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Inspiration |
24" x 30" Oil/Birch |











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Loving Portrait of My Sister Inspiration: and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. Isaiah 55:2-3 Technique: “while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our
great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem
us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his
very own,
May purity (white) surround you. “I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1:5-7 Light from the window is His light shining upon you even in the darkest of times. ‘Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light,
He will move people to choose either to walk in obedience to His message or to walk by the light of their own self-kindled fire. His path requires us to trust Him so that we walk by faith and not by sight, even when all seems dark. Will you answer His call? Do you long to find and fulfill the purpose of your life? This purpose can be found only when we discover the specific purpose for which we were created and to which we are called. Answering the call of our Creator is “the ultimate why” for living, the highest source of purpose in human existence. Apart from such a calling, all hope of discovering purpose (as in the current talk of shifting “from success to significance”) will end in disappointment. To be sure, calling is not what it is commonly thought to be. It has to be dug out from under the rubble of ignorance and confusion. And, uncomfortably, it often flies directly in the face of our human inclinations. But nothing short of God’s call can ground and fulfill the truest human desire for purpose. Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion and dynamism lived out as a response to his summons and service. Answering the call is the way to find and fulfill the central purpose of all life. Do you have a reason for being, a focused sense of purpose in your life? Or is your life the product of shifting resolutions and the myriad pulls of forces outside yourself? Do you want to go beyond success to significance? Have you come to realize that self-reliance always falls short and that world-denying solutions provide no answer in the end? Listen to Jesus of Nazareth; answer his call. ‘Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes
to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”
Take the bread of life and eat.
True seekers are different. On meeting them you feel their purpose, their energy, their integrity, their idealism, and their desire to close in on an answer. Something in life has awakened questions, has made them aware of a sense of need, has forced them to consider where they are in life. They have become seekers because something has spurred their quest for meaning, and they have to find an answer. True seekers are looking for something. They are people for whom life, or a part of life, has suddenly become a point of wonder, a question, a problem, or a crisis. This happens so intensely that they are stirred to look for an answer beyond their present answers and to clarify their position in life. However the need arises, and whatever it calls for, the sense of need consumes the searchers and launches them on their quest. I love you Patsy!
Your little sister, the Artist |
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