~This is a picture my daughter Noelle did when she was nine or ten.This is the kind of art she liked to do, colorful and from her heart.. she was never much for copying ... (something that as an "artist) :( I felt was necessary for a great sketch)...
...looking at a guide, a piece of clip art, a photo a magazine picture, etc, for an exact representation, so as to "get it just right"...
But (thankfully) not her :)
Still yet, and typically so, she was never satisfied by her work.
...I was awed.
I just adored the honesty in her simple lines and her colorful representations.
I have kept almost all of her work, though she is a tried and true writer now... I hope she writes a book someday and includes her sketches!
About this attitude she held about art, well, it has me thinking. I would love to live the way she drew pictures. Simply, honesty, definitely colorful... and most gracious, and never copying
Her original art was always very gracious.
I love my daughter's art, and her heart...
...I would like to recapture that innocence, now tainted by the harshness life.
The reality is that this kind of life can be lived...only be lived by sticking closely to Jesus for inspriation and guidance, and every thought word and deed...
It is then that my (and anyone's for that matter) life will my life come closer to being a Masterpiece -- Fit for the Masters use., reflecting all the Color, Joy and Grace He intends all our lives to reflect.
~Lord help me to find my life in You, every day... Help me to remember that each day of this life is a gift... and to live it to the full.
Help me to keep Your message for life, uppermost in my thoughts throughout my days,and remembering that I have to live it from the heart, (that "new" heart, that You freely gave when I accepted Your sacrifice on my behalf at Calvary's cross... Thank you Lord for life, for hope, for second chances, for mercy and for grace...
~and for colorful hearts and the pictures they inspire!
grace and peace, mercy and joy, and comfort to you all...
In His Precious Name
