patience — Artistic Articulation

The Ride to Freedom

The painting above was inspired by a photograph I saw recently. In the photo, a focused rider spurred his horse on towards freedom from the flames. Either only for himself or to go get help.

Either way, it got me thinking about freedom. Although we have a choice in the matter, we often fall victim to many things we have been freed from, even though there is a better option. Don’t agree with me? Have you promised yourself this week “I will not think badly about myself, or this person".” or “I’m going to wake up early” “I’m going to workout every day this week”? Only to when you are unable to, you beat yourself up and start the cycle over again?

How do you get free from such patterns?

How to Start a Revolution

My morning coffee routine never gets old. I feel as excited for the first sip each morning as if it did not happen every single day before. It struck me that my jubilee about my joe can sometimes become jumbled with my love of my Jesus. Thoughts like “well, I cant start my devotional time yet, I haven’t had my coffee.” It made me pause.

Reality check: that’s no good!

My relationship with Jesus is the best part of who I am. Without him, my artistic endeavors fall on their faces. Keeping my word? Nope. Kindness and patience? Out the window. Forgiveness? Definitely not. Nothing brings out those things in me except Him- no, not even coffee, haha.

From the Belly of a Whale

“The Struggle is Real”

I have a love-hate relationship with the phrase, “the struggle is real" because on the one hand, it describes perfectly that feeling of sheer challenge you feel sometimes. On the other hand, I hate that it is used to describe things that in my humble opinion, are just not that danged hard.

Primary example: if you spill your coffee and you don’t get a parking space the struggle is most certainly not real.