Jeremiah 20:9

My friend Alicia had sent the following profound statement from The Knowledge of the Holy, by A.W. Tozer:  
"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us."
Alicia then asked me, "What comes to your mind?"


My first knee jerk response was His KINDNESS and that He was my DELIVERER. But then I took it a step further and "got all hung up" on the word ABOUT. I thought it should have said TO-ie-'is the most important thing TO us' not 'the most important thing ABOUT us.'  So I told her I would have to think about that one and perhaps my answer would come either through a song I wrote or my art.


This latest piece you see today is what I believe to be my answer and I am blown away and delighted that I hear a "Yes and Amen" in my heart and spirit. I was not even thinking about Alicia's question while I was creating. As ALWAYS, the Spirit of the Lord surprised me and whispered, "This is what you're ABOUT."


If the most important thing ABOUT me is that His Word in my heart is like a burning fire shut up in my bones and that I cannot contain it, then glory BE to God. 

North, South, East, West

Raise your head and look North to find the Lord over ALL Whom you can thoroughly trust with everything that concerns you. Bow you head and look South to experience peace from the One Whom you have learned to trust. As you raise your head in peace, look about you and breathe in deep the calm and rest that have quietly entered from the East and West.

No matter where you look, He is THERE.

"Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?"
Psalm 139:7

Walking With God

This one was tough to name because so MANY titles were shooting through my head! The main thing I wanted to convey was PROMISE amid those desert times hence the rainbow colored road representing the Lord's presence.

My dear friend Holly Smith told me that  the word "desert" in Hebrew means "place of the speaking."

If you are in the desert, dry place, wilderness etc. just know that you are NOT alone; God Himself is with you and walking WITH you. May your "dry place" be flooded with the Living Water speaking kindly to you. He is faithful, true, and near to those with a broken heart and crushed spirit. Walk on.

Praise

There is ALWAYS something to praise the Lord for...always. When I feel the "grumps" starting to mess with me, I make myself pause and start saying ALOUD what to praise the Lord for:
I can breathe, I'm not hooked up to a machine, I'm in my right mind, I live in America, I have a   roof over my head, clothes on my back and in my closet, food, a job, a car, family and friends that love me and above all, an awesome GOD who loves me as I am while encouraging me to come higher. I praise Him for His conviction, correction, counsel and loving kindness. I praise Him for loving me unconditionally even when I'm at my absolute worse. I praise Him for "staying on me" and IN me to keep me uncomfortable with boring status quo, and I praise Him for songs to sing and digital art to create that somehow expresses my deepest THANKS for Who He is...WORTHY OF ALL MY PRAISE.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Psalm 146: 1-2

Grand Entrance

How often we hear of someone "making a grand entrance." Usually this is said either with a snicker, or the rolling of  eyes. No doubt our Lord will make a grand entrance upon His return, but I believe that He is telling US to make grand entrances wherever we go because we carry HIS presence with us. How many times have you heard something like, "you just light up a room when you enter" or "the joy of the Lord is always upon you" etc. That's what making a GRAND entrance is all about; changing the atmosphere where there is darkness, misery, despair and releasing the Glorious Light, Joy, Power and Hope found in Jesus. Oh, Father, help our entrances be GRAND, not bland!