I don’t know about you, but when I read through the Old Testament of the Bible and get to the sacrifices, I don’t like that so many animals have to be killed. But I realize that if God hadn’t accepted the animal sacrifice, He would demand my own life as the payment for my sin against Him (Romans 6:23). Reading about these sacrifices makes me realize how serious God is about sin.
In the thought with the Hall of Fame of Faith painting, I mentioned my difficulty when it became apparent that we would not be moving back to our home state after my husband’s service in the Air Force. At the time, I had what I now call my ‘Jonah Experience’, so I decided to try to paint something to go along with that.
In the Bible, Hebrews chapter 11 is sometimes referred to as the “Hall of Fame of Faith” because it tells about people who were faithful to God to the end despite dealing with various hardships.
My mother-in-law passed away last month, she was 95. I thought I would try to paint her portrait.
When visiting family earlier this summer, I saw wet spiderwebs on the flowers around the lake. With the drops of dew, it was beautiful! I tried painting a more realistic painting of what I saw, but that didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped.