IT'S FREE

 

Do you know how our bible is so different from that of other religions? What makes Our God so different and special? Our beliefs get lost in the clutter of our world. We think as though the message of scripture can't be true. We think we can earn or impress God into making us special. The thinking of the human mind is not the same as the thinking of our God just as His ways are not the same as our ways. He is perfect. We are flawed and sinful. Do you believe in the words of the bible? Do you understand what it is telling you? Do you understand the full message it is giving? Do you believe that God has ALWAYS loved you and ALWAYS wanted you as part of His family? It is true. Do you know that the Bible is the only bible in the world that accepts you as you are? Did you know that it is also the only bible that proclaims you cannot fix the human condition (sin) on your own or (for that matter) doesn't tell you don't have a problem? Did you know that the bible is the only one that declares that God provided the solution for FREE? You can't earn it! You don't deserve it but it is a gift of love. It is FREE! God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son to be Crucified on the cross for our sins that we may become sons in His family. Remember that God knew of our sin and loved us anyway. He gave us a way to be forgiven and to join Him as family in spite of our sin. Scripture tells the truth. It is based on the unconditional love of our Lord. No suicides in the name of, no hatred, no them versus us, no negative anything, no way to earn it. God is Love. (1 John 4:8) He that does not know love does not know God. (1 John 3:4) To not love is to live in death. The bible is truth. It is a record of who we are no matter the pain of it. It is also a promise of Hope and a love like no other on this planet. You cannot earn what was always there for the asking despite the human condition. All that is required is that you believe in Christ and the true bible.

This week an image from Dreams Coloring Art.

The Copics colors used are;

This image was another of my wife's  favorites. 

That is it for this week. May the good Lord bless and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Fear vs Revere

Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.

Saint Ignatius

The above quote has left something out. God wants man to be part of His family, to share with Him as children of that family. Inspect the creation story and you will find that Eden was the home created for that family to share the company of one another with him.(Gen 2:15-25 & Eze 28:13 ; 31:8-9) It is God's home. There was no fear of God until the original sin. No family can exist equitably with fear of one another. That speaks of sin as being the most prevalent thing within that relationship. The bible is often translated in the term "fear of the Lord". This is true if you are an unrepentant sinner. You should fear the Lord and where you are headed. If you love the Lord and have accepted Him as savior then you should not fear Him but revere Him. Reverence in a family for each member towards one another means we are in a "no conditions" relationship with one another. Love prevails. God created us to be in His image on earth. This places us squarely in a family position with God. He is still the head of the household and the father in charge. We are His children whom He wishes to share His home with. His Love is eternal. It is our choice to accept or reject that love and eternal life with him. I for one long for that life with Him.

Today I thought it would be fun to have a change of pace for an image. It is from Nori Art Coloring Called From Tangles to Giggles. This image is done in colored pencil.

The Artisoft pencil colors are;

Comb - Brown Red

Eyes - Cobalt Blue

Sweater - Cobalt Blue

Teeth - Yellow Ochre

Skin - Peach, Orange Red, Veritas Brown, Red (a wiping technique was used to tone and blend these colors together after they were used)

Hair - Black, Blue, Brown Red, Burnt Umber

This image was fun but took several days to do. These old eyes of mine needed frequent breaks to recover from the fine line detail. Every hair had to be identified and done separately. I will be doing more of these images in the future.

That is it for this week. May the good Lord Bless and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Second Chance

Easter is the time of year we celebrate our God giving us a new lease on life, a second chance. Before that we were dead and in the grave. Last post I shared a feeling that is often in the hearts of some of you. Have you ever wondered what God wants from you? He wants nothing more than your love as a child in His family. Have you ever felt your were living a life you could not understand the purpose of? Our lives are filled with second chances that we seem to be blind to. Have you ever felt unloved? That is when we are shut off from God by our own hardness of heart. It is not that God has left us, it is us that we have shut out his love. He has not moved away from us. We have turned from the path with Him. He follows us and calls us to return to the path beside Him. He gives us a multitude of second chances throughout our lives. 

From the book that never was;

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    I wander among the stars where   the beginning of time is yet remembered and    the future is but a moment away. The vault of their existence is filled with the essence of  eternal creation, a place where death does not exist. I feel the touch of eons as if  only seconds were passing by. I wander the stars where nothing is lost nor gained but all is constant and equally balanced. There is no need to seek here for all is already known. It is only necessary to accept what is given and enjoy the peace and joy that is God.

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                      When I love it is not my physical  self nor only my heart that experiences the gift but the whole of my being.

