christianity
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An HONEST conversation that needs to be had. Do you cherish yourself?
SCENARIO from a friend…… Here is my response to this scenario. First: Develop Self Empowering Skills First it is important to understand this is not about blaming yourself for allowing this to happen to you, but rather a time to start empowering yourself to make positive changes within. What does that look like? When reassessing…
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God Paints my Canvas with His Love
Many times, I paint when I am angry or sad. I call these paintings my emotional paintings as there are filled with incredible marking, textures, and layers. I have to say, my angry paintings really turn out great as they have a lot of movement and marks. Of course, there are times I paint when…
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The Gift God Has Given Me are Perfect for ME!
God talks about how He knows each of us personally. To me that is awesome and at sometimes overwhelming. Why me? With all the millions of people in this world, how does He have time to think of me?? Because He promises this!! Jeremiah 1: 5 says “Before I formed you in the womb I…
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THANK YOU for Letting me see through the Trees.
I have heard many artists tell me their inspiration for their paintings are from nature, trees, landscapes, and the outdoors. I have never been an outdoors person and while nature is beautiful to me, it just does not inspire my abstract paintings. BUT, I love using nature to make my tools to use IN my…
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I CHOOSE STRENGTH!
There is one promise that I know without any doubt. It is that God loves me unconditionally. No matter how far away I might wander or walk, He is always there waiting for me and walking with me. Fear, health issues, pain inflicted by a situation might influence that way we think about ourselves. This…
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Not Perfect, But God Planned
As I walked on the white shores of my favorite Florida beach, I saw this beautiful, but broken shell in the sand. It was not perfect. It was cracked and yet, it sat proudly on the sand waiting for someone to enjoy its beauty as it was. I picked up the shell for my collection…
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The Power of Fear…. How to Over Come.
I never knew the power “fear” had over me until I had an event that I could not control in my life. This health event put this overwhelming cloud of fear in my path and it took control of my every thought. I woke up with fear, I fell asleep with fear, and it started…
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Warrior Woman Pose: A Woman with Faith
I have always been a support to other woman with encouragement and prayers. I would speak of God’s peace and the extreme need for an unwavering faith. I would speak to fear and how to overcome any fear in faith. However it was not until recently that I was faced with a health event that…
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God Has a Plan, I just follow it….
by Cheryl Wilson, Artist with Faith I do not have to worry about my art journey because my God has a plan for me …. all I have to do is follow it …… Are there times I forget, well, yes, for a moment. But that moment is short as God has time over time…
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Enjoy Your Journey
Act 20:24 says: …. ” so that I might finish my course with joy,…” There are days I wake up and feel depleted quickly from many weights that seems to be on my shoulders. I am normal in that I do worry about things and ponder things. I do have the ability to quickly parse…
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Who Controls our happiness?
Recently I started learning a new dance call the “West Coast Swing.” It is such a challenge as that as a woman I have to truly know my part and hold my own destiny in my steps or I will not be able to dance my part. In the Waltz or some other dances, I…
"An Artist's Walk with God" 