For over 10 years this place has been vaguely impressed upon my mind and heart, since I went to Italy in college. Everytime I would see pretty landscaping lighting at night I would try to remember it, and it gave me this feeling, but I couldn't place what I was actually remembering.
A few months ago my friend Lori helped me figure out this was the exact place I was remembering. The ruins of the Roman Forum.
There's so many layers of stuff here I can't even word it. I am just so amazed at whats been coming out of my fingertips, and totally by the power of prayer, the power of God.
Those ruins are such a reminder to me that this life is SO temporary. But a breath. This once thriving empire is now just a decaying shell of something once great. Generation upon generation upon generation has looked upon these same ruins and thought the same things.
Psalm 39:5
You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man's life is but a breath.
We won't be here for long!
And the top part - the stars - I am so in awe of God when I look up at a starry night sky. Like he placed diamonds in the sky just to amaze us. So beautiful.
But sometimes its hard to look much past this world. It gets in the way.
"Sometimes it seems like God is difficult to find and impossibly far away. We get so caught up in our small daily duties and irritations that they become the only things that we can focus on. What we forget is that God's love and beauty are all around us, every day, if only we would take the time to look up and see them.... " - Matthias
And that little figure up top represents me finally getting to where I can focus beyond the circumstances around me, beyond the world and its 5,000 messages it throws at me every 2 minutes, and see and focus on God, on Christ my Savior. Who was there all along. Who had plans for me even 10 years ago when I stood and looked upon this scene, at a time when I thought I didn't really need him much. He probably didn't even come to mind at the time. But now by his grace I have such peace and hope in my heart that is above the things of this world. They can't steal it away ♥
Whether you believe in God or not, you are looking at the result of much answered prayer. And it gives me such hope, I can't wait to see where God is going to lead this newfound gift! And man does it strengthen my faith. Exciting : )
I listened to this song almost the whole time I was painting this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdtWdUorGAM
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