Melchizedek

 

There are some subjects that are difficult to write about. This is one of them. Melchizedek has a prominent place in the bible as one without a beginning or end (birth or death). Except for the scriptures there are no records of his existence. Archaeology, to this point, has no evidence of his existence. This does not prove or disprove him of having existed. Like so many other things that are mysteries in the scriptures it is beyond the ability of our minds to explain. There is much in this world that fits into the unexplained realm. My point is that just because science can't yet explain why something it does not mean it can't exist. I have already written about spirits, in particular the Holy spirit. Melchizedek may or may not have existed but his kingdom, Salem did exist and it became Jerusalem, which King david conquered. The important thing is that  Melchizedek, as the righteous King and priest of El Shaddai, with no birth or death is another way of reminding us that Christ existed in the beginning, became man to redeem all of us by dying on the cross, then rose from the dead to judge the living and the dead. There is a new fire beginning, a new revival. The Holy Spirit is touching lives again. 

Today I am sharing another of the images from MoonTear. After this image I may give it a break and do some other images.   

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This image is appropriate for the Easter season and this post. That is it for this week. May the good Lord Bless and Keep you safe. Remember to always "Love The Details."

The tongue

How true! How many times have we made statements that we wish we had not made? Have you suffered this recently? Thought spoken without the benefit of thought is trouble. Scripture says the tongue is untamable. (Ps 5:9, PS 10:7, Ps 50:19, Ps 52:4, Prov 26:28, James 1:26, James 3:6, 1 Peter 3:10) Seems like along list doesn't it? You would be surprised how many references there are in scripture. There are many that are positive but many more that are negative about the tongue. Most of our troubles are self inflicted through our voice. (Matt 15:11-18, Luke 6:45, Romans 10:10) The Lord said that it is not what we put in our mouths that corrupts but what comes out of our mouths. Guard your mouth and tongues and avoid the embarrassment it creates. 

This week is another of the images from MoonTear. This is a special one. Love the eyes and how they follow you around the room.

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This was a fun image to do. The hair on this kind of image is a challenge but fun to do.

That is it for this week. Thank you for stopping by and hopefully commenting. May the good Lord bless and keep you safe. Remember to always "Love The Details."

No Post

 There will be no post this week.

The moment

 
The above Brainy Quote is a profound statement in as much as it follows what several of my posts were about. The difference is it invites us to notice the moment as it is given to us. It is not a moment that is frozen in time that we can go to whenever we want. The fact is that few things that matter are frozen in time. Things that matter are, more often than not, fleeting. A child is mesmerized by the newness of the world around it. It notices everything, taking all it sees and building an image of what it is like to be alive. The new testament often references that God wants us to be as little children. (Matthew 18:3, Mark 19:14, Luke 18:16 - Luke 10:21, John 13:33, 1 John 3:7) Luke 10:21 is when Jesus thanks His Father for revealing the things he taught to little children. These verses come up often in the daily readings. It is a reminder that we are the children of God and should be as little children so that we can learn to understand Him and be like Him.

Today I am sharing another image from MoonTear. This image is of a princess as are most of the feminine images. This image was fun to do. All of these images were purchased and are copyrighted.

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That is it for this week. May the good Lord bless and keep you safe. Remember to always "Love The Details."

Miracles

What do you consider to be a miracle? What is the everyday miracle? Have you ever considered that the everyday life we live is an on going miracle? The simple definition according to Merriam-Webster is: " an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs. the healing miracles described in the Gospels. : an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment." That is very much what being born and living the life we are given here and now are, miracles. What we sometimes experience are extraordinary miracles of an unexpected nature. They can affect us directly personally or someone else. Miracles come in many forms. The very act of breathing is a miracle. Think about something. If you or I never came to be, what would the miracle be? Life is a miracle that mankind has no answer for it being. Scientists say it just happened. Really? In all of its diversity it just happened? Life is precious to our Lord. Precious enough that He gave His only begotten Son as atonement for our sins forever. What is a miracle? It is that we were born, experience life, love and even physical death. The miracle in all of this? This life is a birthing place of the spirit within us all. A place where we grow, learn and develop into the children of God. If that is not a miracle then I have no definition for miracles.

This week I have yet another image from MoonTear. This is small version of the image I am working on now. The larger version will take a while but this will give you an idea what to expect.

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OOPS! The one marker got flipped when shooting. As you can see it is YR24 when viewed right side up. 😊😁. So much for "Love The Details". Some smiles are good for the soul. LOL! That is it for this week. May the good Lord smile on your day and bless you eternally. Remember to always "Love The Details." Smile

As promised

 

This image is two and a half days of work. There were many breaks in between to identify faint details and to choose colors. I guess my age is showing because of this but, as my end of post says, "Love the details". Doing justice to this image is just like trying to capture him on paper. IMPOSSIBLE! Love of Christ is something intangible within our hearts. He has many possible visages within our minds and hearts. If we had seen Him in person I have no doubts that he would not be as we would expect Him to be visually. I colored this image with love and care to show a possibility of His likeness. I am not completely happy with it but it is the best I could do. 

