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A Girl From Oz A Boy From Gotham
A little girl met a tin man, a scarecrow, a cowardly Lion, a dog named Toto, and Dorothy Gale. The girl in question was my wife, and today is the anniversary of the publication of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz in 1900. Ironically the famous movie would come out in 1939, the same year Batman was created. These two seemingly unrelated events have a very important connection in the Pruitt household. A girl from Oz and a boy from Gotham very quickly can tell you their significance. These characters have been we’ll loved companions for both of us through the years. For my wife, who had several health challenges since…
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Watercolor The Lion Regal
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iPainting El Shaddai
He is The Lamb for sinners slain. He is The Lion Of The Tribe Of Judah our Champion. He is The Eagle in Ezekiel’s vision lifting us higher. He is The Burden Bearer Who says to cast all of our burdens on Him. In Hebrew He is called El Shaddai, or God Almighty in Genesis 17:1, He will meet our every need!
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How To Take Up Art As A Hobby
My Grandparents were coal miners, that’s where I first learned about art. It was from both of them, and the paintings hung their home. I tell you this because, when talking about art, images come to mind. Some think of their favorite artwork, others think of it as a expensive prospect. The truth is, art is defined as the application of creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture. Stated simply, art is the skill of creating a picture. Everything from your child’s play dough elephant to the Empire State Building is art. All walks of life draw, build, and create art. I’ve seen…
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iPainting The Lamb And Isaac
Genesis 22:7 (ESV)7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” The singular word Lamb is first spoken by Isaac in Genesis 22. The chapter before it refers to seven lambs, but the first time the word in Singular form is used, is spoken by Isaac, this excited me. The child God had given Abraham and Sarah, used the word Lamb while asking a question. It reminds me that Jesus is built for questions, and in this day and age there are a lot…
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iPainting Prussian Blue
This is an iPainting of a Prussian Blue Cat from Russia. The Prussian Blue is not only my favorite blue in painting, this shade of gray is my favorite color of a cat. Isn’t it funny how different it is from the blue hue we know? Yet, how synonymous the name is with one or the other, depending on whether you are an artist or a cat lover?
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1648
Three hundred years before the Israeli Declaration Of Independence, in 1648, Ferdinand III gave the Jewish community of Prague a flag for helping fight off Swedish attackers during the Thirty Years War. While not exactly the same as today’s, it bore the Star Of David. Others would contribute to it, but three hundred years before Israel returned to their homeland, they had the symbol of their flag. What could you and I do today, that might expect someone hundreds of years later? We do not know, and neither did the Jews of Prague. What they did know was this, there was a need. When you act to meet the needs…
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iPainting The Ox
Luke 14:5 (ESV)5 And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” The word ox here in Greek means to graze. They named it apparently after what it did, it’s nature was to graze. That was not all it could do, it had great strength, but they didn’t name it after it’s strength. They named the ox after what it did to stay alive. What do you do when you It’s interesting to me that Jesus tells this parable after healing the man with the withered hand. Verse one…
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Joy And The Frog
It is older than the instrument it plays, and yet it would stand silent without it. Long before what we know as the violin existed, the bow played other instruments. This duet has each transitioned from their origin, but have married their future to each other. The mechanism on the end part of the bow responsible for tightening and holding the bow hair ribbon, is called a frog. This is appropriate, as the bow and it’s instrument have hopped all over the world. Every nationality has heard the pair’s union. Together, this partnership has given hope to those who endured the horrors of the Holocaust. It has inspired patriots to…
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iPainting Shiloh
Genesis 49:10 (KJV)10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. I love this verse because Israel, on his death bed, tells his son Judah, Peace is coming. Israel has long sought Peace. Summits, Presidents, and world leaders have sought to bring Peace to the Middle East. The real Peace that Jacob saw, wasn’t an agreement between leaders, but The One leader Who already brought Peace, His Name is Jesus, and He can bring Peace to you today. John 14:27 (KJV)27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto…
