As a little girl, I remember snuggling beside my mom on the
couch. She would take a pen or pencil and sketch something beautiful on the
paper. Like magic, something beautiful would appear on the paper. How did she
do that? I would wonder. “Mom, sketch something for me. Please.” After a matter
of minutes a rough sketch of a boat would appear gliding on water. Wow, I want
this ‘magic’.
Since then I have always chased the elusive “magic of art.”
As I grew, I have found that it is more learning, practice, more practice and
application through a period of time rather than magic. It became part of a
disciplined life. This is my life; the life of an Artist.
You will make known
to me the path of life. In Your Presence is fullness of joy. In Your right hand
there are pleasures forever. ~ Psalms 16:11
When I seek God about
my life, He shows me the path. When I choose to follow, a cascade of blessings
begin to come. It usually doesn’t come all at once and sometimes it comes from unexpected places. This path can be rough and often hard at times. However, contentment, a peace that
transcends all understanding, gratitude, joy, serving and sharing with others,
blessings from others, are a small part of what comes. For this I am thankful.
When I asked my mom
to translate the title “Cascade of Blessings” into Japanese kanji for my
painting, she wrote “Fullness of God’s blessings”. She said, “Even with a
flowers short life, God puts so much beauty into it.” May we all view life this way. No matter how short or how long to see the beauty in it.
