Jeremiah 32:27-I Am the Lord

No, Lord, there is NOTHING too hard for YOU to heal; be it our bodies, souls, coworkers, family, friends, minds, marriages, neighbors or nations.

YOU ARE THE LORD.

Faithful in all things and mighty to save, restore, and resurrect.

YOU ARE THE LORD.

It Is Finished

To all who "love Jesus, are born again, go to church, sing in the choir, pray, minister to the young and old, do everything a 'good christian is supposed to do' and still have deep disappointment in their soul for hidden reasons, this is for you.

I feel like this particular picture is timely because of what I have gone through recently in the healing of my own soul. None of us wants to insult our Lord in saying or thinking that His blood wasn't enough in delivering us from all addictions, heartache, worry, anxiety and EVERYTHING that tries to exalt itself above the knowledge of God.

For the faint of heart and the utterly exhausted who "have been waiting on the Lord" this is for you; it is a word in season to embrace you, not shun you; it is a word to speak to your sickness-whether physical or mental-your anger, your disappointment, your boredom, your lack of direction, your own weakness and your hatred of it: IT IS FINISHED.

May these three  words send the devil fleeing from you as you SPEAK them to him:
IT IS FINISHED. You overcome with the BLOOD of the Lamb and the WORD OF YOUR TESTIMONY. Whatever you struggle with, declare "IT IS FINISHED." And it will be an act of your WILL that you decide to speak up because your EMOTIONS won't "feel" like declaring. Been there. Done that. There comes a day when you "don't FEEL LIKE" allowing the devil to assume that he can torment your mind day in and day out. IT IS FINISHED. Rise up. Grow up. Speak up. IT IS FINISHED. Amen.

Precious Jewel

Malachi 3:17 says we are the Lord's jewels and Isaiah 62:3 declares that we are a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand of our God.

We are HIGHLY VALUED by the Lord.

We ARE His Precious Jewels.

It is His brand upon our hearts and His promise within our souls. 

As I worked on this painting, I loved how the "jewel tones" were coming forth in more ways that one. And that's what we DO;  the Fire of God WITHIN us causes HIS beauty to radiate and WE are marvelously, miraculously transformed; glorious hues of "Holy, Holy Holy!" emanate and our old prisons become prisms of praise.

Exceeding Joy-Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.

Under His Wings

Psalm 91 says that under His wings we shall find refuge. As a child, I loved to play in my closet. I plugged my desk lamp into an extension cord and took it in there with me and would write or color or pretend I was in a cave. The closeness of my clothes hanging down just added to the feeling of being hidden away and I could stay in there without feeling claustrophobic. As I look at the "opening" in this latest painting, it makes me want to crawl into it as I did my closet all those years ago and find restful, worship filled refuge in the shadow of His wings.