One Sunday Morning

One Sunday Morning, while I was in church I was feeling like I could burst - how can I describe that feeling...like I wanted to scream and shout and jump out of pure need to be near to God. Like I could feel Him, but I wanted Him to go so much deeper in my heart - into the recesses of my being. As I took this photo I saw a heart shape inside of the rose, backlit by the fire of the Holy Spirit. This macro shot goes much deeper than the human eye can see...into the very recesses and folds of the petals. Oh Lord, be the fire in my petals, be the Light in my soul - God see me. Your will be done in me despite my flaws. Run through my veins and fill me.

Psalm 1

I used both of my hands to create the texture...just moving all around the canvas with the stucco. I began to see a heart shape and nothing else. I left the stucco to dry and didn't think about it for a few days. Again, looking at the texture I could see a tree in the shape of a heart - then the verse from psalm 1 came to mind. "...I am like a tree planted near streams of water that bears fruit in season and it's leaves do not wither - all that I do prospers..." This painting could be like one tree beaing fruit, or two trees coming together to bear fruit - two coming to unity...a community comes together, meeting in the middle to produce fruit - all fed by the same stream.

The heart Door Knob

I saw this door knob and I had to photograph it because I love old doors and knobs...this one in paticular I love because it has a heart design on the knob. Reminds me: Many are the plans in a mans's heart, but the Lord's purpose prevails (prov. 19:21). And, Hope deffered makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life (prov. 13:12), Even in laughter the heart may ache...(prov.14:13) - all relevant to my life. And yet another, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; He directs it wherever He pleases" (prov.21:1). My heart is in the hand of the Lord, and He is the only one who turns the knob to my heart and comes in...He truely knows my heart (ugliness and righteousness), and He still loves me.