'Romans 8;28'

²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who^[a] have been called according to his purpose.


After painting todays work I just thought that this name Romans 8v28 seemed right, because all of these things stacked on top of each other are working together to make a complete picture.


Lord I pray that no matter what our circumstances that we face from day to day that you will use those for good.  Lord when a day brings something that seems that no good could come of it, that whatever lesson that you would have us to learn you would bring that to the surface.  Amen

'A Lonely road without Him'

    I'm so thankful that I have never known what it is like to be an orphan.  I grew up with a great set of parents that were always there whenever I needed them.  In reading in John 13 and 14 I have been reading about how Jesus continues to refer to himself as being 'in the Father' and the Father being 'in Him'.  I can't help but think about what that means in the earthly sense.  I consider that my parents made me and raised me and in a lot of ways we are 'in' each other I think in much the same way that Jesus was referring to. I think that is the way God designed us as families.  We are able to understand one another well because we have a melding of will's with one another because of genetic and learned things.  I think that is why in a lot of ways sometimes parents are the only ones that may understand certain circumstances that we go through in life where we may need advice on what to do or how to handle situations.

    I also know that there are some things that we as people fight within ourselves, a certain 'battle' that may never be verbally expressed to another human being, maybe because of fear of not being understood or whatever the reason, but those are the times when I've needed the Holy Spirit the most. There have been several times when I felt like there couldn't possibly be anyone else in the world that knew exactly how I was feeling or what I was going through.  Those are the times where there just didn't seem to be words worthy to express the type of feeling that was deep inside of me, nor the thoughts that were running through my mind.  Often times even then my parents were unable to reach the depths of whatever battle my mind or spirit was facing, and much of this time I didn't have the Holy Spirit in my life either.  It was a loneliness that no one could have filled, yet the only one that was capable of pulling me out of it was God himself in the form of the Holy Spirit.

'Geometric'

'Geometric' 12x14 acrylic on canvas.

John Chapter 14

I've been enjoying reading John 14 today, and thinking more about the last few verses particularly verse 14 'And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.' I am going to have to think on this verse for a few days, maybe God will reveal more about it in the next few days.  I just feel as if there is something deeper to asking in the name of Jesus, and I want to know more about how that  he brings glory to the Father.  I just keep thinking about how that we as children of our parents carry their last name and as that we are representing them.  So that name association brings glory to them when we 'win the big basketball game' or make an 'A' on our test or whatever the case may be.....so maybe I will have more on that in the next day or so.  It will be something I will meditate on.

'Snow Day'

Because of the snow yesterday I never posted yesterdays picture to my blog,
only facebook.  so here is yesterday's painting.  I took a very short 30 minutes
to do yesterdays because I had 2 kids that were dieing to go out into the snow!

'This is the day'

I don't really have a lot to say today.  I do believe today is the most tired i've been so far and the hardest it's been to make myself to not take a nap but rather paint.  I know that it is no where near what aunt carla endures on a daily basis, but even just feeling this way and having to push through it gives me all the more respect for her and how well she handles the things that come her way on a daily basis.  I know that God is obviously with her for her to be striving through this.  God please continue to be with aunt carla.  Bless her mind and her body and Lord anything that the enemy tries to tell her or make her to believe through whatever attacks that come her way, Lord I pray that you will keep her from believing that, but that rather she would continue to believe you and your words to her. Give her life.  Amen

Steady as She goes'

I must admit that there feels like a certain amount of pressure to perform at this point.  I guess that is just the natural human reaction whenever you know people are watching you.  but it can also be a bit of a weight to carry, so I hope that i can push through that like the ship merging out of the fog in todays painting.  I continue to have to remind myself that my painting is not about me, but rather about my spending intimate time with God in prayer.  I tend to notice the days when I have trouble keeping focused on that, the paintings don't flow out of me as freely.  It's almost like when your in prayer with God and your reciting words, rather than really having a conversation.