God Provides

Matthew 6 :25-34

This is probably one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible.  It is a promise from God that He will take care of us.  Verse 26 says, "Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not more value than they?"  

We are promised that God will provide. As I prepared this entry I thought about the things that God provided me when I was in need.  He has provided food, shelter, clothing - all the basics.  But he provided for me when I wasn't expecting comfort and comforters, encouragement and encouragers, teachings and teachers, and also strength, courage, patience, peace, self-control.  And the greatest of all his gift of Salvation when I didn't deserve it and life in Eternity with Him.

This is Prismacolor colored pencils and a 01 Micron black pen.

I Will Always Have Hope!

Psalm 71:14 - But as for me, I will always have hope.
I was inspired by a similar anchor design I saw on a poster with this scripture.  It was almost like a crest with the anchor - very formal and solid. I wanted to make my anchor look like it was in motion.  I have fished in small boats with my husband and my dad and the anchor was dropped into the water so that it would fall to the lake bottom and "dig in."  I think our hope is like that too - in motion - as we drop it and try to find a secure place to "dig in."  Sometimes I have to drop my anchor several times and spend many days and  hours in prayer and scripture searching to find that secure place of Hope.  So my anchor is not still; it is in motion.

This is paint, colored pencil and micron pen.

He Set Me Free

I saw this heart with barbed wire several places on the Internet- tattoos, posters, jewelry.  I'm not sure what they are supposed to mean, but I did like the image. When I was growing up my brother and I used to run around all over my grandparents farm where all the fields were surrounded with barbed wire fences to keep the cows in (or little kids out.)  We used to crawl through the fences rather than use the gates. And when you're a kid you're not too careful, and I used to get all scratched up or would rip up my clothes.  The thought of being wrapped up in wire is a horrible thought to me.  But when our hearts get all wrapped up in worry, anger, resentment, unbelief, - painful like the rusty barbed wire, God cuts through that wire and sets us free from those heavy burdens.

Psalm 118:5 Out of my distress I called on the Lord: the Lord answered me and set me free.

As easy as that.

The images are Prismacolor colored pencils, The background is Inktense watercolor pencils,  words and outlining Sepia Micron.