Prayers of the Saints

Ephesians 6:18 says to pray at all times in the Spirit with all prayer and supplication, to keep alert, and to keep on praying for each other. I tried to imagine what the prayers of the saints looked like when blown upon by the Holy Spirit to fuel the fire of intercession. Indeed, how fitting and lovely it is when the brethren dwell together in unity because of the Holy Spirit's help!

  On an honest side note, my heart is grieved at the lack of unity I see among believers regarding the Person of the Holy Spirit. I am indignant regarding the taunting laughter of a religious spirit  working against God's people to cause them to be offended, critical, and suspicious of one another because of the presence of the Holy Spirit.

 It is my PRAYER that we will see who the real enemy is and go after it, not one another. Divide and conquer works both ways.  A gentle gentle reminder : JESUS is the One Who sent the Holy Spirit to not only be our Comforter, but to guide and teach us in all things. Where the SPIRIT of the Lord is, there IS freedom, such beautiful freedom. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for praying over us with Holy groans that cannot be uttered.

Hebrews 1:7

I hardly have the words for this one except that I sure am enjoying staring at it!
"For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, that you do not strike your foot against a stone." Psalm 91: 11,12 NAS Bible
Lord, thank You for Your ministering angels in my time of need. I know they don't take YOUR place, but I do thank You for assigning them to me regardless.
Blessed be Your Name, Jesus.

New Thing

This is based on Isaiah 43:19. To be honest, I almost named this painting THE GARDEN. I kept hearing "garden and new thing."
But when the Lord begins a new thing, it IS like a garden being planted. He likes to "dig around in me" and find some soft ground to plant some new seeds that bring about a garden that shows off HIS beauty and HIS bounty on me, in me, and through me.
I'm all about that.

Hosea 13:14

I love the violent look of the colors in this graveyard picture because that's the way the Lord is; violent in His Love.

 The splattering pink color is His Amazing Grace. When He shed His blood, the grace "got on us all" when we believed in our heart and confessed with our mouth that Jesus died, rose from the dead and is Lord.

The green represents NEW LIFE. Amen. The red is for His blood that never loses its power to save, heal, and deliver. The orange is for the fire of the Holy Spirit that cleanses and purifies. This is in harmony with the yellow color which represents the gold we will come forth as.

 There are traces of purple in this picture representing Jesus as the King of Glorious Majesty as well as US. He says that when we embrace Him as Savior that WE become not only His sons and daughters, but A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD. Purple is the color of Royalty.

 I will end this post with a satisfying question from 1 Corinthians 15:55: "O death, WHERE is your victory? O grave, where is YOUR sting?"

Cross Reverberations

Reverberation is the persistence of sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed.  A reverberation, or reverb, is created when a sound is produced in an enclosed space causing a large number of echoes to build up and then slowly decay as the sound is absorbed by the walls and air. In comparison to a distinct echo that is 50 to 100ms after the initial sound, reverberation is many thousands of echoes that arrive in very quick succession . As time passes, the volume of the many echoes is reduced until the echoes cannot be heard at all. 

This definition is so spiritual to me; Jesus was "removed/taken up" from this earth, but the "persistent" reverberations of Him LIVING IN OTHERS AND ME and LIVING THROUGH OTHERS AND ME cause "echos" to build. These echos are written on the cross He told me to take up and they are my testimony. This painting reverberates with fire on the outside moving in to the golden color inside; that's how we come forth as gold in His Refiner's Fire. The small pink cross is for perspective; our cross is not and never will be like the one that He chose to endure. Pink is the color for grace (AMAZING GRACE).  If you look closely, you'll see V shapes that resemble arms raised in victory. I am quickened to remember the hymn "Victory in Jesus."  

I have had glimpses of the "On earth AS IT IS in heaven" type of worship and praise, but it is never enough. My heart is Homesick for the place where the sounds of praise never decay nor echos cease their glorious reverberations.