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Good Friday reflection 2023
I did this digital piece as I was struck by Matthew’s account of Jesus’s death in Matthew 27:51: “the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.” The curtain separated the “Holy of Holies” and “The Holy Place”. In Jewish temple worship, the priest enters the “Holy of Holies” to sprinkle…
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Christmas greetings
Letter from prison- 17th December, 2021 Dear Emily, Sending the greeting’s especially for you! May all your Christmas wishes come true. As we celebrate the birth of our Lord and savior, I wish that His undying love may rest upon you and your loved ones. Hope you have an enjoyable festive season filled with joy…
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All we need is love
Letter from prison, 7th December, 2021- Yes, God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life (John 3:16). We need the love that God planted in our heart, without love we are nothing. To say I love you is…
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October Letters: How I found Hope & Strength
To the outside world, my name is Natalie (pseudonym) in Lo Wu Prison. I want to share my experience with God in my inside and in the darkness of the world, and to tell you how I found hope & strength from God. Have hope my friends. Hope anticipates the best in life even when…
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6/26/2020 You’re picked up & carried
Many of our bodies, hearts, and souls are being broken by the evil, injustice, and division in the world for the past few months. When you are too wounded to keep going and feel too weak to cry for help, Jesus hears your SOS and crouches down to carry you. Like a shepherd, he will…
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4/29/2020 No eyes has ever seen
When you did amazing wonders we didn’t expect, you came down, and mountains shuddered in your presence! These amazing things had never been heard of before; you did things never dreamed of! No one perceived your greatness. No eye has ever seen a God like you, who intervenes for those who wait and long for…
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4/25/2020 Boundary lines falling in pleasant places
Although your hands have become dirty and the steps seem formidable to climb, the boundary lines have fallen for you in pleasant places. Although My shadows shift during the day and disappear at night, My presence does not change. My protection and love follow after you. Surrender your treasures, such as your loved ones, to My…
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4/21/2020 Uyis’phephelo sami // You are our Refuge
Drawing inspired by the following song, and rabbits coming out of their nests/ hiding places in the Spring: Entendi Lami by We Will Worship (click on title to listen!). Scroll down for lyrics and English translations. * Instructions to color without a printer or coloring pencils: Download Coloring Book for Me, and use the limited…
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4/18/2020 “Here I am.”
I was ready to be sought by you Even if you did not ask for Me. I was ready to be found by you Even if you did not seek Me– Here I am. Find steadiness in Me- not in “breaking” news, not in playlist after playlist. not in productivity, not in the abundance of…
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4/15/2020
“If the Government of Condemnation was impressive, how about this Government of Affirmation? Bright as that old government was, it would look downright dull alongside this new one. If that makeshift arrangement impressed us, how much more this brightly shining government installed for eternity? With that kind of hope to excite us, nothing holds us…