All paintings are 6 x 8 inches (15 x 20 cm); created using Polychromos colored pencils, Prismacolor markers, and gesso on Strathmore 400 Series Marker Paper
"AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE"
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
Where there is offence, let me bring pardon.
Where there is discord, let me bring union.
Where there is error, let me bring truth. Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.
Where there is despair, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.
Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.
O Lord, grant that I make seek rather to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love,
for it is in giving that one receives,
it is in self-forgetting that one finds, it is in forgiving that one is forgiven, i
t is in dying that one is awakens to eternal life."
"WHAT A BLESSING WAS THAT STILLNESS!"
"Some went off to sea in ships,
plying the trade routes of the world.
They, too, observed the Lord’s power in action,
his impressive works on the deepest seas.
He spoke, and the winds rose,
stirring up the waves.
Their ships were tossed to the heavens
and plunged again to the depths;
the sailors cringed in terror.
They reeled and staggered like drunkards
and were at their wits’ end.
'Lord, help!' they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.
What a blessing was that stillness
as he brought them safely into harbor!
Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them."
plying the trade routes of the world.
They, too, observed the Lord’s power in action,
his impressive works on the deepest seas.
He spoke, and the winds rose,
stirring up the waves.
Their ships were tossed to the heavens
and plunged again to the depths;
the sailors cringed in terror.
They reeled and staggered like drunkards
and were at their wits’ end.
'Lord, help!' they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.
What a blessing was that stillness
as he brought them safely into harbor!
Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them."
Psalm 107:23-31
"FATHER OF HEAVENLY LIGHTS"
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."
