Last week I shared that I’ve just started painting for others. I’ve painted my whole life, but only for myself. But last fall I felt God challenging me to paint for others.
After last week’s message, one of my long-time subscribers wrote, “Can you please make one for me?” I said, “Sure!” and asked him if there was a verse he had on his mind. He said that Nahum 1:3 resonated deeply with him.
I looked it up. It says:
“The Lord is slow to get angry, but His power is great,
and He never lets the guilty go unpunished.
He displays His power in the whirlwind and the storm.
The billowing clouds are the dust beneath His feet.” (Nahum 1:3, NLT)
The contrast of God’s peace and God’s power captivated me. An image came to mind, and I began to paint.
I found that by giving expression to what I saw in my mind helped me to experience God’s peace as well. You see, my mind isn’t always peaceful. Sometimes it’s tumultuous.
Maybe you can relate?
If you’d like some peace this week, try finding a passage from the Bible that resonates deeply with you. Chew on it for a while. Think about each word, then let God speak to you.
Then try giving expression to what you’re hearing in your own creative way. Maybe it’s art. Maybe it’s music. Maybe it’s poetry. Or maybe it’s simply inviting God’s Holy Spirit to wash over you with His peace.
To help you get started, take a look at this 1-minute time-lapse I took while painting God is in the Whirlwind. It’s set to music from my son Bo’s new album he also just released this week called Still Seasons.
https://youtube.com/shorts/OSywOHxEdVw
And if you’d like to hear more from Bo’s album, just search on most streaming services for “Bo Elder Still Seasons.” He wrote this album “to create songs that would soothe troubled thoughts and invoke pensive ones,” and “to serve as a backdrop to your conversations with the Lord.”
Here are the links to check it out! Enjoy!
I pray you have a peace-filled week—no matter what you may be going through!
God really is in the whirlwind.
The Ranch 