"The artist is a servant who is willing to be a birthgiver. In a very real sense the artist should be like Mary who, when the angel told her that she was to bear the Messiah, was obedient to the command." -Madeline L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
3.07.2014
a gift for you
One gift of pure love that God has given us is warmth. Think about it. Think about the sun on your face, the heat of a fire on a chilled night, stepping into a heated house on a icy day, taking a hot shower. What kind of a love He must have for us to cause him to give us such a gift! But he didn't stop there. He gave us the warmth of the sun on a beautiful day like today, and then as the sun begins to set and the chill begins to fall again I am able to feel the radiation of all the day's warmth, an echo and a replay, coming from the bricks outside the studio as I sit leaning up against them. This warmth is a gift of the purest, greatest love, solely for the joy of humans, I believe. It relaxes the muscles in my tired back, and I am able to feel the tension of a long day melt away. He gives good gifts, doesn't he?
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11:00 p.m….humm, shouldn't you be sleeping?
ReplyDeleteI was on my way in that direction...
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