“What Would You Say” BLOG BURST:
" The painting above depicts the intensity of kneeling before Him. While a painting can never deliver that true, pure understanding of being nothing before the Holy Awesome God, the visual thought can be overwhelming. Read Isaiah’s Commission in Isaiah 6: “Woe to me! I am ruined!” Read John’s account of Jesus in Revelation 1:12-17: “”When I saw him, I fell at His feet as though dead.” The true account for an individual can be an encounter through an intense intimate relationship with the Lord or as Paul met the Lord on the road to Damascus in Acts 26:12.
This is so far away from today and yesterday’s news and yet there is a close tie. Let me begin.
Forget Bin-What’s His Name, old news. The new news is Arnold and Maria’s separation. As the “world bus” travels toward the book of Revelation fulfilling itself, there will be marriage and the giving of marriage. As we all know right there at the top of the mountain is “divorce” and what leads to divorce is separation.
The website "Jesus-Is-Savior.com" states: “God hates divorce! It is only because of sinful pride and selfishness that people end up divorced in the first place.” On their site they state some of the reasons why it is a sin: 1. Marriage vows; 2. God said not to; 3. Divorce is quitting; 4. Divorce is an unwillingness to forgive. They continue by saying “it is only because of sinful pride and selfishness that people end up divorced in the first place.
One thing that is perfectly clear is in God’s infallible Word it is stated, “God hates divorce!” Malachi 2:16
The world doesn’t fear God. Today, most Christians have no fear of God. Most Christians don’t have an intimate relationship with God. We Christians just go about doing what makes us feel good, no more discipline, and no consequences. It’s all about self. Being undone, ruined, falling to the ground as dead, being overcome by fear, what’s all that about? We look for feel good books and videos and answers we want for our questions. God’s wrath has been replaced by some superficial way of looking at forgiveness and love with no consequence. We’ve forgotten that the wages of sin are death and some things are going to die. Christians may ask and receive forgiveness but consequences of many of their actions and the payments for sins are still due.
God’s wrath is real! God’s rule is unflappable! God’s way unchangeable! You are not the Master. And if you have accepted Christ as Savior and received payment for your sins through God’s overwhelming grace and love which is the only thing you need, then you now have life. Your life over death! What is it that makes you think “happily ever after” is dictated by you, your feelings, your family, and your divorced worldly friends? You didn’t love enough, care enough, commit enough and now your children will become products of that same divorce sin you brought about! You’ve shone them that the world’s answer is correct, adultery is normal, family is only the one you were born to not the one you were supposed to build together, and that you were not bought with the highest price by God to be used for His honor and His glory. Beware! God is not mocked!
While there is always more than one story and more than one participant that contributes to the state of separation, the one who files the papers for divorce is the guilty party. But God will judge each according to the truth. God wants reconciliation. It is not too late unless you have entered into a matrimonial state, even if you have already committed adultery. Humble yourself and seek God with all you have and ask Him for forgiveness! Seek reconciliation and forgiveness from your spouse, and ask God to heal both of you and put your marriage back together. Honor Him! Only God can do this. He will if your heart is right. If your heart is not right, the truth will haunt you and His consequences will find you for the rest of your earthly life.
We can and will see them all, the “govenators”, the commentators, the actors, millionaires, the common and uncommon folk of the world and the Christians, all who chose to follow Satan’s lies.
We may be privileged to see and encounter Christians who have come out of this and are a true testimony to the living all-powerful God. On "The Blessed Life" with Pastor Robert Morris, you can find a great example of this. "Katie and Josh Hamilton" "What Saves You" May 5 - The One Thing Series.POETIC PONTIFICATION:
“Look carefully around you and see the world turning upside down.
Hear the cries, screaming voices, tears and faces with the frowns.
People say it’s “Mother Nature”; they don’t want to face the facts
Christ is coming, God is about to pour out His wrath; people must act
Almighty, All-powerful, Sovereign God is the only Truth and in control
Your pride, your self confidence, all your secures will completely fold
Please get your heart right; get your life right before the story is told!”
“Paintings remind us of great truths and foundational principals, but actions and selflessness are required to take those reminders past our hurt, pride and emotions. “Behold I stand at the door and knock!” Take the action necessary. Have a great week!”
"Find my paintings, or may my paint-tings find you!"
Douglas Auld
Copyright MMXI Auld, Ltd
“The Very Best” BLOG BURST:
"Well here we are once again and today has been designated “Mother’s Day”! For all the Mother’s out there, Happy Mother’s Day! You certainly deserve more than an acknowledgement of one day. Pain in child bearing, constant worry, correction and care; unconditional love, guidance, insight and for those of us who have been very fortunate probably the single greatest source of encouragement in life.
