Tuesday night, after an afternoon/evening of spiritual attacks, I was in a bad and dark place emotionally. As I was praying, I had the vision of Jesus coming to me and praying for me. He laid His hands on my head, and prayed. As I looked up at Him, I noticed that He was wearing a white robe, which represented the resurrection. But then I noticed that He was still wearing the crown of thorns. He then said very clearly to me, “The battle is mine- let ME fight it.” As I continued to pray, and stress some more- the vision then led to Christ taking off the crown of thorns and placing it on MY head, which was more than a bit upsetting. I really didn’t understand that at all. The next morning, I felt led to draw and paint a picture of the crown of thorns. I drew/ painted as I was instructed, but still felt that there was something missing. At the same time, I was still very upset about the vision I’d had the night before. The day went on with no answers. The next morning, I headed up to CtK for an IPM (individual prayer ministry), an evening Healing Service and some quite time in the beauty and peace of CtK. As I was driving up, I got the “message” to paint a hand… my hand, in the picture of the Crown of Thorns. I didn’t understand it, but I knew to do it. I worked that afternoon, to add the hand- which turned out better than anything I’d really ever painted. I knew there was a message from God. I shared the completed painting with a few people, none of whom could figure out the meaning either. We joked that it was not something that people would probably want on their walls at home. I went home that night, still troubled by the original message with the crown of thorns and trying to figure out what God was trying to tell me in the painting. As I laid I bed praying, I heard God very clearly say to me… “The Battle is mine—but until you hand me over your pain, your stress, your worries, your problems I can’t fight the battle for you… I can’t take the crown of thorns from you. Give me the crown of thorns, which was intended to be mine” It was then that “I got it”… I saw my hand, as in the painting, remove the crown of thorns from my head- and hand it over to Christ- pain, stress, worries, problems and all. The Battle belongs to the LORD!
A quick PS-- for those of you reading this from the Albany NY area, this painting, as well as a few others of mine (as well as the work of many other talented artists) will be on display at the Christ the King Art Club Show and Sale. The show starts Friday, April 25th at 5pm- 8pm and ends Saturday, April 26th at (2-4pm). Dinner is available on Friday night at 6pm for $14.00. For directions and information take a look at the CTK website- www.ctkcenter.org
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