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Monday, November 28, 2016

Mary Jane Q Cross -- Gathering Hope

This is the painting that Mary Jane Q Cross chose as the cover for her lovely book, Poems of a Painter, Paintings of a Prayer. This beautiful book is not cheap, but if you can possibly afford to get it I don't think you'll be disappointed.  It has full page paintings on almost every other page, with accompanying poems facing.  This painting, titled "Gathering Hope" is filled with both beauty and emotion - what I love about Mary Jane Q Cross' work!



             Gathering Hope
           by Mary Jane Q Cross copyright 2007

I press my face against the glass,
gathering hope of what will last.

Petals fragrant, soft, bright
last in visions into night.

Fragile dreams of who I be;
numbered heartbeats 'til eternity.

My Lord my King, I do compel,
help to spend these heartbeats well...

that I might serve with hand and face,
breathed to life by Your sweet grace,

to serve again, not grasp, but give,
and by life's end...to fully live.

If you haven't viewed it yet, I recommend this you-tube video about Mary Jane and her painting:  Q Cross: The Painter Behind the Portraits.

1 comment:

  1. Hello Patti. I am a Pastor from Mumbai, INDIA. I am glad to visit your profile on the blogger and the blog post and know about you. I am so blessed to go through very beautiful enriching composition on Gathering Hope. I am truly blessed and feel privileged and honored to get connected with you as well as know you through your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I love getting connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraged, strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 37 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have your grown up children or grand children come with their friends to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and friends. Also wishing you a blessed and a joyous Christmas season ans a bright, prosperous and a Christ centered coming New year 2017

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