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When
I had decided to "Quit" (see Recollection
7 ), I made the
decision that I would stop doing the things that I had self
administered for my security and feeling of well being (i.e.,
the merchandising business: selling Blessing Cards to raise
money for the paintings and to pay my overhead / the Foundation
for the Biblical Arts, an educational facility to raise
"the Church" awareness of the arts and encourage
visual artists creating from Scriptural vision / creating
an Online community of "Faith" to support and
strengthen faith among ourselves in relation to God ) -
realizing that the main directive I have ever heard from
God was to "Paint Clouds. Put Them In Crosses"
- all these things I had been involved in were more of my
inclination than a directive from God. Those things were
because I didn't believe God would supply my needs to pay
my bills and move the Project to where it needed to be.
"Paint Clouds. Put Them
In Crosses." That is what I heard. And as I constantly
state in my journal, which is an ongoing testimony, that
- if God's hand is truly in this, He will have to provide
my means and a way that I may meet His mandate. It made
no sense that if I would just paint, I would be taken care
of, on God's terms. All I was and am is able to see is how
it looks from my perspective.
I received a call from Mike
Thornton. I hadn't heard from Mike in months. He asked me
about the Foundation for the Biblical Arts and I told him
I had put it aside to go paint - it was a full time job
on its own, and I needed to paint.
Mike urged me that I had
to do it. I told him that perhaps he should do it - he said,
"OK."
Mike offered to pay for the
legal fees to get it established as a 501c3. He is eager
to incorporate and to begin supporting the Freedom ART Project.
When I "nailed to the
foot of the cross" my concerns and my past ambitions,
I knew that if they were of God - and if He had wanted them
done, He could 'resurrect' them to be done in the future.
For the Foundation For the
Biblical Arts, the future appears to have come.
Hmmm - I had prayed for help
and here I am in the 5th week of painting Clouds, and Janine
and Mike have appeared with sleeves rolled up.
This begs reflection.
May continued
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