Unfortunately for many the role of the mother has drastically changed. Amidst the self generation, meism, and the movement that deprecates the role, we see the entire society changing. With all the pressure to keep up, show off and have everything we see many children being left behind. Being a mother is portrayed as not as important as having a job and having your life.
Obviously the concept of true marriage has been thrown out the window. Big homes, new cars, vacation to who knows where, and the constant rebellion against God’s principal keeps the wave of self and self importance far above the care, nurturing, and development of the family unit.
Mother’s who are godly, who read and study and follow after “seeking first the kingdom” are rare. It is those who still impact their children. They pray constantly for their protection, for God’s leading, for the selection of the right spouse, God’s choice rather than theirs. In fact they take seriously the fact that they are called by God for His purpose and His purposes only. It’s not about them or what they have been told; it’s about bringing honor and glory to God in all their choices.
I praise God for a mother who has been the example of the finest godly women I have ever known. Thank you Lord God for that!! She has been the greatest of mothers, the finest example of godly wives and the most unbelievable, caring, loving individual to all with whom she comes in contact. How rare she is and how thankful I am to have experienced so much of what God is and has because of her!" POETIC PONTIFICATION:
“There aren’t enough words or time to tell you of my Mother.
To me there absolutely is no comparison to any other.
She’s given her life to do and follow always God’s lead
Each and every day she’s been careful His words to heed
All I can do is shout with all my heart and soul to you
Thank you for all you have done; thank you for all you do
There is no other who can compare in any way to you
May God continue to honor and bless you!”
“Paintings can tell us a thousand stories but none can compare to a truly godly mother. As you reflect on your own situation, I trust you will honor your relationship with God first. Have a great week!”
"Find my paintings, or may my paint-tings find you!"
Douglas Auld
Copyright MMXI Auld, Ltd
“According To God’s Holy Law” Photo of Royal Wedding at the exact moment Princess Catherine says the above words!BLOG BURST:
"What pictures, what technology, what an opportunity happened last Friday amidst all the pomp and circumstance as much of the entire world watched Prince William and Princess Catherine make vows to each other and to God, witnessed by men. They signed the record and presented themselves to the world of 2 billion interested television onlookers and upwards of two million personal spectators.
What beauty, what pictures, what history that all of England and the world is celebrating, the commentators stated. This is where the happiness begins. This is a fairy tale.
In the audience of onlookers that day were billions of stories of both jubilance and disappointment, over vows taken, vows followed and vows forsaken.
G. Campbell Morgan, in his commentary on Matthew 19, states “that we see Christ’s stance and recognition of the sacredness and sanctity of the marriage relationship; and that any attempt to break it is wrong. It is solemn and makes no dissolution of the bond made except for one sin”.
What does this say to the church of Jesus Christ, especially here in the USA, who are turning and have turned their backs on these solemn promises, listening and following the world that says “divorce is OK and based on your feelings”? They go on with their lives as if nothing had happened and noting really changed. Back in the church, back to work, it must be God’s will as I want to get on with “my life”.
What can those who commit to breaking down this sacred institution and forgetting their responsibilities and promises expect from their future, their word, and their testimony?
What does it say to the millions of Christian offspring who will now forget what they were taught, follow other principles, other gods, and forsake the course God had for them all because of the choices made by those who abandoned following God’s command about the safeguard of this intuition.
Was this a fairy tale marriage? I don’t think so. That’s the world’s message again and the deceit of the evil one. The Bible relates that marriage will continue even to the point of Christ’s return. Friday’s magnification of the institution and the sacredness of its intent reminds of the tragedy going on today.
Honoring and following God’s principles and commands as well as employing His love through you to overcome all attempts to destroy marriage is paramount. For those who have had their world destroyed, torn apart and have been pushed into undesirable positions, Christ Jesus is the only healing. Through Him forgiveness, reconciliation, restoration, as well as new directions are all possible when we choose His way and His purpose above “our own” and all that others have for us.
It’s not too late for anyone! Christ and His love for you can make it all possible, but in order for His will to be done your obedience is essential!" POETIC PONTIFICATION:
“We certainly forget how we were when relationships get started
The vows that were shared, the commitment never to be parted
Life comes and goes; time and priorities do nothing but fall apart
Soon thereafter changes eat away the commitments of the heart
One day appears, orchestrated by others and the world were in
Creates the opening of discontentment always leading to acts of sin
But we know the wages of sin are death and each one of us must pay
And even though God forgives those payments do not go away!”
