Tree of Life 24 x 36 acrylic on stretch canvas
Painted this at the Worship Center in Durham.
I had just come home from the mountains where autumn was in full color. I took so many photos as I drove along worshiping the Lord and His amazing artistry. I came across this one tree that stopped me in my tracks. It was soooo beautiful and just seemed to speak of HIS glory. I took several photos and thought I would like to paint it. I didn't know what it meant, or if it was a prophetic word, it was just in my heart to do it. And honestly, as I worked on it, I wasn't very excited about it until I finished and got it home, that is when I noticed Jesus's face in it. It was there, right in the trunk, then I was undone. It wasn't planned, it was totally a gift from God. |
Tree of Life
I started thinking about how many times trees were mentioned in the bible, so I looked it up, in the NKJV, it is in there 175 times, and the word wood, 119.
There were 2 trees in middle of the garden, and the fruit from one was forbidden to eat. The other was the Tree of Life. Both Arks, Noah's and the Ark of the Covenant were made of wood. Jesus was born and then laid in a manger which was made of wood. He was raised by a carpenter, so that would have been how he spent most of his life, covered in saw dust. He turned tables of wood over in righteous anger, and reclined at them for meals where He was anointed by a sinful woman. He says He stands outside the wooden door of our hearts and knocks. He is The Tree of Life, and we are grafted into HIM, into HIS Family, and we are the branches. Then He gave up His Spirit, and died to redeem us, while hanging on a cross made from a tree.
It was so significant and I had no idea, but God reminded me, when He put Jesus' face on the tree trunk. He reminded me, just like each tree we see, it was created to remind us of WHO He is and WHAT HE did for us!!!!
Acts 5:30
"The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree".
"TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" - Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the Spirit of heaviness; that they might be called TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified."
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the {tree} of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
There were 2 trees in middle of the garden, and the fruit from one was forbidden to eat. The other was the Tree of Life. Both Arks, Noah's and the Ark of the Covenant were made of wood. Jesus was born and then laid in a manger which was made of wood. He was raised by a carpenter, so that would have been how he spent most of his life, covered in saw dust. He turned tables of wood over in righteous anger, and reclined at them for meals where He was anointed by a sinful woman. He says He stands outside the wooden door of our hearts and knocks. He is The Tree of Life, and we are grafted into HIM, into HIS Family, and we are the branches. Then He gave up His Spirit, and died to redeem us, while hanging on a cross made from a tree.
It was so significant and I had no idea, but God reminded me, when He put Jesus' face on the tree trunk. He reminded me, just like each tree we see, it was created to remind us of WHO He is and WHAT HE did for us!!!!
Acts 5:30
"The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree".
"TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" - Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the Spirit of heaviness; that they might be called TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified."
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the {tree} of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
