Shhhawnee Elizabeth

21/06/2024

Ready for the next season of my life to begin.. so done with Wonderland 🤙🏻🪻🌸

Time for some magic and adventure to fill our heads instead of all this chaos and madness dear…

21/06/2024

No one told me when you invite the Holy Spirit into your life and heart, your entire life turns into a Hurricane. He is my anchor and will hold me through any storm ☔️

Ready for the day of his return…

21/06/2024

Vices, vices, vices… echo in my mind alongside thoughts that rarely ever behave nicely, nicely, nicely…

Bang, bang, bang… release the trigger of my relentless thoughts that leave behind remnants of shame, shame, shame…

Free, free, free… longing and searching forever for the peace that came from just existing and choosing to just Be, be, be…

30/05/2024

There is always a period of darkness before the light will prevail. And when it does all your mistakes will seem like stars sinking into the distance. Though they may be powerful and large, they are too far away to matter.

29/04/2024

Without darkness we would not know the true glory of the Light of God. I think we can agree when we say good & evil, we really mean Satan & God. Moreover, I dare to say that we each have the propensity to embody both. It is through our free will we are given the opportunity to choose love, God’s Love.

Having been brought up in darkness, a black sheep no less, and especially after these last months, I can say I was more familiar with the darkness. I hadn’t experienced much goodness from the hands of others. Though I continually strove to be the change.

I am finding that perhaps I was the light in the darkness all along.

Accepting the Holy Spirit and the light of Christ in my heart, opened me up to a world of others like me, well most of them. Lights, aware that we are small sparks of the Divine. And if we follow our hearts and align with Christ through many different actions: prayer, fasting, and breathe being most important, we can bring a peace to earth.

26/04/2024

08/04/2024

Love never dies, it lives on in our hearts and minds.. in our memories of these bittersweet moments. We drink them in just to feel closer to the ones we love and cherish.

I miss you more than anything, I know that hurt people hurt people. And the man in your heart is worth all the gold in the world. Hoping and praying that you find healing and sobriety not for me but for you and your daughters.

I know our story is far from over and that God’s plan is unfolding perfectly. We have mountains to move, plant that seed of faith!

I’ll keep you in my heart forever and always. Thank you for your love, now go live and love yourself.

01/04/2024

Artem Adventures Inc

31/03/2024

He is Risen, Hallelujah🙏💕

If you don’t have a home church and you are in the Upstate, I invite you to come and see the Good works of Christ being performed by

They have been so welcoming and supportive in my darkest days. A true church family, I am grateful for and so proud to share with the rest of our community!

31/03/2024

He is Risen, Hallelujah🙏💕

If you don’t have a home church and you are in the Upstate, I invite you to come and see the Good works of Christ being performed by Trailside Church

They have been so welcoming and supportive in my darkest days. A true church family, I am grateful for and so proud to share with the rest of our community!

23/03/2024

I have not always known Christ. And to say I know him now, still feels very much like a fallacy. Unfortunately I have trekked through the desert most of my days; when you’re born there it’s kinda unavoidable. Though he has changed my life in ways I will forever be grateful for, it is still very challenging for me at times to resist the temptations of the enemy placed upon me.

I inherited my first Tarot deck from my brother who died from su***de who had inherited it from our grandmother. I inherited another of hers a few years later. But for the first few years they sat in the tin. The very same tin she had kept them in during my childhood. I can still vividly remember finding them on her dresser, amongst her knick-knacks, brick-a-brack, n jewelry boxes. I was mesmerized by the images (albeit doodles they were very graphic.)

The cards were moved from year to year, from one house to another, closet to closet, and maybe even an attic or two in between. Initially I just wanted to feel close to my grandmother and brother who had passed. I still miss them like crazy, and though I know they are still walking with me, I don’t know if I will ever not feel the ache. That out of breathe, numbness. The kind of hurt that follows you almost like a love sick puppy dog. It’s annoyingly sad and tbh you’re probably afraid that if you let off of the pain, especially for my brother who passed from su***de, it’s like they die all over. So you keep reliving their memories and deaths, if only in your mind, so they don’t ever truly die.

After my very ugly and honestly toxic marriage/divorce I felt lost and alone. I missed my grandma and brother more than ever and to be perfectly honest, made a real attempt at joining them…Though this was due to my toxic ex and the heinous acts at his hands. Shortly after our final separation ( we split for a year and attempted to reconcile for approximately 3 months), I became pregnant with my daughter. My Angel sent from god to redirect my life. It would be a few years before I would truly feel the call of Christ. The desert had a hold on me. Though I don’t believe that I was born blind and deaf, Spiritual dead, that is exactly what I was.

During this time, I remember breaking out my grandmother’s tarot cards almost as a joke, like a parlor trick, at get togethers n such. But then people started telling me how accurate I was. Revealing proprietary information that had never been shared with me to individuals, groups, and couples. This is when the devil thought he had me, as I was lead down the dangerous path of New Age Spirituality. Even attempting to start my own spiritual practice.

God is kind of funny like that, he will use our darkest times to lead us to him. Even when the Devil attempted to use and manipulate my gifts, my heart remained pure. Once I realized I was able to heal from my darkest and most traumatic experiences through my gifts I began to feel called to help others. I felt so strongly that I had been called by god to help heal others as 2 years of therapy couldn’t scratch the surface of my wounds.

After honing my spiritual gifts more, I began offering readings and spiritual guidance to others for money (a sure sign that the enemy was at play!) At first things seemed great, I was able to bring some extra income into my home and help others to heal. What wasn’t there to be happy about? In all of my journey my heart was always aligned with god and helping others. So how could it be a bad thing?

