Painting 1

“Dance of the Wild”

Is about FREEDOM. Specifically, freedom in Christ.

John 8:32 “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”   Christ is speaking to those who believe in Him — You are the ones who will be set free. Of what? Everything that is a weight and is the opposite of truth…a lie. The weight of untruth has to be shed by Christ’s blood. The burst of Holy Spirit energy that happens when you are set free from the burden of an untruth feels like a dance of freedom that cannot be controlled except by HIM. 

It is good.

Painting 2

"Beyond the Garden"

"Beyond the Garden" is about the choice between truth and the lie and learning to recognize the difference between the truth and a lie. Is the truth...that we stay in the Garden where it is safe? Where all has been provided and where all our dreams, desires and yearnings are met and will be met. Or do we believe that going beyond the Garden is where we have been called to go because that is where God has asked us to go? This is  sometimes called Faith, but sometimes disguises itself as a lie. Has He asked us to go beyond what we know is comfortable, safe, and perfect in order to stretch our faith beyond what we believe we are even capable of living through and experience the unbelievable? Or has the lie presented itself as a semblance of good in order to deter your path?

Abiding in the Garden has to have been the first prerequisite to recognizing real faith steps or real truth steps. Standing fast where you are or stepping into faith. Sometimes your step is only a stones throw from where you are standing, but it’s enough to get you a little closer in your faith walk with Jesus. This is when we start to say things like, "I think that must have been a miracle because I have no other way to explain why I did it." This is when we don’t have any answers but we feel the peace that passes all understanding and you think to yourself, “this feels like a miracle.This must be God.” This is when you don’t understand anything about what you have gone through in life but you are okay with not knowing all the answers or any answers for that matter. You finally look back one day and realize that God made you who you are through all you went through and you wouldn’t trade your life with anybody because you and God have done this together - You and Him - and it has been special, and good and you know your Father loves you. I call this a miracle. I also call this going to a special place "beyond the garden" where you know only you and God have gone together. 

"Silver Day"

Painting 3

“Silver Day” actually comes from a memory I have from when I was eight years old. A memory that has stayed with me, and made such an impression on me at the time that I know in my heart that it was from God and that it served to teach me a deep-seated truth that would come back and serve me in the day that I needed it the most. For God knew that this absolute truth was going to be so important to my life that He needed to start teaching about it at a very early age. I’m grateful He did. For at age 35, this was the root of my most agonizing struggle.

    My memory — It was a hot summer day and I had been in school that day. I had an argument with a good friend and was deep in thought about this argument as I walked to a close-by gas station to buy my favorite candy. I was barefooted and the road was hot. I walked over to the grass to cool my feet. As I stood there looking at my feet in the grass among some white wildflowers, God clearly spoke to me. “Cynthia, if you would forgive your friend you would not have to carry this burden any longer”. I knew in my heart it was the truth. "you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free" John 8:32  At that moment, it seemed to me, that everything around me was a blurry silver except for what I was focusing on, which was the white flowers and the truth that God told me about forgiveness. I decided at that moment in my little immature heart that I would forgive my friend. What I felt afterwards was freedom. I no longer had to dwell on this. From now on when God teaches me a truth that makes such a huge difference in my life, I call it a “Silver Day”.

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"seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary"

If you are wondering...

These writings are all my thoughts that have inspired my paintings. They are not meant to be sermons. You may read some ideas that you do not agree with. That's okay. My friends have asked me to share where my paintings come from and what I'm thinking. This is what I have tried to share. I hope you enjoy. Thanks for reading my musings. 

Blessings, 

Cynthia