Awakening

​Awakening
24" x 30"

Lord, give them eyes to see.  Your evidence is all around us.  The beauty of nature is the proof of your existence and we are without excuse.  My prayers are for awakening.  May the eyes of the lost be opened to their Lord and Savior.  May they finally see ultimate truth; that they are one-of-a-kind creations and not accidents with no purpose in life.
God gave me this vision.  It started with the wide-eyed doe and expanded.  I painted the deer first without any plan and the other elements came to me slowly without any thought on composition.  There is such uniqueness in every living thing and the way it operates.  Mammals, insects, atoms, DNA, seasons, solar system…. Everything nature encompasses is miraculous.  I pray this painting evokes an awareness in anyone lost; that they “go deeper” in life and start searching for truth.  Nature is God’s canvas and proof of his existence.
 
Romans 1, 20
20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
 
Psalm 19 1-6
The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
5     It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
    like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens
    and makes its circuit to the other;
    nothing is deprived of its warmth.