Painting the Holy fire flags
In my church service recently, my pastor mentioned that young people today prefers a classic church, meaning timeless withstanding the test of time. I believe dancing with flags falls under this category. It is something that I’ve done more than 20 years ago, and as I pick it up again 20 years later, the form has changed, the flags have become prettier, but the heart of worship remains the same, the Alpha and Omega is still the same yesterday today and forever.
As a creative person, I always like to make and craft things. When I picked up dancing with flags again, it was natural that I would want to make my own worship tools and not leave it to another tailor. My grandfather was a tailor, and I inherited his 100 year old singer sewing machine. It was not working, but I was really desperate to use it. I asked the Holy Spirit for help, and with His guidance, I took apart some of the parts, cleaned it, and put it together. And to my amazement, it got fixed! My first few pairs of flags were made with that singer machine. I have since purchased another sewing machine so that I can do better stitches not available on my antique machine.
Imitation kills innovation. As I was looking online at the various beautiful flags made by other flag makers, I was very tempted to copy and make a similar pair. Thankfully, a wise friend said, why don’t you partner with the Holy Spirit and create something with Him instead! So started the journey of many rounds of research and development, as I attempt to make the most beautiful and flowy flags I could.
How do I come up with the designs for the painted silk flags?
Each design carries a prophetic message that I feel the Lord is wanting to release into the body of Christ. For instance, in my tabernacle flags, It started with wanting to depict the Holy Spirit flowing into us, into the congregation. And I saw how the power of the Holy Spirit is like a whirlwind and a reddish, purplish, bluish tone. I didn’t yet have a name for the pair of flags, and was praying and asking for a name. I started to research what does white red purple and blue means, and realise it is the color of the tabernacle, but I was missing gold. I subsequently added gold to the colors of the flag, and named it tabernacle. The tabernacle is a place where the God’s presence resides. The weekend I flagged it in church, I didn’t realise, is the day of Pentecost, and as my pastor mentioned on stage how the Holy Spirit is being poured out on flesh, I realise that is the message my flags were releasing too. That the day of Pentecost is the day the Holy Spirit is poured out on flesh and He now tabernacles or resides within each believer.
Through this journey, God revealed to me that all the skills that was deposited in me as a creative, painter, a tailor’s granddaughter, a worship dancer, coming together to form something beautiful, the little that I thought was in my hand becomes much in the Master’s hands.
People had been asking where I got my flags, so today I am taking a step of faith, offering these flags to you for sale at www.passionflag.com
These are silk flags, lightweight and flowy and easy to use. Each is a unique art piece, lovingly hand painted and handcrafted. The painted pairs takes taking 10-14 hours to create. Designs and concepts may be repeated, but the results will always be different. As a dancer, I test out each pair of flags and therefore optimised it for ease of use, flexibility and durability.
I've also introduced prophetic hand-dyed flags. I don't deliberately paint the designs on, but pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide as I play with the colors and the placement of the colors.
I pray as you flag it, healing and breakthrough will flow into your life! I hope you will experience the same joy and pleasure as I did when I paint them for you.
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