Luminarium in Sheffield today

We visited Luminarium today...

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King's Daughter again...

Tonight I have been drawing King's Daughter again... inspired by talking with J. and seeing her art, especially picture of mother and child... Will add here my King's Daugther pictures soon. It is a long journey and I keep missing the words... It is about trust and hope, it is about who I am in Christ... My identity doesn't fall down with what people say, what I have or don't have.... At the moment there seems to be so much that I don't understand... pathways and crossroads... and lots of closing doors... I pray that I am able to see which doors are closed by God and which are the doors God is opening for me... it is so easy to try to think and plan things in my own way... I don't want to loose the right focus - Christ - Hope of Glory....  My prayer pictures from tonight are about that - seeking the balance, seeking to rest in God, to be open, to trust the He will give me the light for the step I am on.... 

Be My Everything - Tim Hughes

Prayers - Christ in me Hope of Glory

Since Friday I have been really struggling to find the words for prayers... so much has been happening that is so difficult to understand, to hear, to see...   both in the wide world and in the world closer to me... And I would love to so much to share the message of God's love, share message that our hope is in God whose love is beyond our human understanding... 

I have been trying to write and email to H. with prayers for her daughter, but not managing to find the words, I wrote and deleted few emails as my words seemed to be so inadequate... And I was not able to draw prayer, although I really wanted to....

Reading E's testimony today, that I missed in church by coming late, has been such a blessing for me. E. found words that I was not able to find myself....  and through reading and praying I was able to start drawing the prayers....

And here is the picture I just completed, my prayer for A. and E., and for several more people I know who are going through cancer treatment, and for so many more that I don't know....

And the song that kept coming to me while drawing is Everything by Tim Hughes.... Christ in me - Hope of Glory...

Art Rage painting....

Did some prayer painting  in Art Rage programme ...

Coming back... again... Becoming Beloved

I needed so much to listen again to Henri Nouwen.... Becoming Beloved Child of God... it is so easy to forget... so easy to get busy and trying to achieve, trying TO DO, trying TO BE SUCCESFUL... but then its so easy to get distracted... and few words can throw us into feelings of depression and very low self esteem...  I AM NOT WHAT I DO, I AM NOT WHAT I HAVE... I just want to come back and receive deeper that I AM BELOVED CHILD OF GOD, I AM BELOVED GOD'S DAUGHER.... and God' perfect love casts our fear... I want to  live this - really - and to share this message of God's love with others... it is such a mystery and such a blessing.... BEING BELOVED CHILD OF GOD! 

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Cornwall inspiration and visit to Holy Trinity St Austell

During our week in Cornwall we visited wonderfully welcoming parish Holy Trinity St Austell. 
So much inspiration for all of us! We very much enjoyed coming to morning as well as evening service. And during the evening service I was able draw my prayers during worship time and when listening about Besom project (that is why the bridge is on the first picture :) and about Street Pastors in St Austell.

and Daniela was drawing her prayers as well during the evening service:

Cornwall inspiration

We had wonderful week at Cornwall...