I haven't scanned my painting yet, but i will before the night is over. In my painting, I kind of divided the paper in half's, vertically. One side is a dark gloomy scene; almost showing no hope. On the other side, the sky is bright and a tree represents new life. A river is flowing from the nice scene to symbolize God's mercy and love. While I was painting this and even after, it made me think. I was thinking about how God, uses certain situations to mold us and make us better. Although it might seem dark and gloomy sometimes, God promises to never leave his children. Sometimes we as humans are so narrow minded; I'm guilty myself. When are going through a rough time it is so easy for me to blame God and ask why? But really it more then likely me. Instead I should examine myself; am I going through this rough time because of God or because of myself?

I feel like I'm all over the place with this blog, but I have a lot on my mind. The word that keeps coming to my mind is OVERCOME. Like Jesus overcame the cross, we need to overcome our worldly desires and problems. So many times we just lose sight of God and his plan for a split second and BOOM, we are completely walking in the wrong direction. No matter what this world gives us, it will never even be close to what Jesus already did for us. Just like in my painting; on the one side the tree is almost dead and lifeless (signifies life out of God's will). On the other side the tree is replenished and full of life (signifying being in God's will). No matter what, we are always trying to overcome something; whether it be big or small. A preacher back home says, " you're either in a storm, going through a storm, or just coming out of a storm". If we could just grasp the concept of keeping our focus on what really matters, life would be perfect. But we aren't perfect, and that's why we need Jesus. Overcome!