Spirit-filled
- Colored pencil
- 34 x 22 x 1 in (framed)
- $0
- Rhonda Nass
Sometimes the struggle of everyday life seem insurmountable, beyond our ability to bear. A degenerative or fatal health condition. Despair. An out-of-control loved one. Helplessness. A sense of being trapped with no way out. Terror. A descent within a black hole. Loneliness.I've heard our bodies described as clay pots in the hands of a Divine Potter. If true, why would this Craftsman allow His creation to suffer such routine blows, weakening and wearing down His vessels with each impact? (It's easy to predict the fate after such repeated assaults: Fragile lives, broken to pieces.)One answer is found in Jesus' words spoken in His last days on earth, as He describes His upcoming death and resurrection to those who have chosen to be His earthly companions. He reassures His friends that they will never be alone:"And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you..." John 14: 16, 17What a promise to cling to! The Spirit of God makes a home in those who take Jesus at His word and welcome His company. For those experiencing life's sudden blows with the Helper in hand, the resulting brokenness does not make us implode. Instead fractured lives expose a supernatural love to others, also hurting, with an authenticity not possible had we all remained fully intact."...we have this treasure in earthen vessels...always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be evident beyond doubt in our body." II Corinthians 4: 7, 8, 9
Bio:
"You could never be an artist" (quote from my high school art teacher).If you've ever been told you "can't do" something, there swells an incredible motivation to reach for the unreachable, right? My teacher's edict was just the impetus a stubborn teenager needed to catapult her into the field of art. The day after receiving an UW-Madison Art Education degree I married a classmate, Rick Nass, and three years later we birthed Ampersand, our illustration business. After forty-five years we continue to draw and paint, now from our Prairie du Sac home.Drawing and painting are non-verbal ways I express joy and gratitude to God forsharing His heart and creativity with me. My hope is that the joy permeating the process of creating the works will show itself in each piece and become contagious for you as you absorb it.Nass' drawings and painting are internationally published (Biology of Plants/W.H. Freeman Publishers; Today's Botanical Artists/Schiffer Publishing; Vanishing Circles/Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Press; Following in the Bartram's Footsteps/American Society of Botanical Artists) along with self-published books Gifts from the Earth and Scratchings of a Madwoman (www.rnass.com). Spirit-filled was drawn (colored pencil) for Scratchings of a Madwoman.
- Framed: 34 x 22 x 1 in
- Collections: Fragility and Fortitude