Helping Hands

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;  and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?”  Matthew 7:9

thank you 
for your grace, 
for a wide open space 
to play, 
for helping hands
gathered in the studio.

thank you 
for the heart 
of Max,
for the laughs
he brings,
for giving us new  
a new song
to sing
in ice cream.

thank you for his grace 
for his un-rushed pace
for the way he faces 
one direction  
in the studio,
his back to the window,
his eyes on the door
his mind
open to tasting 
and seeing that 
the Lord is good.

thank you, Father
for leading him home.
for letting us see 
that when your children ask 
for bread, 
you do not give 
them stone. 

Amen.

In the photo below, the piece on the left, “Play Guilt Free” is a 9 x 12 mixed media on wooden panel, and is currently for sale in Highland Galerie or on my website. Click on the photo below to go to this painting on my website.. Max’s piece, “Taste and See” is on the right. The letters in the ice cream spell INRI, which are the letters Pilate wrote over Jesus on the cross. It means “King of the Jews”. The girl in the painting is “tasting” of her savior and seeing that He is good. This piece is not for sale, but he has many other beautiful pieces for sale at HIghland Galerie and on my website. He also takes commissions, and is currently working hard on a series of nativities and wisemen for the Fall show.