ART EXPLOSION WEEK 29: Theme AWAKENING

Hello fellow Steemians, here is my post for Art Explosion Week 29 Theme: Awakening. Sponsored by @juliakponsford, information about the contest is [ here ]
This is what I came up with for the Theme Awakening.

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Isaiah 43:7
Everyone who is called by My name,
Whom I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”

My Creative Process

I used the Procreate app on my iPad and the following movie shows the drawing process.

Great Awakening

Three and a half years ago, I am almost fifty-nine years old now, I experienced what I like to call a miracle, and a great spiritual awakening. I claim to know for a fact that God is with us, just like it proclaims in the Bible. I will tell you my testimony of when I first heard God’s voice speak to me. Since then I’ve met numerous people who’ve said they’ve heard His voice as well. And these aren’t crazy people. In the Old and New Testament it is written many times that the voice of God was heard by many people, well He’s still talking. Since then I’ve become one of God’s loving soldiers who speaks about God’s ways and truths, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, while very focused on sharing my love towards others.

Severe Pain

Now to begin my testimony. I was home alone approximately three and a half years ago, my husband was away for the evening. I had started having some pain on the right hand side of my rib cage, under my breast. I had some gallbladder problems previously, but did nothing about it. This time it was different, this was a kind of pain I had never experienced before even with natural child bearing. I’d always seemed to have a high tolerance to pain, but this type of pain I couldn’t handle. It kept building, and building rapidly. I quickly stepped into the shower thinking hopefully that somehow the hot water would subside the immense pain that started to wrap around to my back like a Charlie horse. I was just contemplating calling 911, until the pain got so bad I started to black out. The room started getting dark my knees started to buckle I fell up against the wall and I knew I was going down on a marble shower floor with a small marble shelf to one side that I knew could cause some major damage to my skull if hit. As all these visions were going through my head I really became terrified, helpless, I thought I was going to die.

God Help Me

I had never prayed to Jesus for myself before this day, I heard in my mind, pray, pray to God for help so I screamed out loud “God help me, please take away the pain please God! ”, at that moment the pain just instantly stopped. It felt as though someone turned off a faucet. The flood of horrendous agony just stopped. My eyes were instantly cleared I stood straight up, I was in complete shock and I said out loud again, God is that you? Suddenly I heard a mans gentle voice which filled my head saying “ yes I am, now step slowly out of the shower grab this towel” which I did, still in shock, then He told me “now I want you to lay down and get some rest”. I laid my head down and fell asleep before my head even hit the pillow. When I awoke twelve hours latter, and all I could do was fall down on my knees and thank God for His mercy crying profusely! Found a good Church that really delves down into the Bible, and the rest is history, I found Jesus who I never cared about before. So that’s my Testimony and story, I’ve continued to have a loving relationship with my Father every since. Many more incredible miracles from God have happened in my life since that evening but that’s another story. May God bless you!

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