My Name is Rick Clifton

Hello!

This is the testimony about how the crosses came to be. One day at the beginning of my Christian Walk with Jesus. I was coming home from Church that day. The Holy Spirit showed me a vision of me when I was a child. I was 9 years old at a Church camp and someone had given me a cross necklace when I was baptized. After so many years of drifting away from Jesus. I decided to rededicate my life to Jesus again in 2003. I think when I was baptized at 9 years ago in a way, I just got wet. Because I was just following all the other kids in the church camp. So, in 2003 after getting baptized we arrived home I heard the Holy Spirit go and make some of these cross necklaces for my family. So, I did. It didn’t seem like I was in my shop for very long but several hours had passed by. The next thing I knew I had made over 300 of the little crosses. WOW! What am I going to do with these crosses? This is a question I should have thought about before asking. Jesus led me to bless as many people as I could with the cross necklace. To this day I have been blessed by this inspiring gift from God. It started with the cross necklace, then 2-foot wooden crosses, and then 5-foot wooden crosses. The biggest cross I have made was 6′ wide by 9′ tall. It has over a 1,000 inlaid glass and ceramic tile. It was such a blessing to make a cross like this. Since 2003 there have been over 572 of these inspiring 14″, 2′ and 5′ wall crosses made. By the grace of God these crosses are now in 13 different countries around the world. These crosses are also throughout the United States and still growing. The vision that I see is to put one of these inspiring wooden crosses in every state capital in the Unites States and in every country around the world. We can change the world one heart at a time.

Thank you for your Prayers
Rick & Margie Clifton

This is the first cross that I had ever made.

Jesus’ hands are slightly oversized, showing strength. They remind us that we cannot rely on our own strength; we are totally dependent upon the Lord Jesus Christ.