iniquities. 
¹² Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, 

and he will divide the spoils with the strong, 

because he poured out his life unto death, 

   and was numbered with the transgressors. 

For he bore the sin of many, 

   and made intercession for the transgressors. 

Isaiah 53 (NIV)

Jean Cards

I am always on the lookout for unique ways to upcycle. repurpose. recycle.

Today I found a company that is recycling jeans (and other cool materials) into cards. Paperworks Studio.

from Paperworks Studio

Here's what Paperworks Studio says about themselves.

"Paperworks Studio is a successful mission-based, market driven social enterprise. We've doubled in the last two years and are on pace to double again this year. Our production team of artists are people with special needs and disadvantages. They are a great team and while working at Paperworks Studio, learn valuable life and work skills and gain self-esteem. This allows them to obtain more independence in their lives.

The artists make beautiful handmade cards, one-at-a-time,no-two-are-alike, from recycled materials and lots of LOVE!"

I encourage you to check Paperworks Studio out and maybe even make a purchase.  I know I will be.