Its rare that I dream about my paintings, but I awoke this morning knowing that I dreamt about this painting named "Day Lilies" last night. I don't know if it's because I've missed painting and blogging for nearly three weeks, while our granddaughter was visiting and traveling with us, or because the heat is so terrible here, that I am wishing for a cool spring day like the one in this painting represents. I have visions of all of the work that I will get done, the wonderful ideas are floating around in my head, and heart, just waiting for me to pick up my brushes,load them with paint, and apply them to my canvases. I just hope I will be able to paint them as I see them in my mind's eye. So many times my paintings never go the way that I want them to, but rather how my brushes want them to. There are times that I feel that I own magic brushes, and other times they are misbehaving sticks with hair, making me work harder at figuring out where I am going with a piece.Such is life. It seems, right when we think all is well, our plans and dreams are like "ducks in a row" BOOM! Things go awry, causing us havoc, pain, sadness, or upheaval that leads us in a totally new and different direction than what we had planned. If we are Christians, living for Jesus, asking his will in our daily lives, we need to stay opened minded to his plans and not our own. Although he expects us to plan, be organized and productive in our lives, he also lets us know when we may have gotten off track and puts us on another road, leading us toward being the best that he knows we can be. Don't buck-up and be offended, Jesus knows what we need, when we need it. He is a "right-on-time" God!
Blessings,
Sandra
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