For I Have Overcome the World
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have perfect peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted! For I have overcome the world. I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you. - John 16:33
I was processing the grief of our miscarriage and asking the Lord what exactly this scripture meant. This painting was an image that He gave me. My heart is safe in Him, I know that He holds me in His arms as I walk through all of the trials of this life.
Each word behind me represents impacting experiences in my life; redemption, desire, fear, acceptance, marriage, beauty, and miscarriage. Both of those valleys are firmly behind me; through Him I am overcoming fear and I will not speak miscarriage into my future. Our future consists of hope now, and more dreams to come... The following words on the mountains are goals and dreams for our life; children and adoption, and the more overall spiritual goals of love, maturity, intimacy. In the valleys I was a bit lost as to what to write there; I certainly didn't want to speak anything tragic into our future. The wise man that I'm married to said, "We have no idea what trials are in our future. But He has promised us peace, joy, strength, and grace to get through them." So those words have been spoken over the valleys of trials and tribulations that are sure to come in this life. My heart is always safe in the arms of Jesus, while my feet must walk through this life He's put in front of me.
