Tidal watchers I & II

I am indeed fortunate in the gifts God has provided to me.

I use some of them everyday, while others are quietly waiting until they are necessary.

I don't even try to identify them, I just ask and they seem to show up just when needed.

Whenever I have a problem to solve, something to create I've never done before, 

how to talk with someone, I ask.

 The solutions are laid out in front of me or come out of my mouth in unexpected ways.

How do I ask?

I pray for God to show me.

I pray for God to enter me.

I pray for my hands to become his hands.

Make me go so far back into my body that people don't even see me anymore.

I find the Holy Spirit takes over my conversations with Alfred, my artist friend from Zimbabwe.

I am able to give him such insight and just the thing he needs at that moment in time.

I tell him it is not me, but He that is in me.

 

My most common gift is my art.

It is one I use daily.

Sometimes I even get to use it in ways I never imagined, 

building large sets for minimal money for children's ministry.

He gave me the gift of sewing so many years ago, that I almost don't even think about it.

Even when making a minor repair to a beloved stuffed animal for a child,

Then telling her I thank God for the gift of Sewing.

He gives me solutions and knowledge I have never dreamed of having or using.

I am grateful minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.

Both of these little guys were painted on poured canvases 

that have hung around my studio since the spring.

I have not yet decided if I will pour more backgrounds.

For the time being though, I am returning to the shadowboxes I know and love so well.

I have a large supply of shadowboxes thanks to another of my gifts, 

a husband given to me that is my absolute soulmate. 

He is also the best helper I could have ever imagined.

Gratitude, I guess is what I am trying to say.

I have so many things to be grateful for in my life.

Have you been grateful for the gifts God has given to you today?

I know I will fall asleep thanking Him for everything.

Tidal watchers I & II, Acrylic on canvas, each 4 x 6 inches

Days 71 & 72 of the 100 days~100 paintings 2020