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iPainting The Two Twains
Earlier this week, we talked about Einstein’s doubts about Faith. This led to revisiting another famous and interesting man. History tells us that, when it came to Faith, Mark Twain was of two minds. He had a belief in God, but he struggled. Yet, he had an experience in connection with his visit to Jerusalem. He was moved by the area where they believed was Golgotha, where Christ died. While Mark Twain had doubts, they say he wanted to believe. God is not troubled by our doubts, He’s dealt with them since the Garden. While doubts can lead away from God, they can also lead towards Him. It is true…
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iPainting Pfuffin
Pfuffin, please don’t tell our two year old Nicholas that Pfuffin is not a word. It’s what he calls muffins. Now, just like many of the other words he now pronounces correctly, that will change, but not yet. For now it’s Pfuffins, and that’s what this iPainting is based on. Ashley and I don’t mind him calling them Pfuffins, because you see, we waited ten years to have a child of our own talking in our house. Some days are crazy, some are tired, but every day is a blessing, because God answered our prayers with the most beautiful baby in the world, our Nicholas. Today was not a great…
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Sketch Fountain Pen And Ink
This fountain pen sketch of a fountain pen and ink well reminds me of a truth. The tools you have may be beautiful, but they’re greatest beauty is in fulfilling their purpose. Each of us have talents, resources, and opportunities to impact the world we live in. It can be as simple as drawing a picture, to a surgeon performing an operation. Either way, what you do is important, your work makes a difference. Your work does more than bring in a paycheck, it makes others livelihoods possible. Each of us are part of something greater than ourselves. The fountain pen, paper, and ink have very different make ups, but…
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Sketch Fountain Pen Einstein
Mark 10:15 (KJV)15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. I was sadly reading today about Einstein’s views of religion and God. He had indicated that belief in a personal God was both naive and childlike. How I wish someone, and perhaps they did, would have pointed out to them that The Lord Jesus had responded to His questions thousands of years before Einstein was born. I don’t point this out to argue with a man much smarter than I, but to point out, all of us have an opportunity. Most of us are not…
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Sketch Fountain Pen Super Hero Day
A fountain pen sketch for national super hero day of my favorite super hero, Batman.
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Sketch Fountain Pen Bird
This is a simple little fountain pen sketch of a bird. It’s not a dramatic breed, or elaborate scene, but a simple little bird. I began to think of how many of those we see each year. Birds that aren’t photographed, seen on a nature documentary, or read about. Yet The Bible says every bird is observed by God. Jesus says that He cares for us even more than them. There isn’t a moment of our lives that He isn’t watching out for His Children. Aren’t you glad, in our ordinary days, we have something Who cares about us? The days when nothing exciting happens, to the days when everything…
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iPainting Pottery Wheel
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Sketch Fountain Pen Coal Miner
Both of my Grandfathers, and my Dad for a time, were Coal Miners. Where I came from, for many years, this was part of our culture. When I think of the men and women who labored in this grueling work, I think of nobility, commitment, and love. Solomon said to enjoy the rewards of your labor is a God given gift. These men worked so hard to put food on the table, clothes on their children’s backs, and provide a future for them. I’ve never been a coal miner, but I will never forget their sacrifice, which helped bring me to where I am today.
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Sketch Fountain Pen Panda
Here is a fountain pen sketch of a panda. The word Panda means bear cat in Chinese. It’s also been called bamboo bear. Isn’t it amazing how, like the Panda, we are different things to different people? Some call us a parent, spouse, employee, and friend. One person can make an impact in so many lives. When you open your heart to others, you encourage, validate, and empower them. You support them to become unique in their own way, sort of like the panda.
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Listening
Thursday evening, Ashley was going to go to the store, but both of us had felt for some reason, that she needed to come home and get me first. While we didn’t know why, we listened to the feeling. It took a little longer, but we found out on the back way to Mt Juliet. A stolen vehicle passed us, and went off the road, followed by at least 4 or 5 police in high pursuit. The vehicle went off the road when coming towards us, thankfully on the other side, but had already hit a couple of vehicles. Had Ashley and Nicholas been a little farther along, it could…
