The Sentinels stand Guard

I Wisdom, must warn you of the foolish woman. She will invite you to steal forbidden water and eat bread in secret. Yes, it is pleasant for the moment but it will lead to the depths of hell.

The Sentinels stand Guard

Gallery Tour Guide: This is from a series of Arizona sunsets and sunrises. The desert is alive, but groans in waiting for the sons of God to be revealed. The Saguaros become the tension line for this lazy,relaxing scene. They bring drama to a quiet desert.

Re-Stringing Pearls for my Son!
Not everything is the way it looks. You must look below the surface to see the spirit behind it. A foolish woman is clamorous, and she will call to those passing by. She will beckon you to turn in and will say to you, "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." She is right for a moment, but then it will become woodworm. It will eat you alive. It will lead to death,

Run to Wisdom, do not listen to the foolish woman. In leading others, you must also learn, when deceit or poor decisions are calling you. Test the spirit behind it.

Words Solomon's Mother taught him: Proverbs 9:13-18 A foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple and knows nothing. For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat by the highest places of the city. To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their way; "whoever is simple, let him turn in here" as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Morning Dew

I Wisdom, will only speak to the wise, only the wise will hear. The evil ones will rebuke wise words and the scoffer will scoff at them.If you correct a scoffer, he will hate you, but rebuke a wise man, and he will increase in learning. The burden is on them, not on you. You must be wise to know when to use wise words.

Morning Dew

Gallery Tour: My name is Wisdom, I am your Tour Guide. This painting is an oil painting and loose in its rendering. Morning Dew comes to the earth, some will embrace it, some will condemn it. This painting has brush strokes and also worked with a palette knife to show the rugged-ness of this mountain. 

Re-Stringing Pearls for My Son!

Be willing to be corrected. The wise man will love correction, the foolish one will hate instruction. 

In leading your team, you will learn quickly, if you correct a scoffer, he will bring shame to himself, if you rebuke a wicked man, he only harms himself. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It is the first step and only step to wisdom. It is essential for leadership. For yourself and also for your team.

Words of Solomon learned at his mother's knee

Proverbs 9:7-12 He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, and he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himselfl Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wise; teach a just man and he will increase in learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knolwledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your days will be multiplied and years of life will be added to you. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you scoff, you will bear it along.

Taos Adobe

I Wisdom will complete you. As a carpenter builds a house,  I will build you so that you are lacking nothing. I will give you bread and wine and furnish your table. Bread is that substance from heaven, Wine is the Spirit from heaven. When you call on me, I will answer you, I will show you how to fill your house with beautiful things.

  
Gallery Tour: This painting is an oil on a 16X20 Masonite board. It is an authentic picture of a Taos home. The blue snow and the warm adobe is in contrast to each other.

Re-Stringing Pearls of Wisdom

My Son, Wisdom will build your house. Your house is where you live, not a building, but a person, You. You live with yourself. When you lack wisdom, call upon the one who gives you understanding She has hewned out seven pillars; seven is God's completion. You are being completed as you call upon Wisdom.

Inside the house, is all you need. The world is cold, look within. 


Words Solomon's Mother taught him:

Proverbs 9:1-6 Wisdom has built her house. She has hewn out her seven pillars; she has slaughtered her meat, shye has mixed her wine, she has also furnished her table. She has sent out her maidens, she cries out from the highest places of the city, "Whoever is simple, let him turn in her!" As for him who lacks understanding she says to him, "Come" eat of my breat and drink of the wine I have mixed, forsake and live and go in the way of understanding.

Closeness

I Wisdom, was in the beginning, before the foundation of the earth, I was there before My God. I was beside Him as a master craftsman and I was daily His delight. I come to you, to give you the same delight.

Closeness

Gallery Tour: This painting came from a photo I saw of a Navajo mother, holding an umbrella and a young child was beside her. The closeness was not only mother and child, but culture and a way of life.

Re-Stringing Pearls of Wisdom:
My Son, Wisdom and your creator walks side by side, you can not have wisdom without the fear of the Lord. Press into Wisdom, you will discover our maker.

I look at the mountains around me and I am aware of that verse, "Before the mountain was, I am." Before everything we see, is our Creator, and with our Creator is Wisdom.

For you to discover how to lead your company in wisdom, you must first learn how to walk with God.
You can not know how your employees think or how they process or how they are put together without knowing your Creator first. Wisdom was beside Him as a master craftsman; and She is His daily delight, rejoice in His inhabited world and be delighted.

Words Solomon learned from his Mother

Proverbs 8:22 -36 I Wisdom... The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his way, Before His works of old. I have been established from everlasting. From the beginning, before there was ever an earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth; while as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, or the primal dust of the world.

When He prepared the heavens, I was there, when He drew a circle on the face of the deep, When He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep, when He assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress His command, When he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in His inhabited world, and my delight was with the sons of men.

Las Ninas

I wisdom, will lead you like a child. I will teach you to hear with your heartis saying. You need to learn in simple faith. Then you will love the things of the Lord. It must come with a childlike faith.

Las Ninas

Galler Tour: This is a favorite painting for many. The print of this painting is on the Princess Cruise Line with five other prints. Las Ninas, means little children. The littliest girl is carrying a candle, representing the light, and they are looking at the lamb. In the Psalms, David says the little ones will lead them. This painting symoblizes that truth.

Re-Stringing Pearls!

My Son, you must come like a little child,  In that child-like faith you will find what you have been looking for. It is better than gold, yes, than fine gold. Wisdom will give you riches and honor, and you will have enduring riches of righteousness. Wisdom traverses the way of righteousness and in the midst of the paths is justice.

This is a quality you must teach your followers as you lead them in the business world. It is not in the gaining of wealth that will satisfy, but gaining righteousness in child-like faith, Out of it you will inherit wealth and your treasuries will be filled.


Words Solomon learned at his Mother's knee:

Proverbs 8:18-21 "I, wisdom, dwell with you... Riches and honor are with me, enduring riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.. I traverse the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice. That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth. That I may fill their treasuries.

Joy

I Wisdom, will set up kings and by me rulers will decree justice. For those who follow me, I will give them joy. They will love their life, they will learn to love me as I love them. In the presence of the Lord there is great joy and in it you will find strength. Joy and strength go together.

Joy

Gallery Tour: This painting is a watercolor and was also used for the Western Bank Christmas Card. Can you feel the maiden wrapped up in joy?

Re-Stringing Pearls  My Son, Your strength is in your joy and your joy is in your strength with the Lord. It will wrap around you like a cloak. It will give you discretion and knowledge. Look to Wisdom, she will counsel you, she will cause you to walk in your call as a leader among men. She will teach you to hate evil, pride and arrogance and the evil way. A good leader will shun pride and arrogance, a good leader becomes a servant to men. To serve them in a way that you give them dignity. It will lift them up.

Words Solomon learned at his Mother's knee

Proverbs 8:12-17 "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge and discretion. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength. By me kings reign, and rulers decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth. I love those who love me and those who seek me diligently will find me.

Serenty

I, Wisdom, will teach your discretion and it will preserved you. It will keep you from the lips of the immoral woman which drips with honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood. Her way leads to death, her steps lay hold of hell. Refuse her when she comes to you. She comes in different clothing. You have hear of the Devil in the Blue Dress. She changes her dress to your taste. Learn from me and be well.

Serenty

Gallery Tour: Wisdom is your guide as you wander through this body of watercolors. I always think of a Christmas tree when I see this, the way it  flairs out at the bottom with the red and green shawl. The design is in the shawl, the lines creates the wrap around feeling.

Re-Stringing Pearls!

My Son, Pay attention to the wisdom of the Proverbs, These will keep you from stumbling when the immoral woman with honey dripping from her lips calls to you. Her ways are unstable and will lead you to a life of shame and death. Run from her. She is very cunning, and she knows what you want to hear.

Wisdom calls out to you She will keep your feet from stumbling, trust her, she will lead you in the way you should go.

The immoral woman will call to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life (1 John 2:16). Wisdom will preserve you.

Proverbs 5: 1,2,3,4,5,6 My Son, pay attention to my wisdom, lend your ear to my understanding, that you may preserve discretion, and your lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go own to death,  her steps lay hold of hell. lest you ponder her path of life Her ways are unstable; you do not know them. Therefore hear me now, my children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Slacking the Soul

I, Wisdom, cry out to you, I lift my voice. I stand on the high hill, I cry to the simple ones, and the fools, "Listen, I will speak of excellent things, and from the opening of my lips will come right things, for my mouth will speak truth."

Slacking the Soul

Gallery Tour: "Slacking the Soul" is the next painting on our tour. This is one of those that is barely there. That is what makes this one delightful. This watercolor uses the white to speak.

Re-Stringing Pearls!
My Son, wisdom cries out where ever you are or where ever you go. It is that small voice within you that nudges you to see and hear truth with your spiritual eyes and ears. Listen to Wisdom cry, she will speak excellent things, for her mouth will speak truth.

