You could always keep the text as text and create a few shapes, group them and make the group a child layer of the text so the group becomes a texture, then tweak to your hearts content and still have editable text. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity ...
which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke...