Christmas Babies

I remember so many Christmases with babies

and I am glad we have granddaughters 

who bring anticipation to Christmas.

This is my first Christmas painting and I

thought that after Mary had her baby and

Joseph stood by her, the angels must have

wanted to hold the baby Jesus,

I know about holding newborn babies

we had four of them though now they

are all grown up and live with their 

soul mates.

When you hold a newborn child 

in your arms you feel hope for

our world and it is so exciting. 

Babies are innocent and they 

are our hope for changes in 

humankind.

Jesus was born in a barn 

on a bed of straw

everything so ordinary and humble

yet we know Jesus was the hope

of the world.

I get excited when I think about 

Jesus' birth, and find new hope

for our troubled world.

Even after his birth he was humble

and he grew up in an ordinary family.

He was humble all of his life

and so loving and caring.

He was innocent his whole life

and yet he was murdered .

Jesus could have called on legions

of angels to save him

and saved his life.

But instead he chose

to die for us.

Though he led a humble life

the example he set

showed that there may be 

peace and love in our world.

Jesus became an example 

for all of us

for peace and love

and everything good.

I embrace the love

that he gave to all of us

and  the hope he gave for all of us 

Right now I see the infant child

whose name is Jesus

and I wish I could hold him

in my arms and keep him safe.

Tis the same thing I wished for 

all of my children.  

        

Diamonds

The day will come when what we value; 

like gold or diamonds won't be worth much.

A loaf of bread on the other hand

will be worth a lot more than 

a bag of GOLD or a bag of DIAMONDS.

The same may be true of famous

paintings like the Mona Lisa.

The day will come when our banks 

are closed forever 

and money will  mean nothing.

When that time begins 

some people will suddenly leave.

They call that time the second coming

and those people leaving

are those who will be raptured,

taken away to heaven.

The rest of the people 

will be left behind

because they didn't give

their lives to Jesus Christ.

Things will be tough for two thousand years.

Many people wil suffer awful torture.

During that time they can choose Christ 

but the price for that will be their lives.

You see that's the time that the devil's

antichrist  will reign.

Many people will be decieved.

But Christ will return and judge everyone.

Just something to think about.

No one knows the hour or the day. 

But everything written

in Revelation, the last book of the bible

will happen as it is written there.

   

 

 

 

 

 

The Angry House

Some days I wonder why the angry house

 doesn't condemn itself.

There is so much yelling, fighting and

hurting each other, parents and sisters

and brothers and relatives.

They have all agreed to be angry

when ever they feel like that

and somebody always seems to get hurt.

But in an angry house, no one knows

how of when or why all of that anger

began in their house and yet 

it seems that no one is looking

for solutions and peace. 

Those people keep living like that

 and things continue to get worse.   

As for me, I don't see why they

don't try forgiveness and let go

of  all of their anger.

I see that a peaceful house is possible

and everyone would be be so much happier.  

   

 

The Elephant and the Mouse

There is an old myth that says elephants

and mice can never be friends, because the

elephant is afraid of the mouse, and fear 

stands is the way of their relationship.

But that is really a parable about human

beings and how they reject and even hate

things that they are afraid of.

But there are so many kinds of fears

we may be afraid that we will become

like the same people we are afraid of.

So we don't believe we can live 

in peace with what we are afraid of

and sometimes that leads to war

or fights, or labels or name calling.

But my painting shows what I believe.

We can all live in peace if we let go

of all of our fears.

We can even learn to love and accept

each other and celebrate our differences.

As for me, I choose peace and I refuse

to live in fear.        

Spirits At Home Here

You may look at this painting and ask

"Why are there so many faces?"

Before I answer I must say that I am

not talking about ghosts.

I am talking about spirits from two places.

Dark spirits used to be called demons

and they belong to a very evil realm.

Angels are also watching and getting

involved with our lives.

Demons are fallen angels and they may

try to fools us and make us feel they are good.

A good question to ask is, "what kind of spirits

are living in my house?"

Choices we make, things that we bring in 

our houses, and also what we do or say

can let dark spirits into our homes, 

and they affect everyone in our families.

But if God is invited into our homes,

we can expel the dark spirits by telling 

them to leave in Jesus' name.

That may make our homes a good place

to live and no dark spirits will harm us.     

Of course you may say, "I don't believe in

spirits dark or angels that watch over us."

That is a choice that we are free to make,

but there may be consequences that we

don't like, though we may blame  them

on other things.

We are free to choose how to use this 

warning, or how to ignore it.

But YES, there are spirits, dark spirits.