As a leader of many, you need the wisdom that she will give to you. You must judge things, not by sight but what isn't seen. In doing so, your team will know excellent things and will come to truth. The leader must possess this quality for your team to experience it. You have an excellent opportunity to keep the simple from stumbling or the foolish from falling. You have an awesome responsibility. God be with you on this journey you hav embarked. Love, Mother


Words from the Lips of Solomon which he learned from his mother:
Proverbs 8:-1-6 "Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding lift up her voice? She takes her stand on the top of the high hill. Beside the way, where the paths meet. She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors: To, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.  O you simple ones, understand prudence, and you fools, be of an understanding heart. Listen, I will speak of excellent things, and from the opening of my lips will come right things; For my mouth will speak truth."

All Encompassing Love

I am Wisdom, Love me as if I was the most special person in your life. I am the principal thing. Exalt me and I will promote you. I will bring you honor when you embrace me.

All Encompassing Love

Gallery Tour: I Wisdom am your tour guide, this painting shows mother and child.  This is another one used as a Christmas card for the Western Bank. Over a period of seven years, the Bank purchased an original painting each year and cards for their customers. This painting also hangs in Western Bank of Albuquerque. The design is a V on its side. The Mother and baby are wrapped together and encompassed together.. 

Re-Stringing pearls of Wisdom

My Son,  Love wisdom, you will find in it the ability to love. True wisdom comes from above. It is one of God's attributes and when you seek one you will receive all. As you surrender to Him, you will learn to trust Him, and you will understand how to be loved by Him. But you must want and love wisdom, in it she will promote you and will bring honor to you. You will wear a crown of grace upon your head. Your name is Stephen, Stephenos is the greek means crown. Truly, you are a crowning glory to me. Seek wisdom, you will find a crown of authority, rule in love. Leadership means servantship.

Words from Solomon as he sat at his Mother's knee

Proverbs 4:5,6,7,8,9
Get wisdom!
Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you. Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom and all your getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you. She will bring you honor, when you embrace her. She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you.

Chosen

I Wisdom, have been from the beginning. I was there when the earth was founded and by understanding the heavens were established. I go from beginning to end, and I know everything in between.

Lean on me, trust in what I have to say, I have chosen you, you must chose me

Chosen

Gallery Tour: I Wisdom will be your tour guide. This painting was painted for the Western Bank of Albuquerque, New Mexico with Christmas Cards also. This was inspired by Mary, and the Magnificat. Mary's words were "Be it unto me, according to Your will". Her song spans from the wonderment of why she was chosen, to recognizing her own personal salvation and the salvation for her people; the reversal of the power of her enemy, and her exaltation and praise for her Mighty God.

Re-Stringing Pearls of Wisdom

My Dear Son, You have been chosen, God has put a new song within you. It is not a song that the world sings, but it is a song that His chosen will sing.

We each have a song within, a song we listen to. It fills us with surprise. We marvel at it. We would continue to hear it, but we get in the way. This song is aristocratic and will not associate itself with the commonplace, and we fall back and become our ordinary selves again.

This song will be the pinnacles of your experience and will motivate the masters of all arts. You have been chosen to lead many people. They will be extra ordinary like yourself when you sing your song, otherwise they will remain ordinary. But it is your choice, to chose the song the angels sing or sing the song the world sings.

Words from Solomon learned from his mother's knee
Proverbs 3:19, 20: The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens; By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and clouds drop down the dew.

Joyful Surrender

I Wisdom, can not come to you without your desire to pursue me. Your joy will be full when you find wisdom and gain understanding. It  is better than the profits of silver and fine gold. You can not compare them, one will give you temporal satisfaction and the other will give you eternal. One is aristocratic, the other common.

Joyful Surrender

Gallery Tour:  Joyfully Surrender is the next painting on the tour. This painting has a strong line leading throughout the painting. There is a certain movement which gives the painting a sense of the fullness of joy.

Re-Stringing Pearls of Wisdom:

My Son, There will be a time when silver and gold will not satisfy. In your youth you have worked hard for silver and gold and bought everything you desired. It is a process and youth can not be cheated. Youth within has to  be satisfied or it will always feel cheated. Fulfillment will come when your soul will crave for things that will bring peace and joy. That is when you will turn to Wisdom and ask from Wisdom.  When you surrender to the Lord, you will gain everlasting joy.



Words from Solomon
Proverbs 3:13, 14, 15: Happy is the man who find wisdom and the man who gains understanding; for her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies and all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.

The Searcher

I, Wisdom, will direct your paths. But you must allow me to do so. You can not lean on your own understanding, or be wise in your own eyes, it will blind you, you will not be able to see where you are going.

The Searcher

Gallery Tour: I Wisdom, am your tour guide. This painting was painted for the YWCA of Albuquerque. It was used as a poster for one of their fund raising events. The fringe on her robe leads the eye to the head. It has a nice rhythm about it. There is a soft S design, the top and the bottom connects with the fringe.

Re-Stringing Pearls of Wisdom!

My Son, this is one of the key verses in Proverbs. When you trust in our own understanding, it is the very thing that will trip you up. You can not see the whole of something, you only know in part which distorts your vision. In order to reach beyond yourself you  must trust in the One who hides the gold and buries the silver. By leaning on Him, you will find the very thing you need to lead your company, build up your employees and fine your own treasure.

There is much treasure hidden deep within you. It will only be assayed as you trust in the Lord. He will bring you to your full potential.


Words of Solomon learned at the knee of his Mother:

Proverbs 3:5,6,7, - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh and strength to your bones.

Fulfillment

I Wisdom, am the Spirit of fulfillment, I will deliver you from evil, I will teach you uprightness. Allow me to enter your heart, I will be pleasant to your soul, you will have discretion which will preserve you. As you walk with me, you will find fulfillment. Not fulfillment of things, but of understanding and wisdom which is everlasting.

Live with a full heart and be fulfilled.

Fulfillment - Watercolor full sheet

Gallery Tour: I, Wisdom am your gallery guide. You are now looking at Fulfillment. This painting has a beautiful movement, moving your eye around from the mother's face to the baby. This painting is hanging in the Western Bank of Albuquerque, New Mexico. This has been made into a Christmas Card. There is a sweetness about it, this mother is fulfilled. She has produced the next generation.

Re-Stringing Pearls of Wisdom!

My Son, as your mother, I desire you be fulfilled. It is something I can not give you, it must come within. Fulfillment comes from surrendering to your Lord and God and allowing Him to teach you about yourself. He made you in His image and only He can build you up on the inside.

I can give you instruction, but only you can take those things you learn and allow God to transform you into the man you are to be. You are a leader, you can look on the faces of your employees and see what kind of leader you are.

If their eyes are full of light and life, then you have succeeded, if they are dark and dull, pray for them, lift them up to their potential, by giving them their dignity. When they are fulfilled, you will be also.

Wisdom will deliver you from the way of evil, allow wisdom to enter your heart and be full.

Words from Solomon which he learned from His Mother:

Proverbs 2:10-13 When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your sou, discretion will preserve you, understanding will keep you. To deliver you from the way of evil,  from the man who speaks perverse things, from those who leave the paths of rightness to walk in the ways of darkness.

Hope

I Wisdom come to you in hope. Seek me as if you were seeking silver and searching for hidden treasures.
I will be found of you. Pursue me as one who loves you; as a young man courts the young girl he desires.  Treat hope in the way as if you have found a great treasure. Hid it deep within your heart, it will navigate you when all is lost. It is the door to faith.

I give you hope,

Hope - Watercolor full sheet

Gallery Tour: I am Wisdom, I am your Tour Guide: You are looking at "Hope". This watercolor was painted for the Western Bank in Albuquerque for a Christmas card. It was painted with vertical strokes of light coming down, as if heaven is crowning her. Hope does that for us.

Re-Stringing Pearls of Wisdom!
My son, hope is essential, it is that which brings faith to reality. Without hope, there is no light, no reason for living and no direction. You have the light. Walk in the light. It says that we are children of light in a perverse, wicked world and we must walk in that light. That is our hope, we have the light to see where we are going. The world doesn't, it is hopeless and it goes aimlessly about needing hope..

Hope will give you encouragement when nothing else will. Hope will take you to the threshold of the door, and faith will take you into the house.

Wear hope as an ornament of grace around your neck.

Words from Solomon which he learned from His Mother:
My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry out for discernment and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.

For the Lord gives wisdom, From his mouth come knowledge and understanding, He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. Proverbs 2:1-7

Nightly Walks

My name is Wisdom, I hear your nightly cries. I come to you softly in the night hours and speak to you. I call to you, I am the way, follow me.

I Wisdom, have built my house, I have hewn out seven pillars, a place of completion. I have furnished your table with meat and wine. I have cried out to you in the highest places of the city.

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! and if you lack understanding, come and eat of my bread and drink of my wine that I have prepared. Forsake foolishness and live and go in the way of understanding."

Nightly Walks

Gallery Tour: "Night Walks" is the next painting on our tour. There is a cross hidden in the upper right hand corner. The bushes lead the eye to the door. The maiden is looking either at the door or the Cross. Each is the pathway to the Kingdom.

