8in x 10in | Acrylic on canvas board
Have you ever felt like your heart was too broken to ever be made whole again?
That’s how I felt when I started painting “Let Your Heart Revive” and I couldn’t have imagined the story God would write and speak to my heart through the process of painting this painting.
At the beginning of “Let Your Heart Revive,” the image reminded me of an aerial perspective of clouds, wheat fields, and fire. The process of painting it was its own sort of wandering through the wilderness and waiting on God for a clear way through. It was one of those few paintings that I felt wasn’t going anywhere or ever going to be finished. Eventually, after many layers God began to show me that even the most shattered hearts and barren places can be restored and God whispered to me, “Let Your Heart Revive.” This piece will always hold a special place in my heart as a testimony of part of this journey of healing and becoming that I’ve been on.
So, if your heart is broken and shattered today: let your heart revive, all those pieces can be made whole and be restored to new life.
"Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire; where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. . . you who seek God, let your hearts revive. For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners." Psalm 69:1-3, 32b-33 (ESV)