Surviving

Happy Father's Day, I pray you have a blessed day!

I wanted to share with you a painting I just finished. 

 Title: New Life - 20" x 16"

I believe a tree is one of gods most favorite things he put on this earth.  He filled the world with them!   He made each tree unique in every way, every tree being a different shape and size. Some survive and some die at all stages of a trees life.  Some get disease, trees have roots that spread and grow new trees.  All trees have bark on them to protect them.  A strong tree that grows big and tall is a great candidate to be used later in life.    

We as humans are no different. In this painting I used the tree as an example of something that was big and strong as it sat atop the mountain. But because of human nature this tree was cut down and used for some type of human use... we as humans get cut down in life, some our fault and some not.

In this painting you see that just because that tree was cut down, it did not die. It was tragically damaged but it lived. Two years later you see the new, tender, vulnerable sapling that is occurring in gods time. It will take years for this small sapling to be as big as he was at one time, but in gods time the tree will grow big and strong once again. As a believer I relate the trees bark as the Holy Spirit / God protecting us.  Sometimes in life we get cut down, but if we stay strong and survive at all costs, the result is a NEW YOU being created.   A fresh, new you!    Remember that you are fragile, tender, healing and still growing.  No doubt there are days you see what once was your beautiful self cut down to a stump, cut all the way down as far as you could be cut, but able to survive.   Your bark is new and strong and will open each new branch and grow if you let him!   You will be blessed with many leaves!  Growing in gods time.  

I pray blessings to you and your family and I hope you like the painting " New Life ".  Hopefully, maybe you can relate in your own special individual way!   

God Bless...MW