The Voice of Wisdom comes in the night hours, She brings words to live by, "Man can not live by bread alone but every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" Matthew 4:4 Even in the night blackness, I see you. There is no darkness in Me, There is no shadow of turning. I bring Light from the Father of Lights.

Re-Stringing Pearls of Wisdom

My Son, You are a man of understanding. It has not come easy, you have walked through many trials in order to have understanding. Wisdom has given you an unique persception of things. Trust the voice within you, She calls to you, she has already furnished your house and have put bread and wine upon your table. Drink of the Heavenly Wine and trust the Divine Bread. They will be your food and your light to walk in the path. You will lead people in understanding. Wisdom cries to you in the night, Fear in the Lord, and gain understanding.


Words from Solomon who learned from His Mother:
"Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars; She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table. She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city, 'whoever is simple, let him turn in here!' As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 'Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed, forsake foolishness and live and go in the way of understanding." Proverbs 9:1-6

Waiting

My name is Wisdom, I am the Voice of God, I am the bride-spirit

I have waited for you, I have cried aloud outside, I've raised my voice in the open squares. How long will it be until you turn to me? I will pour out my spirit on you, I will make my words known to you.

Turn to me, make your footing sure. I have waited for you.

You must also learn to wait. Seek me with a single mind. Otherwise, you will be tossed to and fro like a ship on the waters, or like a ldouble-minded child.

Waiting

Gallery Tour: Waiting, watercolor, full sheet

This painting was the first one I painting in this series. It just happened. The year was 1986. 

On the top of the adobe is the cross and it witnesses the heart of the maiden. Today I wait for His return, maybe she too is waiting for her lover's return. Her face is hidden, only He will know her heart and read her face.

There is no explanation, when Spirit births an idea or creative notion. You can not explain it. It comes like the wind, you can not tell where it comes from or where it will go. This was the way this painting began and it became the beginning of hundreds of  paintings in  the "Women of the Wind series."

This body of work has an etheral and wispy quality, much like the Spirit. The faint images are transparent with only a line or a color to represent their form..

 This series was named by my good friend, Betty Lucero. In 1990, I had just opened a Signature Gallery, Lucero walked in the door in a hurry; and like a whirlwind she began to move inventory around, redoing displays and when she came to this body of work, she said, "Her name is Women of the Wind".

Would I know the impact of this series at the time? No. It was in a time when I was ambitous and driven and I did not know about waiting. I had my eyes on Jesus and also on my ambitious art career. I was double-minded and I was driven by the winds of commerce, success and approval.

A woman came in to the gallery and said, "All women know what it is to wait." I learned that lesson but it took years of waiting.

Re-stringing pearls of Wisdom

My Son, waiting has been in every prayer and every cry for you. Yes, Wisdom cries out for your completion, but patience has had its perfect work in ME, so that I may be perfect and complete, lacking northing. (James 1:5) Yes, Jesus taught me about His Love as I waited on Him for your return.
 Yes, you have been my completion. As I cried for you, I cried for me.

Words from Solomon


"Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the city.

She speaks her words: How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge. Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you."  Proverbs 1:20-23

In Quiet Confidence

My name is Wisdom, I am Spirit. I have come to you in love. Surrender to me. I am the Voice of God, the Bride-Spirit.

I will follow you as you walk in the fear of the Lord. Quiet Confidence will be draped around your neck like a strain of fine pearls.

This confidence which others seek can not be bought with money. They will be drawn to you. It is an inner confidence that others can not give to you. It must come from within, it comes from Me as you wait for Me.

 Take my confidence, let me be as an ornament of grace around your neck and love upon your heart.

In Quiet Confidence

Gallery Tour: You are looking at a watercolor called "In Quiet Confidence". There came at a point in my life when leaving empty space took confidence. Someone once said, "It takes confidence to leave the white, without adding something just to fill up the page. It takes confidence to say it is finished when others do not see it finished."


Isn't that the way with our Lord, He says, "It is Finished". We can not see it finished. We try to add something else.


I painted this painting with the words of Isaiah on my mind. 


"In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength." Isaiah 30:15 "And "The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever." Isaiah 32:17 


Re-Stringing Pearls!


My Son, one of your attributes is communication. You are a man of few wordsm but your feelings go deep. You are known as a communicator,  it is a gift. You speak softly but with authority. Use your words wisely,  build others up, and allow others to come into your  quiet confidence as you express your gift.




Words from Solomon which he  learned from His Mother:
To know wisdom and instruction. To perceive the words of understanding, to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity. To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion - A wise man will hear and increase learning and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. To understand a proverb and an enigma, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:1-6