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.
Butterflies are so beautiful. They remind me that a simple caterpillar can become a delicate and wonderful butterfly. The struggle to escape the chrysalis is real and necessary, but then there is the butterfly!
The most meaningful holiday for me is Easter. Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection are the central events in history - all done so we who choose to trust what He did instead of our own goodness can be justified before a holy God. What a great thing to celebrate!
Empty Chair came to me as I thought of the many parents I know who have lost a child, whether as pre-born, in childhood, or in adulthood.