Thursday, March 24, 2011

Wisdom

These is from February 6th, Super Bowl Sunday. I colored it weeks ago but I didn't make the time to write about it, so here goes.



Every year for the last 4 years I make plans to watch the Super Bowl with six of my best friends. This year we went back up to Apple Valley, where our friends Matt and Amy live. I always look forward to the time I can spend with my friends up there, but I especially loo
k forward to talking with Matt. He is such a wise man and it just spills into every conversation he has. With all that the Lord has taught me shown me this year I wanted to be able to bless him or speak some truth into his life. So I prayed about that specifically before I went up. All six of us were sitting around, drawing, knitting, putting kids to bed, playing video games etc when they realized they were out of dog food. Matt was going to go to PetsMart and asked if anyone wanted to join him, everyone else said no but I felt the Lord say go, so I did. It was a great time of fellowship over buying a bag dog food. I had just listened to that episode of the Orbiter where Darin shared how someone told him he should be a teacher and not a singer. And how that man told Darin that he was already teaching, he was just doing it through his songs and shows. I knew that truth would find a home in Matt. Matt works at High Desert Church as a Graphic Designer and he is a teacher by nature. It's just right now he teaches via his designs. Matt approaches design differently, its not about how good it looks its about how effective the message is. I know that is the point of a good designer, but for most designers it goes like this; great design that doesn't distract from the message. For Matt the design is there support the message, and since the message is beautiful, compelling, and challenging the design is then beautiful, compelling and challenging. He is selfless in it. Long story short I asked him about pastoring and teaching and shared that story about Darin. A couple of weeks later he shared with me that he spoke with the leadership at his church expressing a desire to go down that path and try his hand in teaching or administration or something like that. I don't know exactly what it looks like, but they were receptive of it, and he said thanks recognized Gods hand in our conversation. I thought that was pretty awesome. Kids the message of today's blog post is be intentional with what the Lord is doing in your life!

As for the drawing this is my friend Matt. I know he has the gift of wisdom, and that wisdom grips his heart and gives him vision. So that's what the drawing is of.

8 comments:

  1. What an awesome picture! It shows that God is working and has plans for us. Plans that we can't come up with for ourselves or think we are capable of. God can use and equip us. Thanks for that encouraging "message." :)

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  2. Your drawings are so stunning Frank...I am inspired every time I see them posted! And thanks for this encouraging and also convicting message...I don't think I'm always very intentional with what the Lord is doing in my life...I can become really complacent (and let's be honest, lazy) sometimes when I know that the Lord wants me to GO and DO and BE! Thanks for the reminder :)

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  3. It's so cool how God speaks to us through others and uses others to speak to us. That just amazes me. He could easily just, voice of thunder us into the ground; but rather he humbly and gently speaks to us through other believers, and His Word, and His quite yet clear voice in our heads. He is so powerful yet so gentle at the same time.

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  4. This is really cool that you were able to have a direct application to a story that you heard, and that you were open to sharing that with your friend. I'm sure he felt blessed by that and it sounds like it really matched up with his passions and what God is doing in his heart.

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  5. Love it. What a gift you have! Such am encouraging way to use it, too ...

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  6. Bayley and I are just in awe of your art. SO INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL, my gosh. also, "be intentional with what the Lord is doing in your life!" Amen! Very simply said, i'll be praying for that for you. P.s. I liked your outfit tonight, suave.

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  7. Really stunningly beautiful. Love that your drawing is such a part of who you who and how you communicate. Thank you for sharing and for being you.

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  8. I want to be intentional with what the Lord is doing. Thank you. This is my prayer tonight. : )

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