Feb 18th, 2022: What Do You See?
What do you see in this picture? This was painted by Charla Maarschalk. She is an artist who lives in Kelowna. I got to know her when she was a student at the University of Calgary.
What do I see? A sad eye reflects very little of what she sees at that moment. It is a hopeless and lifeless eye. It can see but fail to understand. It is baffled by the evil it sees. It is looking for what we have lost. It is a fearful and longing eye.
The mouth is covered, and it has no voice. It wants to scream, but it has no permission to do so. It stays silent in defiance.
The blue color expresses increasing darkness and receding light. It brings about a sense of mystery. It encourages us to look beyond what is obvious. It is a mystery that tells us God is in control.
This painting describes the deep feeling I have about our nation considering what has been going on during the last few weeks. The contrast between darkness and light. The reflection between what is seen and unseen. The tension between hope and hopelessness. The separation between good and evil. There is still One God.
1 Corinthians 4: 5
"Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God. "
2 Timothy 3: 1-5
"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people."
Mark 8: 18
"Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?"
