Mini Tulip
Mini Fresh as a Daisy
Mini Sunflower
When things seem overwhelming I find it's helpful to work small, uncomplicated paintings with a limited palette. Who needs to make design and color decisions right now? These all fit into a 5 X 7 mat.
Flowers are fragile and beautiful, like life, and their lives are short. In Psalm 90:12 it says, "Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom." (NLT) The Psalmist goes on to pray that their days of joy would match their days of affliction. Can I ditto that, please?
Jesus says in Matthew 6:30, "If God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you." That is something to remember as you see the spring flowers beginning to burst open. You and I are more valuable than flowers to God, and if He is caring for us we can be as peaceful as a field of sunflowers!
