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art is a sample of what happens when you spend time with God. Sometimes
the pictures I've drawn out are pictures that God gave me. In the
same way that God speaks through the scriptures and words through
other people, He speaks in pictures that are promises for your life.
I believe God also uses art in much the same way as He spoke to
the psalmists. Often the psalms start as the writer cries out to
God about bad things that are going on in their lives, but as they
write God speaks into what is going on and by the end of the psalm
they write their praises down to Him. Equally, art and pictures
can just be a way of praising God."
"Most importantly: whatever the art looks like or how good
it is doesn't matter at all. God's not impressed by the things we
make. He made us and knows exactly what we can do, the gifts we
have and what we can produce. He wants to know where we're coming
from. Being creative is just a tool for meeting with God. It's all
about where your heart is at. So who cares what the art looks like,
as long as you've met with God!"
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The Vessel
This was a picture that God gave me after I made a stand
in my life to be completely sold out for Him. He showed me
a being a vessel which was once cracked and broken - my life
without God. Even if I met with Him at this time His goodness
and His spirit would drain out and I would be left feeling
empty. As I recommitted to Him he promised to heal me and
reshape me, to fill me with His love and goodness to a point
where is overflows into other people's lives. These verses
express that:
But the pot he was shaping was marred in his hands, so the
potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best
to him. (Jeremiah 18: 4)
God has given gifts to you from his great variety of spiritual
gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow
through you. (1 Peter 4: 10)
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The Tree
God gave me this picture as I made a promise to give my
life to Him and follow Him always. At the time I was very
fragile and broken and really needed to soak in God's presence.
On the leaves of the tree He put words which were promises
for and about me: alive; hope; given; pure; truth; free. This
verse is God's promise to all of us - that if we root ourselves
deeply to God we will be able to withstand all the trials
life throws at us as we depend and rest on Him:
He will be like a tree planted by the water, that sends
out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when the heat
comes, its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a
year of drought and never fails to bear fruit. (Jeremiah 17:
8)
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The Journey
This picture kind of shows my journey so far
with God. When we first met it was an amazing experience,
but as I didn't make a commitment to Him the times when we
met meaningfully were quite random, even though they were
awesome God-inhabited times. As time went on, I realized the
emptiness of life without God and came to make a full commitment
to Him. As I walk through life closer to God I experience
more and more of Him being around me. As a result I'm growing
all the time through really exciting times and also harder,
stretching times. I can see the positive effects of a God-centered
life more and more.
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The Truth
(The lies are easier to believe)
Sometimes in life you can get completely choked
with listening to negative things about yourself - whether it's
about how you look or who you are, whether it's things people have
said or just feelings you have, it can be completely choking and
destructive. Often by talking to other people about what's going
on you release the negative effects that they can have on you, by
exposing the lie. That's what this art's about - it started as just
getting all the ugly stuff inside of my heart out. As I was doing
it and getting really involved and messy with the inks, my fingerprint
started to come through. It was God's way of speaking into the situation
- as I was crying out to Him and exposing the things that were trying
to crush me, He spoke back and said 'look, you're my child - I created
you. You are a unique and special gift. Don't listen to the lies
- this is what I think of you…'
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This is what God thinks of every one of His children:
precious unique individual special created formed wanted noticed
talented beautiful visible somebody unashamed significant worthwhile
gifted lovable loved intended shining sparkling inspiring inspired
made necessary clean pure cherished amazing wonderful
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