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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Rejected?

Love Grace Fellowship, or
Christ The Bridge- Trinity, two possible names... as have revisited and revised a painting started this summer.  It was a painting that was originally inspired to paint almost fifteen years ago.  So, with that said, there still may be revisions to this to come.  Prompted to actually begin the painting in honor of my current church home and original church home... with my current Church home this painting felt to be a confirmation for it to hung at its new permanent location.  The Bridge Church is still in the process of securing that home.  At the time, we, as a church, only knew we were going to have to move from where we had been meeting.
As life in general has season's, the life of our church was entering a new season too.  A season of unknowns.  That a little bit of what this painting is too perhaps, a known, but unknown.  How can one dare to illustrate the Trinity.  I do not pretend to be any authority of such, simply know this is an illustration, inspired by Scripture to paint.  The scripture

  

click on any of these images to enlarge.... but these are simply the bible marks in the margins, and journal entries from the time, and the thumbnail of the painting... all pieces of the inspiration that leads to the appearance of the painting as it appears today.  Another unknown, is exactly where and how it is to be viewed.  It was actually rejected from being hung in a recent exhibit had hoped to display it in. It remains on my walls, as hold it for its new church home. 
Confess, that rejection, at first set me back a bit in wondering if its the quality of the painting or the subject matter, or simply its size that caused it to be rejected... or it could have even been all of the above.  I do not pretend to know that either, and the judge of that show do not know, or have I been given the whys.  When entering the exhibit, it was thought right then that hope the subject matter isn't rejected.  Was not surprised by the phone call to come and pick up my painting in other words.  Did at least succeed in getting it entered, which was no easy task in itself.

As revised, and painted, and also shared with one that didn't believe in the Trinity, but had great faith... The purpose of the painting took on even another face.  This entry today... is the confirmation that we are not in-control.  I simply painted as inspired to paint.  Felt like I was in the belly of a big fish if I did not share, apply, and paint that inspiration that have had all these years.  Insecurity had kept me from painting it for a long time.  Being rejected from an exhibit added to that insecurity.

Then God in quiet time re- inspired me... and reminded me too of the 'let go, and let God'  It is not for me to know.  Its simply for me do... and perhaps even share.  Sharing the revised version here.  Rejected?
God's living Word reply:
1 Peter 2:4 As you come to Him, the living stone - rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to Him-
6 For in Scripture it says: "See I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and preciuos conerstone and the one who trusts in Him will never ve put to shame. 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious.  But to those who do not believe; 'the stone the builders rejected has become the capstone," "a stone that cause men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall'
Perhaps they stumble because they disopbey the message- which is also what they were destined for??? I hear in this passage that the message, of which they were destined for, because they disobey it, it causes them to stumble.  God's ways are not designed to trip us up or cause us pain.  They actually are to give to us JUST THE OPPOSITE.  They are to keep us FROM uneeded pain or suffereing, or to show us a path without obsticles.

The Stone is ALL GOOD and actually the capstone to those who believe.  To those who do not, its nothing but an obsticle that they see causes them to fall.
"Rejected" IS a matter of perspective.
Rejected by men, but chosen by God AND precious to Him.

This the truth to hold on to in taking every thought captive to Christ 'perspective' forever and always its all good.  Even the rejected by man, though it may bring donwcasting sigh, it has no hold on us at all.  The hold on us is by "GOD- and preciuos to Him" Hear this truth again, "precious to HIM"
rejected???
Its all relative to ones perspectve
Take EVERY thought Captive to Christ, and its all GOOD.  He as our capstone is working it all together for GOOD.



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