PAINTING:
I LIKE THE ETHEREAL EFFECT OF THIS PAINTING. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM A FAIRY TALE. I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THE TREES IN THE BACKGROUND ALMOST GLOW. BOB LIKES TO PUT A BIG HAPPY TREE RIGHT IN THE FOREGROUND. WHEN I FIRST STARTED PUTTING THOSE BIG TREES RIGHT IN THE FRONT, IT MADE ME MORE THAN A LITTLE NERVOUS. NOW I PAINT THE TREE LIKE A PRO. WITH EACH TREE, I LEARN SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
RANDOM PIECE OF TRIVIA: BOB ROSS NOW HAS A CEREAL NAMED AFTER HIM. WE ALL KNOW HOW IN TOUCH HE WAS WITH NATURE, BUT IT IS NOT A GRANOLA HEALTHY TYPE BREAKFAST SELECTION. IT IS MORE LIKE ONE WITH A SMALL SPOKESPERSON WHO SINGS, "THEY ARE MAGICALLY DELICIOUS.". I THINK MR. ROSS WOULD HAVE STILL ENJOYED IT THOUGH,
PRAYER:
I WAS SITTING AT MY SON'S BASEBALL GAME WATCHING THE BATTER. STEEEEERIKE! WHAT? THAT WAS NO STRIKE. IT WAS TOO FAST AND OUTSIDE. BLUE NEEDED HIS EYES CHECKED. AFTER WATCHING A FEW MORE PITCHES, GOD SAID, "FROM WHERE YOU ARE SITTING, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN HE DOES." SIDEBAR: I LOVE IT WHEN HE DOES STUFF LIKE THAT AND I AM NOT EXPECTING IT. OKAY......I LOOKED AROUND AND REALIZED THAT EVERYBODY SITTING AROUND ME HAD A DIFFERENT TAKE ON WHERE THE PITCHES LANDED.
I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY THIS. IN OUR PRAYER TIME, THE POINT OF VIEW THAT WE NEED THE MOST IS GOD'S. IF WE ARE PRAYING FOR OUR MARRIAGE, WE DON'T WANT AUNTIE CICI'S PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE SHE NEVER WANTED YOU TO MARRY HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE. OKAY? ! WHEN WE PRAY FOR OUR CHILDREN OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE NEED TO BE PRAYING ABOUT IT THE WAY THAT HE SEES IT.....THROUGH HIS EYES......HIS POINT OF VIEW. THIS MIGHT BE NEW TO YOU, BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENS WITH PRAYER AS WITH THE BIG 3D TREES I WAS PAINTING. THE MORE YOU DO IT, THE LESS RESERVED AND MORE CONFIDENT YOU WILL BECOME.
