20" x 20"

This painting feels like a heart trying to breathe through the tangle.

Some seasons feel layered with shadows, scratches, and unanswered questions. This painting reminds me that God doesn’t call every moment “good”… but He works it together for good. Even the parts that look messy up close become meaning in His hands.

This verse: ROMANS 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God…” leads me to the word together. A single event might look like loss. A single season might feel like silence. But God sees the whole canvas. He is not wasting my tears, my setbacks, my prayers that feel unanswered, or the parts of my story I wish weren’t there. He is weaving them—thread by thread—into something that will one day make sense in His light.

My life lately has been full of uncertainty, tears, loneliness and grief but I know I am not forgotten—He’s still composing my whole story and He knows my pain and fears.