Paint Party Friday: A New Beginning!

 I have been really busy painting 

in preparation for this annual art fair,

Art in the Park, this coming Sunday.

Here is something I finished last night

before I went to bed.

 "He is like a tree planted near running water, 

that yields its fruit in due season, 

and whose leaves never fade. 

Whatever he does prospers." 

Psalm 1:3
After a strong typhoon, 

you see some trees uprooted, 

but some trees remain. 

What is the difference?
It is perhaps the roots. 

Roots serve to anchor trees to the ground. 

But it is also how the trees get their food. 

The more roots and root hairs, 

 the more a tree can absorb nutrients from the soil. 

The roots also are the trees' pantries, 

where they store food for later use.
When a tree is cut down, and its roots remain, 

the roots can send up a shoot that 

can start to grow into a tree again!

How important it is that we 

develop a strong root system,

 that we be FIRMLY PLANTED and 

established in the Word of God, 

so that even if we become "uprooted" because of sin, 

there is always hope for new life!
And how important it is that we keep a 

"store" of God's Word in our heart, 

so that when troubles come, 

we can draw strength and peace from it!

 Joseph the Dreamer.

How amazing his story is!

His brothers were so jealous of him

because he was a favored son.

They said, "Here comes that master dreamer!

Come on let us kill him....

We shall see what comes of his dreams."

I doubt if anyone of us had to 

contend with brothers like these!

It would be enough to destroy your 

confidence, your trust in others, 

your belief in a good God!

 One thing we can learn from Joseph

is to trust God!

Even if what is happening

is totally disappointing, 

even if people you love 

 fail you and do you wrong,

even if circumstances are worrisome,

BELIEVE that God will make things right.

Believe that God has 

better things in store for you!

God will make our dreams come true

if we work with Him

to make those dreams come true!

Don't let whatever happened in the past

come and haunt your present!

Know that God will RESTORE

what the enemy has destroyed

and God wants to do a new thing!

To give you a NEW BEGINNING!

Claim it!

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