We Trust Thee For the Thing We Shall Be Yet

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Christi
We Trust Thee For the Thing We Shall Be Yet

We Trust Thee For the Thing We Shall Be Yet

8×10″ pen and pastel on paper
March 29, 2013

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Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Hidden Life:

“He, when his lamp shot up a spiring flame,
Would thus break forth and climb the heaven of prayer:

‘Do with us what thou wilt, all-glorious heart!
Thou God of them that are not yet, but grow!
We trust thee for the thing we shall be yet;
We too are ill content with what we are.’

And when the flame sank, and the darkness fell,
He lived by faith which is the soul of sight.”

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Where There is Hatred, May We Sow Love

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Christi
Where There is Darkness, May We Sow Love

Where There is Darkness, May We Sow Love

8×10″ markers and pastel on paper
March 25, 2013

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Inspired by the words of Francis of Assisi.

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When In Thy Love I Rest

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Christi
When in Thy Love I Rest

When in Thy Love I Rest

8×10″ pen and pastels on paper
March 3, 2013

Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s poem “O Lord, How Happy!” from A Threefold Cord:

“O Lord, how happy is the time
When in thy love I rest!
When from my weariness I climb
Even to thy tender breast!

The night of sorrow endeth there–
Thou art brighter than the sun;
And in thy pardon and thy care
The heaven of heaven is won.”

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Mothers Are Worth Fighting For

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Christi
Mothers are Worth Fighting For

Mothers are Worth Fighting For

11×14″ acrylic on canvas
February 6, 2013

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Title take from a line in George MacDonald’s Lilith.

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God Sleeps Not When He Makes His Daughters Dream

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Christi
God Sleeps Not When He Makes His Daughters Dream

God Sleeps Not When He Makes His Daughters Dream

8×10″ markers and pastels on paper
February 13, 2013

Title inspired by a passage in “A Story of the Sea Shore” by George MacDonald.

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