Going back to the Maker

Why is it when we are struggling at life that is when we cry out to God for help?. Why leave it to the last minute to cry out.
For me i feel like i cry out on a regular basis. Deep desperate prayers. And i wonder if i pray in between them.
I do.
But when you are in a cycle of desperation, it really feels that desperation is all i do.
On the positive, and there is a few of these. When i am in this state this is when i am closer to God and i can hear him more clearly.
And this works through my creativity.
God is the ultimate creator and i love how he speaks to me through my creativity.

After my first attempt at drypoint etching i felt drawn to do another.
Its called -

Lion of Judah

Then a Shoot (the Messiah) will spring from the stock of Jesse [David’s father],
And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
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And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and strength,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the [reverential and obedient] fear of the Lord—
3 
And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;
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But with righteousness and justice He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the downtrodden of the earth;
And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
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And righteousness will be the belt around His loins,
And faithfulness the belt around His waist.

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And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together;
And a little child will lead them.
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And the cow and the bear will graze [together],
Their young will lie down together,
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
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And the nursing child will [safely] play over the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den [and not be hurt].
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They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.

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Then in that day
The nations will make supplications to the Root of Jesse
Who will stand as a signal for the peoples;
And His resting place will be glorious.

 Here is my etching plate held up to the window light so you can see my marks.

 I inked up my brown/black hawthorn ink

 And then spent arm aching time taking off the ink in small circular movements making sure it was even. Then using a cotton bud to take off some detailed pieces of ink.

 Here is my first print.

 Each print i did ended up slightly different giving the lion a slightly different expression. This was not planned. Just God.

 I experimented with a bit of colour and added some turquoise to the last 2 i did.

I then printed some lino cuts that i have been working on at home. An Easter bunny.

 Squirrel

 And Red Poppies.

Tomorrow i am finishing my lino course that i have been a student on for 2 weeks. I have been designing my lino and tomorrow i will be cutting and printing it.
Its another busy week. And i am also looking at putting my prints onto Etsy for sale.