New Art

This painting was inspired by Psalm 42 and by a song

written by my friend Jeanne's husband Marty Nystrom.

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"As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship you.

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You alone are my strength, my shield

To you alone will my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

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You're my friend, and You are my brother

Even though You are a King

I love You more than any other

So much more than anything."

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-Song by Marty Nystrom-

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He is also the author of a wonderful children's book

"Don't Mess With Moses" a book of fun rhymes and poems

based on stories from the Bible. Here is Marty's book website:

http://web.mac.com/martynystrom/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html

Another of his books will be published next year.

Thank you Marty for sharing your gifts with the world!

More thoughts on the deer art can be found below this

next image of a friend and one of her horses...

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Title: "Two Red Heads"

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This dear friend loves her horses, loves her dogs,

loves her husband, loves her friends...

and is loved in return.

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As I worked on the deer image

I thought about the verses that inspired Marty

to write this beautiful song many years ago...

and many of the other Bible verses about thirsting for God.

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There is a great thirsting in many hearts today.

Our hearts and spirits are longing for a pure refreshing water

to quench the dry parched land of our hearts.

We are seeking spirituality.

And were created in a way that needs it deeply.

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There are a lot of water substitutes available.

But it is a type of water that you need more and more

and more and yet it never quenches the thirst.

There are those who say "we have no sin,

there is no such thing as evil or right and wrong,

everything is god including us."

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But this is not what Jesus taught.

If it was, we wouldn't have needed Him as our Savior.

But it does sound like some things said by a crafty snake

in the Garden of Eden ~ (found in the Bible in

Genesis chapter 3 titled, "The Fall of Man".)

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Jesus says in John 4, "Everyone who drinks this water

will be thirsty again. but whoever drinks water I give him

will never thirst, but will become in him a spring of

water welling up to eternal life."

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Jesus answered the woman he met at the well,

"If you knew the

Gift of God

and who it is that asks you for a drink,

you would have asked him and he would have

given you living water."

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Living Water!

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d e l i g h t f u l

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Don't accept a murkey substitute.

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