Upstream People Gallery Online Art Exhibit

"Walking Through The Fire" Isaiah 43:2

"Passing Through The Waters" Isaish 43:2

This week I received some very great news! I have been accepted into the 12th Annual Judeo-Christian Online Juried Art Exhibit that is currently on the website of Upstream People Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska! This show will be online for an entire year. There were 130 applicants and I was chosen along with about 4 or 5 other artists. Walking Through the Fire (Isaish 43:2), Passing Through the Waters (Isaiah 43:2), Angel Aura, Smooth Landing, and Three Crosses-John 3:16 are the titles of the artworks that are in this show. You can view it on http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/. I am hoping this exhibit will bring me a lot more exposure and lead to sales!

This has been an interesting week. I have had both victories and battles. There was victory with the Upstream People Gallery show and there was the victory of finally getting a tenant for one of our rooms downstairs. But there were also battles. This week one of our cars broke down and we were without a second vehicle all week long. We had to rearrange our schedule a bit. I also had to deal with a situation that was so stressful, it made me physically ill. I had to set a boundary with a person who was taking advantage of me and playing control & power games. It was hard and I had to endure anger and some pain. But it was worth it to me. My artwork (pictured above), Walking Through the Fire and Passing Through the Waters, illustrates that it is possible to go through difficult situations and still come out of them safely without getting harmed. And you become a strong person for it too.

We have also had some very "wierd" weather this spring break week. At a time when you would expect springtime weather, it suddenly turns to snow, hail, wind, rain and the temperature drops about 20 degrees. Suddenly you feel you are in winter again. You feel discouraged because it looks like spring got lost! But you have to look beyond the circumstances because in a week or two, spring weather will appear and it will be different. I thought that this is a good illustration of life--especially mine! Sometimes when things seem really bad and you think there is no hope, circumstances change suddenly. Things aren't always the way they seem. That is definitely the lesson that the weather has taught me this week.