Every Knee, Every Tongue

This painting came about as I wanted to depict the presence of Jesus Christ within my own life. In my journaling, I realized I was writing about things of little importance. I wrote about the mundane tasks I had done and the things I was worried about. It wasn’t very helpful and something I felt obligated to do rather than something that was productive for my Spirit. I decided to take the ideas of others, to record how I had seen the hand of the Lord in my life throughout each day. This challenged me and I could feel the stretching of my Spirit to find the cracks and crevices in which I had seen Jesus Christ’s influence. At first, it seemed hazy, as though perhaps nothing was there, or maybe I was allowing my biases to color what I was seeing. As I attempted this exercise my spiritual eyes grew more sensitive to his touch and I was able to understand his patterns and touches. He is there even when at first we may not see. It might take a moment, or stepping back to understand the pic