In my YouTube journey today, I stumbled on this recording from when we moved to Michigan in 2019. The first thing that I remember about this is not the music – in fact, I had not remembered this music at all. The first thing I remember is the album artwork. The background of the artwork is an acrylic painting on a small 4” x 4” canvas. The painting was made at Washington Park beach in Michigan City, Indiana.
I remember being on the beach on a sunny, warm, and windy April day, looking at people walking on the lighthouse pier.
I remember looking out on the vast blue sea that is Lake Michigan, thinking about the ongoing search for a house to call home.
I remember thinking that this lake is my home; that is why I am here, painting my impasto feeling that I have finally arrived in the place that I need to be and at the same time wondering, ‘what am I doing here?’
Five years later, I know what I am doing here. I am doing what needs to be done for you. I am working the work, painting the pictures, making the music that God gives me to give to you. To you to navigate the vast blue sea life that is your home away from home on the way home to that home where you live on and on and on.
The best is yet to come!
While you are here…
be patient with yourself
be patient with people
“endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
If God had not been faithful
We would not be
It is only by the grace and mercy of God that we are here
Cling to God
He will “never leave you or forsake you.”
The best is yet to come!
Do what you do…
As the old people used to say, “Keep on living…”
Work
Wonder
Write
Paint
Draw
Love
Laugh
Learn
Cry
Pray
Teach
Design
Sail
Photograph
Text
Study
Lead
Follow
God will never leave you or forsake you
Trust Him who gave His life and took it up again and ascended into Heaven and will return to bring you home.
The best is yet to come!