akryl – A piece of my heART

SAFEST PLACE

”God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains
fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the
mountains quake with their surging.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.

God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day…

…He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”/Psalm 46

THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN & EARTH

”When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?”/Psalms 8

”You surround me with your song

You sing over me.

Songs of joy rooting in my heart

Makes my heart bubbeling – Wow, that I am loved by you!

And to know that you love me,

This, I can’t contain -I just have to bring it all back to you!”

Acrylic, 90×70 cm

THE JOY OF SALVATION

”There is a joy, welling up, like rivers, unstoppable!Beautiful and lifegiving rivers. This beautiful gift of salvation. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! My hope, my love, my peace.”

”Look! God—yes God—is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid.
For the Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

You will draw water joyfully from the wells of salvation.”/Isaiah 12

”Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!”Philippians 4

”I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in
Me should not abide in darkness.”/John 12:46

I N Y O U R L I G H T

”How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.”
/Psalm 36

”Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
/Jesus (John 7:37-38)

Mixed media 45×55 cm

HOPE HAS COME

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
/John 3:16

”For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
/Isaiah 9:6

”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.”
/John 14:27

FLOWERS OF THE FIELD

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?”/Ps 8:4-5

”And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?”/Matt 6:28-30

But nothing is impossible for God.”/Luke 1:37

Impossi…NO! It’s possible

”I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”/Psalms 121

”Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.”/Ps 106:9

But nothing is impossible for God.”/Luke 1:37

THE POWER OF GRACE

”But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
/2 Korinth 12:9

When I fall,
I fall into your everlasting arms
You uphold me

I don’t have to have it all toghether
You hold me toghether

I don’t have to be strong
You are strong

I can shake off those heavy burdens
No need of them on my shoulders

Lighter, I can see clearly;

You carry me
So I can be carefree, in the care of God.

You remind me:
”Do not be afraid, I will never leave you. I will never forsake you.

My thoughts and plans for you are only good, I have a future and a hope for you.”

I trust you. You are my saviour, healer, shepherd and friend.

Acrylic on canvas

STREAMS OF LIVING WATER

”The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom;like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing.””For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water;”Isaiah 35:1, 6

”Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.” /Jesus John 7:37

WHERE MY STRENGHT COMES FROM

”He gives power to the faint,
and strengthens the powerless.

Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted;

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint.”
/Isaiah 40:27-30

Many of us thinks that strenght comes from being buzy and doing stuff. But sloooowly I’m starting to realize that it is the opposite. It’s only in the stillness, before God, when I lay my burdens and all my striving down, I find my strenght, true peace, rest, lightness, hope, joy, love and life.

”Come to me all you who are weary,
and I will give you rest.”
/Matthew 11:29