Ultimately I was spiritually ignorant and opened myself and my family up to attacks from the enemy and his forces. Eventually my life changed dramatically and I began experiencing demonic oppression. I sank into a deep depression and lost all hope. My job, home, family and romantic life all plummeted into chaos. I was on the edge of the abyss, clawing my way out of the pit as these “forces” did all they could to drag me to hell.

God used this era to show me how important what we consume and aligned ourselves with is, not just physically but mentally and spiritually as well. During my time in the abyss, I felt absolutely no call to use my cards. Though I attempted to force myself a time or two… ok maybe a few more than that.

Even during my walk in darkness I began to feel more called to God and began turning to scripture more and more. And in this time God spoke to me, revealing that the power did not lie in the cards but within my heart. Which is why the enemy tried to corrupt it from day one.

Uhh sorry not sorry… Your girl was born a fighter, a warrior against evil. Always sticking up for the underdog and underprivileged, God knew I would not stand for the corruption and wickedness. Even in my ignorance I served god, as I did not fully understand the implications of my decisions and actions.

I still cannot fully express how deeply grateful I am that he has shown me grace in my ignorance. I have said it before but it is worth saying again…

Wickedness exists in this world and we are bound to be exposed to it along our journey. In fact one might argue it is necessary in order to fully understand and embrace the power of the love of Christ. His love and grace is revealed to us in his acceptance of our sins and the suffering we bare because of them. He accepts our flesh and the pain it garners, often at our own hands, so that we may learn to love ourselves and others without judgment.

Through him we are able to understand that the worldly sins many of us struggle with especially those of the flesh open us to take up unclean spirits. These unclean spirits can lead us astray - planting seeds of doubt, lust, fear, anger, and despair. Christ opens your heart to not only his love but to a path to really loving you and your fellowman.

Where the holy spirit dwells, unclean spirits cannot. Taking up the Holy Spirit is the process of perfecting your heart. Turning from sin and learning to see yourself through his eyes and through your heart, not only do you begin to speak differently but you walk differently and you move differently. You begin to have hope again and then you start to really love what you see when your eyes are fixed on God and not tainted with wickedness of the world.

We know the path towards righteousness is narrow but it reveals to us that without God we would not have redemption. I thank god I am no longer living in ignorance of the sins against myself and my body. Christ comes to each of us in our darkest moments, loving us in our brokenness wholeheartedly. Without his presence I would still be living life in idolatry and sin, not understanding my identity as a daughter of Christ. Sinning against a heart fully loved and owned by god is not loving myself.

God’s goodness and grace even in my ignorance and arrogance astounds me. Christ saw my heart, as he did each of you. He finds each of us as we walk the lonely road through the Valley of Death and regardless if we have the courage or faith to trust him, he walks with us. He walks with us through our darkness and pain. Strengthening us as we learn to walk with him, so we may use what we once deemed weaknesses as our super powers in Christ. He shows us the way of the few and out of each of our own personal hells.

10/03/2024

In order to blossom we must be brave enough to face our pain, you have purpose - your story has never been in vain.

Our tears are meant to water our soul, don’t hold back - to be vulnerable is to be bold.

Your heart is worth all the world’s gold, overflowing with hope, grace, & love - god’s true riches and beauty untold.

10/03/2024

As difficult and tiring as it is to keep going at times, I cannot stop. I have mountains to move.

08/03/2024

Beauty is hidden amongst the mundane and ordinary. Most of us are too busy to notice.

Learning to appreciate the world around me even if it makes no sense to anyone else in the moment✨

08/02/2024

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Come spend 2 hours with your honey getting cozy n creative in one of the most romantic settings on Main Street Downtown Travelers Rest! Begin your romantic evening off right with your glass of Red or White wine included for each painter!

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03/02/2024

Yelling is Violence
Acrylic on Canvas
Original $250 // Prints $75

03/02/2024

Blossom From Pain
Mixed Media on Canvas
Original $250 // Prints $75

03/02/2024

Divine Waters
Mixed Media on Canvas
Original $400 // Prints $150

02/02/2024

In the Immortal Words of Jessie Reyez,
“I like it most when I’m writing. You love it most when I’m riding. It’s lookin up to me, your new bitch gonna look up to me too…”

02/02/2024

S*x n Rock & Roll Baby 👩‍🎨✨🤭

01/02/2024

Letting myself have some fun while creating something out of the ordinary… Balance & flow bring forth the joy and peace of life.

01/02/2024

Had so much fun creating this Date Night piece with my honey

29/01/2024

Sometimes I look back, if only in my mind, at the past version of myself and see how much I have changed and though at the time I couldn’t see how the suffering was going to serve me… I see how it was necessary for me to evolve. No person will ever grow if they are not at least uncomfortable with themselves; let alone their surroundings. There was a time I thought about dying every single day.

I am no longer a person who allows fear to consume the world around them. Once paralyzed by my thoughts and emotions, I never would have imagined having the courage to leap towards my dreams. Destiny is a funny thing… it’ll drag you there kicking and screaming, covered in mud if it has to. You will become you, no matter how much you or anyone else tries to fight it.

I am proud of who I am today because it took a lot of pain, violence, suffering and most of all hope, self love and courage to become a better version of myself. Thank the lord for walking with me even when I didn’t know I needed him.

Keep fighting the good fight, who you are becoming is worth the battle and you never walk alone!