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This is a MoonTear image as indicated on the image. The white portions of this image were very subtle and the CO & COO cool gray colors were used to make the intended image become clear. The skin shading was kept more tanned to be true to the area He lived in. The hair was difficult close to the shoulder because it was not very distinct but it was there.

Next week I will write a post and share yet another image from MoonTear. There are a few more of the Christ images coming in the future as well. Until then May the good Lord bless and Keep you safe. Remember to always "Love The Details."

Hopelessness

 

The quote above is set in a picture of a desert dune. That is truly what it is like when there is no capacity to love. If I seem to be on this subject a lot it is because it is the single most important subject in the bible. If you have ever felt empty and hopeless then you know what I mean. There are people who are incapable of love or of being loved. They are individuals who are aeromatic. This often results in depression. I am no expert in these things nor am I immune to the effects of  depression. The absence of love is somewhat foreign to me. Compassion for others and empathy for the suffering is something that is hard to ignore in the world today. There certainly is enough suffering to go around. So much so that it is not possible to be involved in every single case. That can be depressing in itself. All I can say is do what you can do and pray for that which you can't directly help with. You can do what you can do and no more. The rest is up to the good Lord.

This week I have a very special image to share. Most of the images for the next few weeks will be from MoonTear. The amazing thing about many of these images is they are AI (artificial intelligence) created. Here is the image as colored and photographed.

I enhanced this through my photo enhancement software to remove the graininess from the finished image. This is close to the way it appears in person. 

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I hope you like the coloring. That is it for this week. May the good Lord Bless and keep you safe. Remember to always "Love The Details."

Sneak Peek

 

No message today. The above BainyQuote is the message.

The image shared last week was reduced to 4"x6" and colored. It turned out OK but in reducing the sized much of the detail is lost and it became VERY difficult to color. That said I am using it as a test to detemine the final colors used to do the final (hopefully) 8"x11 1/2" image. 

For those of you that have reduced the size of an image with fine detail you know that some of the detail actually disappears. The finished image will be different than this image. I am not giving the colors used for this image because some of them will change. This is a teaser. I am working on several other easier images along with the final rendering of this one.

Remember to always "Love The Details" and God Bless and keep you safe.

Decision

Last week I wrote about resolution making. The fulfillment of resolutions requires decisions. Those decisions make or break the path we take to fulfilling the resolution. Instead of a resolution I have decided to follow my dear wife and choose a word for the year. "Listen" is the word chosen. You must learn to be still to listen fully. This is the essence of what the word for the year means to me. The place in the bible that is my all time favorite for this is 1 Kings 19:3-13. Elijah, fearing Jezabelle's threat to kill him fled to a cave where he was instructed to go outside as the Lord was passing by. Horrific wind, fire and earth quake were experienced but the Lord was not in them. After this there was silence except for a gentle breeze. At this Elijah fell to his knees for this was the the voice of the Lord. That is what I seek. It is one of the reasons that being alone in solitude is important when praying to the Lord. It is one of the reasons these posts are often done when it is the middle of the night. The solitude and quiet. Listening for that soft gentle voice telling me what to write. It is a time when the hustle and bustle craziness of the daily rush is muted and silent. I wish I could tell you how many times I have started a post during the day and got up in the middle of the night ony to discard it and start over with a new post. That special gentle voice is only audible when we are still and listening for it. Yes it guides us during the day with all of the distractions but to truly hear it requires being still mentally and physically. These times are also the times when my heart and soul can praise our Lord and feel Him close. When He is close that is when that soft gentle voice can be heard.

Rather than a finished colored image this week I would like to share an image I got off the internet from ETSY. ( MoontearPrints ) It is a special image that I will be coloring between now and Easter. These are not free images. Please do not take them.

This is one of several I have purchased to color and share with you. I will also be sharing them with MoontearPrints when finished before it is posted.

That is it for this week. May the good lord bless and keep you safe. Remember to always "Love the Details."

Resolutions

 I pray everyone had a happy healthy holiday.

This quote struck me as perfect for this post. We all have wishes and that is what we use for our New Year resolutions most often. The problem is that these things are also those things that are most often something we haven't the will to complete. Why? There is no purpose behind the wish just something we want. Being the human beings we are, making resolutions with purpose gives us the reason to work for even if we do not immediately achieve that purpose. It may seem crazy but  for some Christianity is much like the New Year resolution. We resolve to do something or go after something knowing in our heart that we will break that resolution. We celebrate the birth of Christ then immediately forget what it all means. In a few months we will celebrate Easter, the culmination of the reason Christ was born. Many will go through the motions of celebrating His sacrifice then go back out into the sin filled world and forget what they celebrated. Why? The reasons are many but the truth is there is no belief or commitment. The purpose is nonexistent in the heart. What purpose? To walk with the knowledge and belief that we are sinners and have to guard our walk through this world every moment of our lives. Every Christmas and especially Easter are deeply felt in my experience of them. It is not something that we can touch, smell, taste or see but in the end it will be the greatest fulfillment. Yes I put it in the future because it is not done yet. It is an ongoing process but I know it will be fulfilled. Can you say that about your resolutions?

 Just a quick image. Don't know where it came from but it was done for DW to make a card with. 

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That is it for this week. May the good Lord keep you safe and well. Remember to always "Love The Details."