“Pictures and paintings tell us a thousand words and millions of messages. It takes great courage, commitment, and trust to follow what you committed to against the odds the world puts up. Trust and obey! Don’t only ponder the truth; act on it. Have a great week!”
"Find my paintings, or may my paint-tings find you!"
Douglas Auld
Copyright MMXI Auld, Ltd
“GodSoLoved” BLOG BURST:
" Hallelujah, He is Risen indeed! The weekend isn’t about bunny rabbits, candy, ham, egg hunts, egg painting, family dinners, vacations, holidays, traditions, sales, records, baseball, sports, shopping, so on and so forth. Get real it’s about God! God is the Almighty One, who is so awesome, beyond all of our feeble understanding and so overwhelmingly good as well as holy and just.
Put your brain in gear and think! A holy God who can’t look upon sin sends Himself in Jesus to be the perfect one and only acceptable sacrifice to this abominable sin filled planet and places the sins past, present and future on His Son Jesus to pay man’s penalty of death. Through that payment with His overwhelming forgiveness He reconciles His children to Himself defeating death through their faith, confession and heart belief.
We run around chasing our fantasies, live in sin and pride, following the world’s lies, throwing spouses, children, family and friends away. We lose our “feelings’, listen to others who have no Godly clue, make foolish choices, terminate our vows, tell others how good we are and how bad our partners are, judge others as to the level of how sorry they are, sit in church worried about how others look at us while we hold Almighty God with contempt for not giving us a happily ever after life. We forget how much we loved someone, how much they loved us, how important they are and were to us. We don’t even really recognize how people went to war for us, gave their lives and their endeavor for our opportunity to live in this country. We throw God out of our schools, our homes, our communication and our need of forgiveness.
Why can’t you forgive? Why can’t you reconcile? Why can’t you go back? Why can’t you see? Why, why, why? You know exactly why! You haven’t set yourself, your pride, your protection from hurt, your sinful path, or your misunderstanding of your purpose or God’s purpose for you to even consider what He has done for you! Can you get a scope of Him and His Son Jesus?
Go to a quiet, private place, go to Him and pour yourself out to Him! God is a spirit and you are to worship Him in spirit and in truth. Let yourself connect with Him in spirit and in truth. Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart and ask Him to lead you in all truth!
You may not get the answer “you” were looking for or thought you would, but maybe, just maybe you will get the answer you need to take action upon. Don’t miss that opportunity!
May this week be a change for you, a new beginning, forgiveness, a move to reconciliation and a whole new understanding of what Easter is truly all about!" POETIC PONTIFICATION:
“We’ve messed up so many times and in so many ways
Running without understanding, not numbering our days
Living with a foot here and a foot there trying to satisfy
Chasing this and that till almost everything runs dry
Stressed by life and those we trusted most close to us
Searching for the answers, always making such a fuss
The struggle life gives and the wrestle of outside attacks
Don’t see them coming but set us up for life out of whack
Awesome Jesus, He remains faithful and true in everyway
Constantly beckoning for His purpose which is the only way!”
“Paintings can remind us of the awesome calling and responsibilities we have on our lives. Think hard, put everything aside and communicate new and fresh with His purpose, not your own in mind! He came to give us life! Have a wonderful day and week ahead.”
"Find my paintings, or may my paint-tings find you!"
Douglas Auld
Copyright MMXI Auld, Ltd
“TriumphantEntry” BLOG BURST:
"The world of “point and shoot cameras” and “personal video camcorders” would have had a field day. The media would have run the story about some eccentric individual who came into town riding on a donkey. They would have continued with the number of guppy people who laid down old clothes and grabbed palm branches placing them before him. You Tube would have had about 2 million hits by the end of the first day with the greatest majority laughing and ridiculing this strange occurrence.
The only visual records can be found in artistic interpretations and most based on the 21 Chapter of Matthew account. Under the chapter title: “The Triumphant Entry”. As it is “Palm Sunday”, I wanted to give you a visual sense of that scene which I have provided above. I used a technique where I layout the visual in a classical approach, then use oils to under-paint the background and highlight the total surface. I then add another dimension using Impasto. Impasto is a term that refers to a technique in painting of applying thick layers of paint by brush or by palette knife giving it a sense of sculpture and making a physical statement. Often it gives weight and movement along with visual space, almost adding a new dimension.
