How in life do you start at the end and arrive at the beginning? I have started over at the end of many things but after writing this blog, it gets twisted.
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Desert Sun
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The End and then the Beginning
“But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.” — Hebrews 1:2
Yesterday I shared how paint scraped from one unsuccessful painting became something entirely new.
There was enough of that wonderful mess of reds, greens, turquoise, browns, gold and white to begin again. This time I returned to the original 30 × 40 canvas—the surface still stained by what had been there before.
I began with what was left on the remaining canvas, still stained with original paint. A single horse emerged at the center of four strong sections of light and dark.
Only later did I begin seeing things I hadn't deliberately painted. A wolf, guitars, crosses.... And if you look long enough, perhaps you'll discover something entirely different.
That's one of the gifts of a painting that hasn't been over-explained. Your eyes may discover something mine never see.
But what stayed with me most was this: It began with an ending.
We tend to draw a hard line between endings and beginnings. Yet God doesn't always work within the lines we draw.
Christ came into what Scripture calls the last days—and His coming changed everything that would follow.
Some endings in our own lives hurt. Some leave marks far deeper than paint on a canvas. We may not understand what God will do with what remains.
But God sees beyond the part we can see.
I picked up my knife and painted.
And somewhere in what had been left behind, I found a beginning.
The end did not disappear.
It became part of the beginning.
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Artist Laurie Pace shares how scraped paint became a new horse painting and a reflection on faith, endings, new beginnings, and trusting what God may do next.
• self-interest vs selflessness • New Year Christian reflection • faith and relationships • humility in relationships • God’s calling to serve
Laurie is an international artist, her paintings are collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia, and Ecuador.
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