about us
hi friend! i am so glad you're here. i'm so excited to share my heart behind living for Him with you!
the history
I started this business back in 2020, I was a sophomore in high school and I was bored out of my mind. It started as “Art by Emma Lea,” an Instagram account I made to post little things that I was doodling on my iPad. After a few months I started making my doodles into stickers and selling those. In 2021, I opened my Etsy shop with a few sticker designs and one super simple crewneck sweatshirt. It was never anything major, I would get an order here and there but that was it, I never fully devoted myself to it. Every summer I would think “okay this is the time, I don’t have school so I’m really going to devote my time and energy into my business!” but I never actually did it. In November of 2023, I decided to make some changes. I was finishing up my first semester in college and the Lord was doing a lot in my life. I was growing a lot in my faith and I wanted my business to reflect that. That’s when it became Living for Him!
the meaning
I don’t really remember how I landed on “Living For Him” but I do know that those three words have shown up SO MUCH in my life since 2023. Maybe I just notice it more now, but I can’t help but feel like God keeps bringing it up for a reason and I haven’t regretted changing the name since then. So what does it mean to live for Him? Well for starters if you don’t know who He is, He’s Jesus. 2 Corinthians 5:15 says, “and He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for Him who for their sake died and was raised.” When I gave my life to Christ that meant that I was no longer living for myself or my own desires. As Galatians 2:20 says, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” When I read these verses I am reminded how much Christ gave for me and I can’t help but be overwhelmed by gratitude. Living for Him, for me at least, means surrender—giving up my life, my desires, my goals, my needs, and laying all of those things at the foot of the cross. At the end of the day, I want His will for my life, not my own. He is the only one worthy!
the goal
To be completely honest, Living for Him gained its meaning after I renamed the business, made all the merch, and even after I had done a couple of events. What’s awesome about it, is that it means more to me the longer I sit with it and spend time thinking about what it means to live for Him. I hope that that is true for you too. The goal of this rebrand is simplicity; just a few t-shirts, hats and sweatshirts, with one logo and three words. When you wear these three words I pray they carry weight. I hope you’ll be reminded of your testimony and how the Lord has moved in you life and I pray you’ll be able to share that testimony and why you’ve chosen to lay down your life to live for Him! The goal is to point people to Him, the only one worthy to be worshipped, the only one worthy of your life! Oh how fruitful it is to live your life for the one who created it!
