glory — Artistic Articulation

What kind of fruit do we produce each day? Is it self-focused or other focused? Does it give life to others or tear them down? Are we acting out of stress-based, worry-based or fear-based thinking and feeling? Some of you might be like me and be hard on yourself thinking “I’m not producing enough good fruit, I have to be better. God has given me so much, I have to give back and grow more!” This kind of shame-based thinking needs to be uprooted from our hearts if we are to live in God’s freedom. As my former pastor Emy Vazquez says “Shame off you!”

Christian LifeLydia JayneOctober 4, 2021plants, grow, Christian, Christian discipleship, fruit, Matthew 7:20, Matthew 7:1-5, Romans 12:19, John 15:5, create, glory, Christ, God, Holy Spirit, vine, branches, relief, Christian encouragement, judgement, shameComment

Reconstructing Our Hearts Through Reconciliation

While the above painting is new, I wrote most of of this last year while I worked as a nurse. I hope it encourages someone out there today!

Working and living life during a pandemic, especially those of us working on the front lines, can tunnel a person’s vision to see only stress, sadness and anxiety. But God, in His magnificent love for us, gives us His spirit of peace. He also promise to restore and reconcile things to himself. And he calls us to reconcile ourselves to Him as well…

Lydia JayneAugust 21, 2021creation, glory, God, nurse, pandemic, stress, worry, anxiety, sadness, thankfulness, love, reconcile, psalm19, 1corinthians5, challenge, encouragement, front lines, soldier, medical, doctor, nurses, registered nurse, nurse practitionerComment