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The Promise 

During a storm of rolling thunder, whose power was released with blinding flashes, a  rain fell steadily as if to cleanse the earth and  prepare her for the coming twilight. Even as the light failed there came a stillness of the air  and the rain changed to a sparse sprinkle. An electric quiet filled the air as all of heaven and earth transformed, glowed with  golden light. Houses, trees, air and sky shown with golden hues.  A great orb of translucent pink-orange settled on the rim of  the earth's shoulder. Peace abounded and God walked the earth. His presence was heralded in the golden light of the promised Jerusalem as it shown all about.  As He passed by, He  touched the sky with His finger and renewed  all His promises with the arch of a perfect rainbow that reached from earth to heaven to earth. Then he breathed a sigh of love and a second rainbow appeared above the first to gently seal it away forever within the hearts of all who beheld it.

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Another image from Moontear. (Only 6 more left)

The Copics used are;

The pen is Marvy Gold.

That is it for this week. May the good Lord bless and keep you. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Receptacles

 

From the book that never was;

I live! I am conceived into a life of endless quest for that which can never bring satisfaction nor answers to an inner need. It is a world gone mad with greed and  inconceivable lack of compassion. Possessions, whether physical, mental or religious, have brought no peace of mind or spirit but have only served to kindle the insatiable fires of greed and hate. The attempt at filling the inner void with finite entities is empty uselessness.

Build you busy hands so your work can crumble! Fall you that were built with  labor of mind and hand so that you may be rebuilt. What purpose is creation when none of it is destined to be forever? What sense is there in being born only to die? There isn't any  reason to live a whole life trying to fulfill a purpose that will either fall short or be fulfilled then pass away into nothingness. Still we  search generation upon generation to find  what is full and everlasting. All people of all the earth are constantly searching and being  disappointed. What were we created for? What is our purpose for being? Seek though you may, It will be as though you were blind for what you shall find is nothing. Spend your last ounce of energy and you may die without your answer or peace in your soul. But if you are still and listen, within you is a whisper which tells of your existence. It does not originate within you but in the house of eternity. It  originates in the Holy of Holies. He is called Creator of Creators. He is called Love. He is pure and total. There is not one thing He needs from us for all is His. He is pure love and that love must have a place to go. We were created as receptacles of His love. We were created to receive Him.

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I could not resist this piece from the book that never was. It speaks from a place of frustration and loneliness but with the light of hope shining through. It speaks of a revelation of who we are and the end purpose of our being. God wanted a family, a place where love reigned supreme. He gave His son that we may understand that all He wants is our love and the kind of devotion he has given us. He knows our vision is short sighted in this world. He knew from the beginning how things would turn out for us. After all, He is the beginning and the end, The alpha and omega. What is your revelation of who we are? What do you believe God wants? Are you willing to be still long enough to hear His voice? Do you realize there is nothing more you need do but be still and know you are always in His presence, that you are family to Him?

Another image from Moontear.

The Copic colors used are;

The three colored pens are Multiliner Wine, Olive and sepia. The black pen was used to make lines that didn't print well discernable.

That is it for this week. May the good Lord bless and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

HAPPY EASTER everyone.

Expectations

This subject was touched on several times in the course of writing these posts. Why? The time you are in is what you should be living. It is here and now. It is what will make your past.

The future will look at what you are doing now and not what the future moment will be. It has not yet happened. Those in the future would look at you and say "They were a dreamer but they did nothing with the time they had. They only dreamed." The world runs on dates, times, schedules and such but you may not live to see them. The past is the record of your life. The future is the reading of who you were in that life. Our footprints in the sand will be washed away leaving nothing to show we passed that way.

From the book that never was;

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      As I live each second of my life, as it becomes a part of right now, I experience change. To plan for my change is absurd since, at any point, I am no longer living each second as it is given to me.

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      I cannot learn until I have lived. I do not learn as I live but because I have lived. How my step forward lands tells me how I have lived.

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 I do not choose to memorize what I write. It is more refreshing to read it from time to time so that it might teach me anew.

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 The life of all of my youth and all that is gone into the past has become the vision of the  present wisdom for a new, more loving, bountiful tomorrow.

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Whenever I enter into meditation I enter into a place of peace and the aloneness of solitude. Here no others may come or enter. It is a personal place in my heart, mind and soul to which the doors are tightly closed. Deep within the byways of the known and unknown I  wander. Truth is found in the clutter of a life lived to the day's end.

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I hope you find inspiration or at least a modicum of truth in these offerings. 

Another of the Moontear images. (there are only a few left so bear with me for a few more weeks.)

The Copic colors used are;

That is it for this week. May the good Lord bless you and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."