A CIRCULAR LIFE...LET ME OUT!

 

A CIRCULAR LIFE...LET ME OUT!

Retablo - Mixed Media w/tin rose

20"x30"

 

 

detail

 

 

tin rose detail





AROUND AND AROUND

AROUND AND AROUND

I GO

AM I AT A FAIR

OR

IS IT A FERRIS WHEEL?

WHERE CAN I GET OFF?

I KNOW...

DO YOU?

 

 

BOO! THE STORY OF MY CONFUSED LIFE...

BOO!

Acrylic

 

KAREN THIS IS FOR YOU. 

THIS PAINTING IS A MOTHER AND HER DOGGIE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I CHOSE IT BUT IT IS ENDEARING.

 

 

OK, I'M ALREADY GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF THIS SO

MAY I BE SHORT, SWEET AND SUCCINCT. :)

 

I'm going to start off with my Sunday visit to church.

I love this Pastor because he is not surrounded by

fluff,

frosting,

or ice cream.

He tells the Word of God (Bible) like it is!

He does not try to compromise it at all.

 

Many, many years ago I was a major liberal searching for God.

I can sincerely say that I really wanted to find the true God.

so....

I delved into Hatha Yoga, Occultism (I was a medium)

drugs,

astrology,

Carlos Casteneda,

Eric Van Daniken

Reincarnation,

reaching the state of Samadhi

Middle Eastern beliefs, etc. etc,

 

It was a time to explore the unexplored

and to do away with the

boring concept of Christianity.

 

There had to be something better out there.

 

Please note that I was brought up a Catholic for 18 years.

 

Something was wrong and I had to go find out about

God.

 

(Ok...I handed my life over to FB in a nut shell...

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I even exhausted myself.  You can tell that I am not a story teller.)

 

Well, now I can wake up in the morning and say,

Good Morning Jesus...

Good morning King of all Kings...

Good morning Holy Spirit

with a blessed peace

in my heart and mind.

 

I am no longer in need of stimulants and esoteric beliefs.

I found the true Jesus of the Bible.

 

Pastor prompted me to write about this because for those of you that are still searching and really want to find God

I want to tell you that He exists.

There is only one God

and

that is the

God of the Bible.

God the Father,

God the Son,

and

the Holy Spirit.

 

That is it!

It's simple

and not complicated.

 

I no longer need to do torturous rituals so that I won't have to come back as a pooch, or how about a turkey if I'm lucky.

All I have to do is to ask Jesus for forgiveness

and tell Him that I believe He is the Son of God

who came to this earth to die on the cross

for my sins.

That's it!

 

I WAS FORGIVEN

by his blood that He shed on the cross for me.

There is

zippo, nada.....left to do.

 

I have left my old ways, and now I'm a new person who wakes up happy in the morning. 

I am no longer miserable like I used to be.

Phew...I used to be angry at the world...

NOT NOW!

Please note that we will always be sinners.  I will NEVER become God and I am not a
God.

When I sin I ask Jesus for forgiveness.

 

Pastor asked us to be prepared for the upcoming conflict that is to come.  He told us that we need to go into prayer more than ever because the future is not going to be easy.

 

Let me tell you if I was not a Christian today,

I would probably not be alive.

But I am, because Jesus loved me sooooo much that He died on the cross for me.

 

I felt like I needed to share this with you

and

you know who you are.

 

I love you, and Jesus loves you.

 

HE'S CALLING YOU...

WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER.

iT'S NOT HARD.

 

 

 

 

 



Remember the time...?

Home Sweet Home
6-5/8 x 8-1/2"


Remember the time when it was a make-believe world?

Remember when we actually thought that we had freedom?

Remember the time when we would wake up to a sunny day and only wonder what we were going to eat for dinner?

Remember when we would run out of the house in our shorts
and
carelessly go and skate or play with our neighbors?

Remember the time when the most that the nation cared about was reporting about the sassy American tourists abroad?

Do you remember when you could actually say

HOME SWEET HOME?

A VERY SPECIAL TRIO

A VERY SPECIAL TRIO
10"x8"

I want to introduce Ann (left), Carol (middle) and Margaret to the right. These ladies are the most incredible quilters. Maybe I should call them MASTER QUILTERS. This title suits them better.

Yes, like I said in my last post, every Thursday morning @ 9a.m. I make my way over to the Lutheran church, and I always find the most beautiful ladies quilting away. They will quilt a complete bedspread for anyone, charge a minimal amount, and then donate it to a family or person in need. Talk about back braking work!

It was always my dream to live in Lancaster, PA because I wanted to live near the Amish, and I wanted to learn how to quilt. Well, my dream came true, and now you can find me in a wonderful little town near Lancaster. I met these incredible quilters, and they are so kind to be teaching me, so for Christmas I decided to give them a painting! This little jewel is the result. I think it's very special because it's meant for A VERY SPECIAL TRIO!

Hope you enjoy it.

P.S. Shhhhhhh don't tell the ladies.....it's supposed to be a surprise! :)

My first post on my blog

 

 

SPIRITUAL MAN GONE AMOK

Thought I would introduce myself on my new blog. I'm going to attempt to paint a painting everyday or every other day. This is going to be huge because I'm not a fast painter, so it should present an artistic challenge.

The painting seen above is not a painting a day, but I thought it would be good to download some of my artwork in the meantime.