"Take out your Bible." That is what this is all about. I wasn’t raised in a family that read the Bible at home. We didn’t talk about scripture at all, actually. Yet one day when I was an early teen, I saw the Bible lying there, and curiosity pushed me to pick it up and look inside. When I opened it, the text from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount was all in red text, page after page. To be honest, it freaked me out in that moment, but at the same time I found myself wanting to read it. I made a promise to myself then and there to someday read the entire Bible.
My relationship with God’s word is a work in progress. Due to past life injuries, I have suffered from pain, anxiety and a downcast spirit. God does not want us to be in pain, downcast, or angry. The book of James says that anger is not what God wants for our spirit in this life [1:19–20]. After my injury, God took the reins. He granted me the wisdom to discover healing by reading his word. I found a Bible study in 2014, and there, I discovered the wonder and fellowship that his word opens the door to. My revelation is that creating Art and reading God’s word triggers true healing in both body and spirit.
Cross art is a visual vessel to open doors into your spiritual self so you can find true healing and inspiration as I did. My mother has been receiving the daily Cross Art 365 messages since the beginning. Soon after her Cross Art journey began, she revealed to me that she looks forward to the art and verse every day and that it starts her day off positively. She also spoke of something important: she sees the text and image then goes into the Bible to fill in the context or story. That’s what it’s all about: dusting off the Bible to experience how God is speaking to you, through his word daily.
On the front page of our website, you will notice a message to the viewer about our daily devotional—Cross Art 365—with a picture setting the stage for reflection. The image is a snapshot of a cellphone displaying Cross Art, a Bible, and a cup of coffee. This could be you. Join the daily journey and see how God speaks to you.
Have a successful day in the Lord.