“Christians” specifically identify this particular Sunday as it precedes Easter. It’s a strange occurrence G. Campbell Morgan, noted Biblical commentator, puts it. “He once and once only manifests His Kingship to the crowds”. Morgan continues, “Looking at the triumphal entry from an earthly kingship standpoint, it was characterized by weakness and poverty with an obscure man, a beast of burden, and a shouting mob from another territory.”
Morgan offers the point that He, Jesus, must have seen many things which were out of harmony with the Kingdom of heaven. Men and women angry, unfaithful and deceitful, adulterers, poor parents, home wreakers, slanderers, self seekers, unforgiving and disloyal to vows and promises, mixed in with those striving to live and do the will of the Father.
What do you think He saw? What does He see in you? Here’s a time you can say good bye to that unholy relationship, connect with your children, connect with your parent, reach out to old friends and family, ask for forgiveness and start fresh and new, reconcile. Morgan says “He never closes the door in the face of a sinner. He waits only until the sinner closes that door for himself.”
It’s not too late!" POETIC PONTIFICATION:
“Did you ever interpret the signs, see really what wasn’t said
Always run from real communication, called someone else instead
Did you expect because you didn’t see it your way it may not be
Not everyone takes words and actions and calls it arrogance you see
He’s the only one that can change and open each and every door
Only He can change your heart and make you truly ready for more!”
“Applying more paint in thick layers must be used as a technique not a cover up. Take time this important week to ponder and think on His Word, His Promises and Your responsibilities. Have a wonderful week!”
"Find my paintings, or may my paint-tings find you!"
Douglas Auld
Copyright MMXI Auld, Ltd
“Two Become One” BLOG BURST:
"There are numerous times when artists had to conform to survive, progress, and succeed; if that was at all possible. Like all of history, choices always played a major role. Michelangelo autographed his first and only sculpture after over-hearing critics credit his work to another artist. That same artist made choices and changed several sculptural portrayals in a major commission from the Pope of the Catholic Church because his own beliefs did not agree with the church. Rubens tore up most of his last large scale painting commissions because people expected and were disgruntled when they didn’t get his old style of work. A group of renegade artists rebelled against the suppression of a system run by one person who set all standards for paintings. These painters finding new freedom from “paint in tubes” created an entirely new movement along with the representation of light and color never before seen in paintings.
Each artist faces choices every time he or she applies paint to canvas. Their viewers choose to embrace, reject, become indifferent, or completely ignore the works that lay before them. An artist painter executes his or her craft within realms of structure and disciplines to make paintings work along several directions. Without proper structure and control the finished canvas fails completely. The choices they make determine much of their opportunity to create successful, satisfying works of art.
God set down principles that He wanted followed in the realm of marriage. “It is not good for man to be alone.” He created a suitable helper and He commanded that they leave their mother and father and become one flesh.
Unfortunately for our society we live in a cursed, fallen world just as Genesis 3 states. We want to point the finger at everyone else accusing them of all the wrongs. We take no responsibility for our own actions, and we make choices we have no right to make. We care more about what others have to say than what God says.
Even in something as simple as viewing paintings, we don’t look at a painting seeing its meaning, its real beauty, its love or the effort in which every fiber of the artist’s being went into creating it. We no longer see the concept, the color, the beauty, the vitality, and the true communication of the work. We just get ourselves all worked up. If it affronts our vanity, we really get upset as we assume it’s all about us. We don’t want anyone else to see it and we radically prevent our hearts from seeing and understanding its real true revelation.
We are blinded when we say we no longer have “feelings” for someone we loved. Love comes from a choice not from feelings. Feelings follow love; love does not follow feelings. We choose self. We choose our way. We choose to forget God’s path and principles and follow the world and its truth. We’ll even demonstrate and pass on to our children the consequences of our actions and our new set of false beliefs. Throw away what you were originally taught because if the world does it’s O.K. It’s all throw away marriage, a throw away relationship and throw away belief systems. This is done for our own false perception that we have some kind of control and for falsely perceived selfish gain. It’s our choice and we deserve it.
We forget who’s really pulling the strings against our partners and our families to break down these vital elements to our human existence. Under the foolishness of misguided understanding and years of sinning against each other, we choose self rather than work it out with God’s help. So many choose to throw it out and throw it in God’s face. Job’s wife did when she said, “Curse God and die.” Lots wife did when she wouldn’t obey what she was told and chose her own way which resulted in her becoming a pillar of salt. You don’t choose your children over your husband or wife; and you don’t choose your old family over becoming one with the partner of your youth and the family you start together. Today we are furthering the decay of the institution of marriage as God designed it and dismissing the truth of God as He laid it out, irrevocable and unchangeable.
You have a choice and you can choose to curse God and die. You can choose to be a pillar of salt. You can choose to lose your “feelings” and get on with “your own life”. No matter if you are contemplating choices that lay before you or seeing consequences you are already confronting because of your false choices, you can choose God’s way and the truth. It’s not too late. It will not be easy as the evil one will fight to bring you back. Yet, it is the right thing to do and the most rewarding thing to do for both now and eternity because it honors and follows God’s commands! No matter what the cost and no matter who told you otherwise, obedience is what God is looking for from each of us. Yes sin can and does tear us apart, but God can make something far more beautiful out of clay that wants to be molded by His hands!" POETIC PONTIFICATION:
“When you first choose to be in love and you were all that
Was there ever a wrangle or ruffle; was there even a spat?
Did you love each other’s company, weren’t they the one
No matter what was said; just being with them was fun
Then the days of matrimony of vows and promises made
Soon sin caused the heart to close and love elects to fade
Becoming one is a process, ongoing to be worked upon
Allowing sin to be unchecked turns love to pride and scorn!”
“Look beyond, look deep into a painting and you see what’s really said! Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness. Have a great week and take your heart to the right level. Till next time, Thank you!”
"Find my paintings, or may my paint-tings find you!"
Douglas Auld
Copyright MMXI Auld, Ltd
“Broken Communication” BLOG BURST:
" Paintings communicate messages! If you find they don’t then you’re either not in tune with what they are saying, don’t have your mind cleared to receive heart mail, or the paintings are not worth their salt. Great paintings deal with something that is a part of you and forge an ongoing relationship. Even if they bring you to an emotional peak, they age well, giving you more and more each day you encounter them.
Those messages need to be positive. Ever notice how you feel on a bright sunny day with perfect temperature? Compare that with dark gloomy overcast or some storm that’s beating the mess out of you.
Painting relationships offer many of the same characteristics as personal relationships. If you’re positive you encounter more, reach out more, and react better. People who are positive have better health, more hope, and better outlook on life. If you’re negative, you are pessimistic, often depressed, and are always waiting for the shoe to drop. A lot of negative people have numerous ever changing and related physical and mental health issues. If you’re controlling, you’re never fully satisfied, you’re wanting and you have to be the center of attention either being the object of that attention or controlling the conversation to the point you speak for others. Negative people feed well with others who have a similar outlook, negative energy breeds negative feelings.
Christ came to let us know the truth. He came to set us free. He came to bring us back into a right relationship. We live in a fallen world where “the prince of the power of the air” controls much of the images and the influences we encounter every day. He endeavors to destroy relationships, marriages, families, situations and circumstances. His activities are centered on taking our minds away from what we know is the truth, what we know is right and a true understanding of God and His working plan for the reconciliation of mankind.
Most of our world and our culture are following that fallen angel, Satan to destruction. Most people say things like “this family will not break up”, when all they have really been doing is laying the seeds for breaking it up. Proverbs 14:1 says, “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.” The same principle lies at men’s doorstep as well.
We take no time to recognize God and His infinite power to heal and overcome. We give Him no chance at changing circumstances and events to bring about the changes that are necessary. We so forget to call out to Him. Instead we take the word of others around us that the grass is greener and it’s about me, my feelings, and my life. We just accept what the world (Satan) says, “You will not surely die.” We would never ask for forgiveness and seek reconciliation. Instead we offer no apology, no empathy, no servant hood, no loyalty, and no honor, we just “file for a breaking of a relationship’; because suddenly our feelings aren’t the same or someone is no longer meeting our standards. Even relationships put together by God for God’s purpose are trashed because expectations haven’t been met; someone else has turned our head; or a vote was cast by friends and family that tell you to go on with “your” life and forget all the rest. How selfish are we? How blind are we? How stupid are we?
We so forget that Christ came into this depraved, fallen world as a servant to do the will of Him who sent Him. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Wake up, wipe the crust from your eyes, stop the flow of lies, look and listen, it’s not too late for you to get right, to correct that broken communication, and do the will of Him who has purchased you!" POETIC PONTIFICATION:
“You know April 1st is considered April Fool’s Day
But who really plays that fool and who really pays
Is that pride always just in front of all your words
More time talking than listening to what you heard
Living out with feelings leading, going on with one’s life
Broken communication is always polluted with strife!”
“The value of great paintings lays in the memories and positives they deliver to your heart. Spend some time thinking but don’t wait too long to act. Have a great week. Look forward to talking with you again soon!”
"Find my paintings, or may my paint-tings find you!"
Douglas Auld
Copyright MMX Auld, Ltd
