This recent painting seems a good one to begin a blog with. For one thing, it is a painting of the foundations for all my work.Faith is represented by the Bible which is where it all starts. That faith in Christ's finished work gives me a solid past, present, and future. Moving forward, the dried rose is a symbol of hope. Just as blossoms fade from year to year and are replaced by new ones, so we move through the seasons of our lives leaving old dreams and discovering new ones. So long as that hope is rooted in the faith, it will never be ashamed because the small hopes are dwarfed and interpreted by our great eternal hope. And love. The pitcher, a gift from a friend, is a reminder that there are people all over the world now who love me--a humbling thought. And it's not because of who I am, but because of God first loving us and teaching us to love one another. It's really His love flowing through them. In a sense, we are like pitchers being filled and pouring out. And that brings us full circle back to the Bible again. Because that is where we first learn of His love, which inspires faith and gives us hope... and teaches us to love each other.
