my Jesus.

[16x24 mixed media on canvas]

Jesus answered them, "Do you finally believe? In fact, you're about to make a run for it- saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I'm not abandoned. The Father is with me. I have told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties.

But take heart!

I have overcome the world."

John 16: 31-33 [The Message]

life.

[Two 16x24 watercolor on canvas]

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of the Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than the sparrows."

Matthew 10:29-30

tangled.

[16x24 charcoal]

I love trees. the majesty and the normality. I am obsessed in the root system, how this massive being is so rooted in the ground, and how in the same breath it is stretched so far into the sky. Trees, to me, encompass so many emotions. Like the tree in this picture, he branches out of destruction- being strong thru a hazardous area. New life coming thru desperation. I love that. I love how trees symbolize life, how over and over in scripture we are shown examples of this. The tree of life. How we are told to be 'rooted in love.' I love the symbolism that surrounds this huge being.

Rooted in love, founded in Christ, stretching towards Heaven and branching out to others.

lady.

[16x24 oil on canvas]

this was my first time experimenting with oils. i am obsessed.

adore & loathe.

this project describes two images that twist and turn my heart in completely different ways.

adore & loathe.

[36x48 each, charcoal, ink, watercolor]

something that i absolutely abhor. the politics that pervert the bride of Christ. inherently sinful people who stop relying on the Lord for wisdom, and begin to use their own minds.

however

i adore the heart. the sincerity. the ever-increasing desire to become closer to the Lord and be more like Him. i love the aspiration for holiness and the respect for the bride.

Yes, we are inherently disgusting and we are sinful every second, but our hearts can be pure- and i adore the pure heart for the gospel.

breathe.

i will glorify my Lord in everything that i do.

i will live as a testimony to my Jesus thru my hands.

may my passion bring hearts to my savior.