Writing and Art From A Life Redeemed by Jesus Christ

                                                                      Enough                                                       © 2004 Debbie Turner Chavers All three poems were written by me, May 19, 2014.  At that time was I was thinking about weight, perception of body image and its impact on our emotional and spiritual life. A Weighty Matter I eat I am hungry Hungry for answers With questions unasked With issues to large to fill a plate So I eat Trying to fill the emptiness of areas broken With food That will not fill or heal And so I pause Hand mid-air Reaching upward Instead of inward Waiting to be filled. © 2014 Debbie Turner Chavers ...

                                                                Art Parable-Isaiah 42:7                                                               ©   2013  Debbie Turner Chavers Matthew 4:1-11, "If Thou Be" and " It Is Written " Sometimes in life we are led up and sometimes there is a set up.  As children of God it is necessary to learn the difference. In Matthew 4, Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness and after his long stay and fasting in the wilderness of 40 days and 40 nights, Jesus was hungry. The denial of earthly pleasure aka fasting can bring to surface "the tempter" or temptation.  The ability to overcome is ...