What do you wish for today? What is your heart’s desire? Mine is to simply be thankful for today. Its not a perfect life, but it is a gift just the same. There are no perfect people, nor any perfect lives, just the creation of God, souls created in His image and spiritual beings, the objects of His love.
I came across this lovely scene which inspired the above painting and it warmed my heart as I do so love these country settings. This one taken from a quaint village in Wales, a place where my great ancestors called home. I’ve never been to Wales or England but my search for my roots has brought me to this place in my pursuit of my origins and I’m am pleased to think that maybe some of my great great grandparents called this place home.
The scene also invokes in me the simple pleasures of a country hillside. The quietness perhaps of such a place and what seems like the primitive joy of an unencumbered existence that far too many of us cannot even imagine these days.
To be thankful for the gift of life, the knowledge that the one who created each one of us loves us dearly and is not ashamed or disappointed in us as we may be in ourselves. He is ever watching, ever loving, ever wooing us to His throne of grace and mercy. We don’t need to impress Him, or fear His rejection, if we will only take His hand and receive from Him the gift of life He so longs to give us.
God is my friend. The very best friend I’ve ever had. I want to bring glory to His name . The Lord Jesus Christ is all my hope.
Sarah Hopkins Art 