PAINTING THE WORD
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Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm . He said : ‘ Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge ? Brace yourself like a man ; I will question you , and you shall answer me .
‘ Where were you when I laid the earth ’ s foundation ? Tell me , if you understand . Who marked off its dimensions ? Surely you know ! Who stretched a measuring line across it ? On what were its footings set , or who laid its cornerstone – while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy ?
‘ Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb , when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness , when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place , when I said , “ This far you may come and no farther ; here is where your proud waves halt ”?
‘ Have you ever given orders to the morning , or shown the dawn its place , that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it ? The earth takes shape like clay under a seal ; its features stand out like those of a garment . The wicked are denied their light , and their upraised arm is broken . Job 38:1-15
Artist Jenny Hawke says , ‘ For me , hope is in the hard ground of winter waiting to push through into a new spring . For so long , invisible , and we have to be patient for a while longer . The fields will be full soon enough with colour .’
Jenny Hawke
Jenny Hawke is a London-based watercolour artist and author . She uses her paintings to convey a sense of faith , peace and beauty . See more of Jenny ’ s work on Facebook @ apaintingaday2013 , Instagram jenny . hawke . art and at creativegrace . co . uk