Adonai's Mercy House
Art auction, ministry, and more (final version!)
Sorry for the double-post/email! The ‘send’ button was too close to the preview button today, and got bumped before I was finished editing!
On August 2nd, eight pieces of my artwork went up for display and auction for Adonai's Mercy House, a ministry providing oncology and hospice care for impoverished children in the Philippines. They have many projects they are working on, and additionally provide care and assistance to the elderly and those with autism. It’s a beautiful thing they are doing.
I first learned about Adonai’s Mercy House when I got tagged in on occasion to pray for people associated with this ministry, and when my youngest experienced a significant drowning accident four years ago, many of the people involved graciously mobilized in force through prayer on my family’s behalf. So I was quite thrilled to “pay it forward” by offering more tangible support as an artist.
But what is really neat to me, and brings me to a deep sense of awe in God, is this healing garden they have on site:
Over a year ago, God gave me a very detailed and specific dream about this exact place, only I didn't understand it at the time. As with all the dreams the Lord gifts me, I write them down, pray, and wait for Him to reveal what they mean or whom they are for. Sometimes He gifts me with the interpretation right away, and other times — like with this dream, He reveals the meaning bit by bit as connections are made. Friends I knew were involved in this ministry figured in the dream, but there were also people I didn’t know and a lot of details that are only now making sense.
It's wild to me that God does this and it excites my spirit to see Him moving, making these beautiful and life-giving connections, and also humbles me deeply that He would choose to grab little ol’ me by the hand and tug me along on the adventure. God is literally always busy at work in our lives, and there’s so much more that God is doing at any given moment than we can really see until He reveals it with a flourish. Are we listening? Do we see His fingerprints?
And also, do we hear Him when He calls us into action?
Several paintings of mine will soon be en route to the hospital site in Tongo, Manila, where they will lift the spirits and perhaps bring a measure of emotional healing to whomever sees them.
And I hope that they do, because that’s one of the big things I believe art is for.
To learn more about Adonai's Mercy House, please visit their website: www.adonaismercyhouse.org
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