This is Going Home. A one way ticket to eternity. When I began this piece the leaves were still on the trees and showed a slight hint of the splendor that would arrive in fewer days than what I would wish for. I first saw the double yellow road and in my thoughts I heard “stay in your lane bro”. The work progressed and the five leaves were added, dried up and brown, their life force being gone. Philippians 1:21 says, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
As I worked on this, various dilemmas came and went as they do and I learning more about staying in my lane. The “no passing” boundaries became clearer and I finally saw some of them as not just contentment but as a relief. For the others, seeing through the illusions of old dreams and useless desires can be difficult but with the taste of freedom to just be comes the anticipation of where the winds will blow me next.
I saw sparkles creating a beam of light just as before when I stood in the glory of God. Throughout this time I kept seeing in my Spirit a bluish orb on one of the leaves. Not a bubble but an orb. I have prayed on this and have not yet heard the answer even though the painting says "it is done". I am unsure of what prophecy this is revealing to the masses but to myself it has been a time of realizing a little more clearer of my time on this earth and how easy it is to let go and trust the promise of the cross.
It is now winter now, the trees are about bare revealing the life they have lived. And as trees ditch their leaves in the autumn to survive the winters harshness and to make a new place for the new growth, the Bible talks about dying to self being a process of setting aside what we want and what we think we need and to instead focus on loving God with everything we’ve got while realizing how to just have faith without working at it. He uses all these things to show me over and over and over again just how much He can see me and that while I still am not walking on water, I am truly ridin' with the King. And spring will come. New growth is happening. It always does. I will see you on the other side.
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