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When we look to the Light, we find tools to feed our souls!

The Hidden Cross

I discovered this hidden cross on the side of the building where our friends have opened a healing center in Connecticut! Seemed like a prophetic sign!

Where Do You Discover Hidden Art?

Walking the streets of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England, Jack and I were intrigued by the artistic expression surrounding the "Twisted Spire."
Shops on this back street were so lit up with color. It looked like a painting.

Bright colors make me happy!
I find hidden art in a doorway, a sign, a cobbled street and a twisted spire! 

Cave Art

Queen's Watchdog formation in Longhorn Cavern
Underground hidden art.

Proverbs 4:23: In my paraphrase,

  Set a watch over your heart.  Guard your heart.  For your heart determines the course of your life.

This watchdog, hidden in the bowels of the earth, reminds me of the need to have the Lord Jesus be the guard over our hearts.  The best watch dogs I have ever known, were my little dachshunds.  They rarely went outside, preferring the cozy couch in the middle of the living room, usually hidden from view under a blanket.  But at the slightest sound, unheard by my human ears, they would snap to attention, and begin to bark sounding the alarm.  No one ever surprised us!

In the same way, when we hide the Word of God, nestled in our hearts, alive in the Holy Spirit, there is no way the enemy can surprise us.  All of our senses snap to, and we are protected and secure.

I love how the Lord made this limestone creature, as a reminder to us. Let us guard our hearts, as the Queens' watchdog guards the cave, as my dachshies guarded our home! 

Anna Marie's Search for Hidden Art!

This is my new adventure!  Over the last couple of years I have been blogging, and have discovered a wealth of creativity in myself and in my fellow travelers, on this life's journey.  Not too long ago, I began to realize there is art all around us.  If you are like me, you may have been discouraged by teachers, and others in your childhood, when you attempted to express yourself through art.

I am not certain, when I had the epiphany of the creative gem in each of us, but I think it happened as I watched my grand-kids develop their artistic abilities.  There is something so beautiful in the art of children.

I remember one day, I had wandered outside at our country home; our son and his family live out there as well, and there before my eyes was an enormous edifice built from lawn chairs, wagons, shovels, blankets and a stroller!  I was taken aback at first.  From the inside of this structure came the voice of our oldest grandson, "Grandma, how do you like my new house?"

I was enthralled.  I could see a future architect in the making!

So, I am on a quest to find hidden art.  I find beauty and joy in crazy signs, graffiti, odd yard art, garden gnomes and other imaginative entities.  This blog will highlight these things.

I hope you enjoy the journey with me.  I hope you are inspired to allow your creative juices to flow.

Blessings, Anna Marie