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As I worked on this, I heard the voice in the roar "DO NOT HURT MY CHILDREN!" and He showed me Joel 3:16 "The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel." Amos 3:8 "The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?" The ROAR! The very frequency of its sound wave will cause the vibrations in the wedding glass to exceed the forces holding its crystals together until it finally shatters. In Jewish wedding tradition, the prayerful Breaking of the Glass is symbolic of the hope that your love for one another will be consecrated for eternity. "As this glass shatters, so may your marriage never break. And so it is with God, the bridegroom. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the image of bride and bridegroom was used to symbolize the relationship between God and the people of Israel. He called His people to faithfulness to His teachings and declared His eternal love for them. This was then later adopted in the New Testament where Jesus was envisioned as the bridegroom sent by God as in Revelations 21:2 "And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband." And now at long last I understand the beauty of the Lion of Judah paintings. In Jeremiah 12:15 “but after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. 16 and if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my Name, saying, “as surely as the Lord lives...then they will be established among my people...” Because God is good, it does not always hurt when the light goes on.

I dreamed of an old door with the knob and a deadbolt painted in chippy white. The vision remained as vivid as I first saw it. It was installed on an open door, a way out to join the others leaving. In my last vision, the portals were just beginning to escape the rising waters. This time they have started their ascent from the hills. This portal is called Unlocked. 2021 Isaiah 55:12 “For you will go out with joy and be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands. John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. PRINTS AND GICLEES available at https://www.propheticsgallery.com/store-warehouse/art_print_products/store-warehouse-efnd-wv1mew

This is called TO PRAY and as I pondered on the Word and communed with the Holy Spirit, I saw the Holy Spirit himself rising up out of the tear drop of Jesus as He prayed in the Garden. ​ The night before Jesus Christ was crucified, He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. In Luke 22:44 we see that His sweat was like drops of blood: “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground”. Scientists have given this phenomena the name of Hematidrosis, an actual medical condition where vessels can constrict and dilate to the point of rupture where the blood will then leach into the sweat glands. Its cause—extreme anguish. In the other Gospel accounts, we see Jesus’ level of anguish: “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death” (Matthew 26:38; Mark 14:34). ​And yet as He says in John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." This painting has been a long lesson in letting go. Letting go of human created props when talking to Jesus just as it says in Romans 8:38 "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." God watches. God listens. God sends His love and His help. Depend on the kindness of strangers. Ask. He can help. Until the other side then, blessings to you and yours.

This looks long and I apologize. The word editor says it 3 minutes. Bear with as this is one of my favorite bible stories. 😊 Reading the bible and asking Jesus to walk me through it has put me in the position of a fly on the wall as I talk to Him about it as I read. One of my most favorite stories is the five loaves and fish story because it is so current!! It is the side story in it that just intrigued me about prosperity for nothing. Prosperity. Is it an illusion? Is it money? Is it health? Is it the proverbial carrot always being dangled to keep going? Keep reaching? For what? And then what? More? Ahhh... the human race on a constant gerbil wheel looking ahead. Jesus says that in Him and with Him there is always enough. Always. You know it! Look back and see how things got resolved. The money came through. The bills came and went. John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I hear my grams voice saying “waste not, want not” in coaxing us to clean up our plates like in John 6:12 When they had enough to eat, he said to His disciples “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” ... There is enough. Look at what you have. Bless it. Say thank you Father. And share. Yes there will always be more. Food will arrive. The bills will get paid. And just how do you "make" this happen? Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" my gram sings 🎶 Be present at our table Lord. Be here and everywhere adored. These mercies grant that we May feast in Paradise with Thee. 🎶 Amen. This oil painting and its story is called Relevant for “there is not only always enough but then some” in depicting the story of Jesus being able to feed 5000 men from 5 small loaves of barley bread and 2 small fish from the book of John 6:8-13. How’d He do that? In verse 11 “Jesus then took the loaves, GAVE THANKS, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.” ...13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the 5 barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. And just as many thank the chef for a superb meal, these people wanted to make Jesus their king. 14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. So they followed Him to Capernum! Why? More free food! Picture it! Its the morning after the big impromptu feast and as they seek Him out rubbing their now bellies for a free breakfast and the thought pops into my mind of attending time share proposals. “All you have to do is listen to our talk for 45 minutes and you can be entered into the drawing for a free pickup truck!!” Well how’d that work out for them? Just like it says in John 6:26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.” Oh rebuffed!! Followed by the “oh you caught me! 😬” 28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Followed by how to make amens. 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” In this pic is a takeaway regal foil swan as we are sitting with the king! Along with the easily available, airtight and watertight storage container representing Gods Word which has an eternal shelf life. The lids off and we see the Girl Scout cookies symbolizing “knock knock anybody home?” There are others, Mexican breakfast pastries and the classic Easter traditional Hot cross buns timeless since the 12th century Anglican monk baked the buns and marked them with a cross in honor of Good Friday and added spices inside signify the spices used to embalm him at his burial. See?! Everything good always leads to Jesus. Bon Apetit! And let’s do lunch on the other side. ~DeniseRenee Dahlheimer https://artontheoutskirts.wixsite.com/home/post/holy-leftovers

Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” Yes God breathed life into all creatures. And what God makes is a beautiful thing. It says in Proverbs 12:10 “Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel." This proverb is very clear. Whoever is righteous will have regard for the life or the care of their animals, whether they are pets or livestock, the mercy and care given to those who care properly for their animals is very pleasing in God’s sight. And this beautiful boy here was blessed indeed and blessed in return. 😊 Meet Frankie Baby! “Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.” – Franklin P. Jones

So he said to the (paralyzed) man, "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” This is from Mark chapter 2 about the story of the paralyzed man's healing. It is Powerful!! Incredibly powerful. His friends went to great lengths to get him there to see Jesus. They obviously cared about him or maybe they just need help at work, either way they all knew Jesus could help. And Jesus did! He saw the effort they had put forth and granted them their request. He said “Son, your sins are forgiven” And then the “authorities” piped up and tried to undo all of it by negating Jesus’ authority to forgive. How many of us use our crippling reasons or excuses to not make the move?" How many times have we felt the urge to make a call, do the thing, stick with what we know out of comfort or fear, not gift, not relinquish, not give in, not back down, not give another a second chance, refuse to see "it" from "their" point of view, hang on to ideals, or have hidden your love of Jesus rather than be laughed at…? Jesus not only negated these teachers authority but He did one better. He not only forgave the man but healed him as well. Jesus loves us. Jesus fights for us. Jesus always wins. And said (to you) Get up, take your mat. And go home. You either will or you won't... Whose authority will you abide by? Till the other side then.

John 5:14 says, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." True! Here I have tried to recreate a picture of what I see as I sit in my chair and read my bible out loud and I have seen it is true just as written in Psalm 66:17-20 - "I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!" Even though at times it seemed I walked alone, I knew I was not. Even though at times I reached out to others to what ... miserate (?) for there was not any co-miserating as often the trials I endured had not touched them. They could not empathize with my plight. No they never had a family member that could say that kind of thing. No they never could imagine a parent not standing up for them. No the thought of being ostracized for believing in Jesus was foreign to them. No they never lost anyone close to them. So I talked to Jesus. He understood. He had been through it. He assured me that yes I was loved. Yes God was proud of me. And even though all fall short of the glory of the Father, He still loves them all very much. In the back of my thoughts were or was it deep in my heart that "maybe someday someone will get IT" for what we sow so shall we reap kind of thinking tinged with a little "what goes around comes around' thrown in I fancied the thoughts in my lesser days. But as always God knows what He is doing and yes as always "God I do trust you! If "they" understood the misery I am in then I would be wasting our own one on one air time Father. I would not know you now as I do. Going through the trials has been my booster step up onto His lap and into His mercy. And now that I know this and "get" it, I am witnessing those who had seemed to have skated troubles are now going through it. And you know what? I feel for them. I can commiserate with them legitimately. I can point them through the shortcuts and straight on to Jesus bypassing the scenic routes. I care about them. Does it help to see them suffer and learn? No. Will I say "I told you so!" Absolutely not. Will I take their calls only at my convenience or whenever God says? For it is at Gods convenience that I live to serve. I will trust in the Lord always as The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.” -Psalm 28:7 See ya on the other side then.

