THE PORTRAIT OF MY SOUL

An oak tree is brought into creation by two forces at the same time. Obviously, there is the acorn from which it all begins, the seed which holds all the promise and potential, which grows into the tree. But only few recognize that there is another force here as well - the future tree itself, which wants so badly to exist that it pulls the acorn into being, drawing the seedling forth, guiding the evolution from nothingness to maturity. It is the oak tree that creates the very acorn from which it was born. I look at the woman I have become, and realize how much I have always wanted to become this person. It was this woman filled with the peace, love, and joy of the Lord that pulled the other, struggling little girl forward all these years. And yet there is still an even more beautiful person waiting in the future for me, wanting me to grow into her - she is the woman the Lord made me to be.

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."