ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER©

Happy February! Another page to turn on the calendar and thoughts of love abound. The painting I’m showing today is a mysterious look at a cliff-lined river right after sunrise. The contrast of dark on dark is apparent, just like our sin can appear to God. The intricate lines show the weight of the rock formations showing the depth our disobedience. It would be a rather somber painting, but the sun is the man focal point. As we enter this new month, let’s thank our Savior for giving us hope for a future without darkness. For loving us so much that He died for us. It didn’t end there. Instead of a journey into hell, we have received the gift of eternal life in a perfect paradise.

The path is strewn with peril, there’s danger all around,

A hydrothermal basin, steam rising from the ground,

You walk with trepidation, yet something draws you in,

The beauty that surrounds you, just covers up the sin,

Though others also walk there, it seems you aren’t alone,

The way is filled with danger for those who choose to roam,

Within the steaming vapors, the rising smoke invites,

It lures you with its mystery, it tempts you and excites,

The smell of putrid sulphur, invades your every pore,

The hissing, grumbling, belching, tells what you have in store,

A life of endless anguish, a never-ending thirst,

The scorching heat engulfs you, in flames you are immersed,

You think that life will end soon, but the terror’s just begun,

There is no turning back now, it cannot be undone,

But if you never go there, instead heed Jesus’ call,

His hand will guide and lead you, beyond death’s heavy pall,

By what He’s suffered for us, He takes away death’s sting,

His death and resurrection, Salvation He does bring,

No more will we be thirsty, in pastures green we’ll lie,

Eternal life He gives us and we will never die.

THANK YOU, JESUS FOR ANOTHER DAY – AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE, THANK AND HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE YOU!