2018. Just as I was starting my day and crawling out of bed, I no more had one foot on the ground when I was knocked over with a vision of a black and white crown. Precise. Detailed. With a news reel of newspaper headlines spinning around its base. No time for tea. Or toast. But to get down to the studio and sketch it out immediately. And here it is! I hear the song... And the three men I admire most The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost. They caught the last train for the coast. The day the music died. And they were singing...Bye, bye Miss American Pie by Don McLean played in my head like an ear worm. Over and over until the words "it is finished" entered in. As I progressed, the thought came to me of Black and White and Read all over mixed with red splatters. The newspaper headlines seemed to be of as deliberate choice as the song American Pie streaming in my thoughts as I painted. And it wasn't till I finished it that I saw the many parallels between this piece and the song. And with that, here is Bye Bye as in American Pie created in mixed medias on a 20"x20" wrapped canvas and is the black and white symmetrical crown just as I saw in the vision. The black and white denotes choice as it’s read all over. The crown is covered in news headlines creating distortions. And even though the headlines all jive with the songs lyrics the one that peaked my interest most was Napoleon’s quote "Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” Look at how long the issue of the media has been going on 😳 #prophetic #spiritinspired ...And the three men I admire most The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost. They caught the last train for the coast. The day the music died. So here it is. Just as He wishes. There is so much going on here and the Lord has validated every single detail and thought that went into it. Matthew 13:10-11 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto YOU to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is NOT given.” Hmmm... that does come off a little offensive yet it is from our Lord who loves us dearly. Matthew 13:17 For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. The common denominator is the media. With that, be aware. Be blessed.

Stand strong and be of peace. This is Pomegranates and Chains of Solomon's Temple. This oil on gallery canvas is call Blessing. In 2 Chronicles 3 it tells "15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits long, each with a capital five cubits high. 16 He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains. 17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin, "he will establish", and the one to the north Boaz, "in him is strength". The pillars Jachin and Boaz were destroyed along with the rest of the temple by the Chaldeans, Jeremiah 52:17, but their meaning lives on in the spiritual kingdom of God. The names of the pillars represent the strength and stability of God’s promises of a kingdom that will last forever." Ever since God promised in Deuteronomy 8:8 listing the seven species of blessings, which included pomegranates, the sheer mention of a pomegranate has been used for blessing of prosperity, fertility and fruitfulness, and the lack of it as the opposite in the warnings of the prophets. When they are fully ripe, they burst open their crimson colored, tough, leathery rind and their seeds spill out. Some are sweet. Some are tart. Yet either way they provide refreshment and are seen as proof of Gods blessings on His children. John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." Chains? The symbol, in this painting, for the eternal bond linked in the marriage of the immortal souls sharing and representing the everlasting links of all life on earth and our link with God. As I progressed with this work and became aware of the significance of chains, pomegranates and these particular pillars, it was made clear that "The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in obedience to him according to Deuteronomy's 28:9. And "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phillippians 4:13 because I am bonded by the eternal love of Christ. I am the bride. I wear His ring. I am because He first loved me. And chains, the symbol of royalty because I am riding with the King. Like B.B. King sang...On a T-W-A, to the promised land Every woman, child and man Gets a Cadillac and a diamond ring Don't you know we're riding with the king? Revelations 11:15 Then other seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of this Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” Happy pomegranates to you!

Is it pass ON… the hurt or is it PASS… on the hurt? Its been on my path lately that some folks complain that they are ill treated by others but do not see that they in turn ill treat others in the same fashion. Matthew 7: 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Nope! Visine will not remove a plank. But Jesus can.

