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The greatest barrier that comes between me and my communion with the Lord is most certainly myself. My preconceived notions, presumptions and stubborn self Lordship. In order for Christ to take His rightful place upon the throne of my soul, I must first relinquish the authority of my life to my king. Acknowledging, that as a victim of the fall I have iniquitously avulsed Christ since the time of my conception. He stands humbly awaiting His reprisal to His throne, though He would be undoubtedly justified in vindicating His honor by eternally shunning me. I stand as an undeserving vessel to be indwelt by His presence, yet without reason Christ extends His hand and even more so encourages my own hand to grasp Him. A simple gesture, with overwhelming blessing. I then ask, do we see ourselves as mutual sufferers of the same condition, depraved vessels, suitable for noting less than summary destruction? I think not. Rather we have taken pride in our sanctification, something Paul explici...

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Much of the art experience is seen through the eyes of another, into a realm that only the imagination can fathom, an eternal place where the concepts that transcend this existence can be seen, touched, heard and even felt. We can enter this place, by walking through the doors of a museum or past the ticket counters of a theater, but what happens here is sacred, something only the soul can explain. Art is the door to this realm and musing it keys, our bodies join their parts in a reverent act of submission to this realms splendor. The world in which we dwell informs our minds to manifest what we see, but the place that extends beyond this temporal life informs our souls to manifest what is not seem. When we quiet our mind and join with our soul, we can humbly enter this realm of imagination and creation. This...