The song 🎶 “nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen, nobody knows my sorrow…” fills my thoughts as I read this today. Words like loss, grief, despair, gloom and doom seem to be the first place we go to when we think on this verse. Things that we are separated from Alex for $200 kind of thinking. When Jesus spoke, it was directed at us personally. Yes each and everyone of us. Then. Now. Tomorrow. He focused on us becoming more like Him. We are to mourn - ourselves. Our human flaws. Our sins and gods we wrap ourselves up in. For those who learn to mourn (to be saddened and grief stricken) over their own sin will find the heart of God, therefore true happiness. And the comfort part? Well to make more room for the the great comforter, The Holy Spirit!! 🔥

No capital R and in quote marks as it is a descriptive adjective not a pronoun. An odd observation was shown to me today. Be careful where you stick those labels. I watched an reporter interviewing people that were flamboyantly gay as to whether or not a gay person could be a republican and the more people that were congregated, the more the person being interviewed spewed negative and stereotyped derogatory remarks on such an unfashionable idea. Which brought to my mind “Birds of a feather will flock together“ not only is their gravitation of like being attracted to like but also safety, camaraderie and power. The weaker find protection and the stronger find followers. For myself, I don’t care what floats anyone else’s boat, just be a good human and don’t hurt the defenseless. Now that being said, not more than two minutes had passed when I came across a post on ”the ME-dia-aahh” where “religion” was being dissed as if it were one single entity rather than a whole lot of peoples singular idea. And I thought “just how scorched is that pot you are holding thinking it is a kettle?”. Religion didn’t do anything to anybody. People did good by it. People did bad by it. The Church too. The “Church“ is not just a place where we worship God. It is where we “how we serve God’s”. People do good by it. People do bad by it. Your job in all of this? Ask Jesus. Stay. Leave. Stand apart. Conform. Whatever your choice though do not tear down. Build up. And as I write this, the image runs through my thoughts of a person walking leaving a restroom with toilet paper stuck to their shoe. 😳 Seems appropriate. Guess the devil does wear Prada. 🤔 Till the other side then.

Looking through the eyes of love is the only way God sees us. As I finished up this piece I heard this song from Ice Castles and my heart leaked out of my eyes. What a blessing she is. The Song of Solomon 4 sings 6 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense. 7You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Oh my Sophia, there is no flaw in you. what a treasured gift you are. I love you! ~nana

2 Peter 1:20, 21 20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. Now! That being the case… When given a word of knowledge or prophecy from any of Gods vessels just how do you know it is legitimate? How do you know if its their imagination produced by good will or by any human will at all? Does it cause the person to achieve a greater closeness to Jesus? Then yes. Does it elevate the person into themselves and desires? Then no. Even the legit doomsday prophets in their end of the world scenarios offer the same premise. And that is YOU yes you yourself need to get right with Jesus. It will not matter if the world falls apart or recovers, how are YOU in Jesus? Philippians 4:19 says, “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” So Que Sera Sera the future is not ours to see. What will be. Will be. 🎶 And the closer you walk with Jesus the less of a pinball you will feel like. 😀

My hubs was, as usual, out of town working long hours and in all the elements rebuilding bridges and came upon a heart shape divot in the concrete. He snapped a picture of it and sent to me to give a quick shout out of "hi! I miss you! I think about you all the time." The photo along with a few lessons inspired this oil painting called Eve 2.0 was created as a reminder that we are not bound by Eve's choices to coerce her Adam. Since Jesus pardoned us of this original sin, the quality of this love, or friendship, or companionship is on us. This is a very simple lesson. Stick with Jesus. Focus on Him. He will show you that joy is wherever you look. Happiness is what you feed it. He sends a shout out all the time of Hi! I miss you! I think about you all the time." After all, God is love. Love in. Love out. It is that simple. And until the other side then. -Denise