Writing and Art From A Life Redeemed by Jesus Christ

The King in Thorned Splendor © 2019 Debbie Turner Chavers Water-Man series God is a great mystery. Our pearl of great price. Our faith, a path to finding the depths of treasure hid in Him. I am on that journey. When one finds a treasure there is a natural gut reaction to hoard what we have found. Fear arrives with the knowing of the immensity of the value. Yet God would have us tell the world. To overcome the fear we must obey and allow the Living Water contained within the midst of us freedom. Fear is a dam. Fear is a thief. Here is part of my search to find the eternal in the brief interlude that we call life. It seems quite odd to me that anyone would value what I say. So I have struggled to not be selfish, to overcome my disdain of the humbling required. The root, pride. God would have the garden of my heart, mind, spirit and soul free of all such impediments. Therefore I must dare to be bold and cast my fear to the ground from which it came. Treasure is ca...

Weeping May Endure For a Night,  But Joy Cometh in the Morning © 2005 Debbie Turner Chavers Psalm 30:5  There are catalyst in every persons life. On June 12, 2019 I was told that my sister had died unexpectedly of a heart attack on the 11th. Silence. No more laughter with my sister. Silence. No more time or opportunities with her. Silence. Until Heaven. Terri was my younger sister by 11 months. My only sibling. We were total opposites in almost everything. I loved her, the gift of her. No matter our difference of opinion on almost every subject in life, I was grateful that she was my little sister. Grief is not always silent. Silence is not always quiet. Silence can reverberate with "Why?" or "I don't understand" and "Help me, God." And He has. Loss is hard. Each loss that has come has been a catalyst. A drawing nearer to my Redeemer. My questions have not been answered, but as I obey, choice by choice I feel His p...

Dance of Trust © 2012 Debbie Turner Chavers Lift your eyes. Your redemption draws near. Our focus on the eternal can make the external bearable. The LORD joys over you with singing. You are His beloved. ~Debbie Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. ** If you click on the art parable painting title you will be redirected to its website for more information about the painting. All writing, poetry, posts, art, and photography, copyright © 2019 Debbie Turner Chavers. Protected by US and International copyright laws. All Rights Reserved. Scripture references taken from the King James bible which can be accessed online http://biblegateway.com Click on these links http://artparables.com or http://debbieturnerchavers.com

Last night I observed a wonderful thing about honey. If you put several teaspoons of honey in a bowl and cover it with several teaspoons of water and swirl, an amazing thing is revealed. As you swirl the water rapidly over the honey it will image / return to its original honeycomb shape. As I did the experiment I was reminded of the scripture in 2 Timothy to stir up the gift of God within me because our DNA is in the image of God. Persevere. Stir up. Press forward into your destiny. ~Debbie Genesis1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 2 Timothy 1:6-7 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. ** If you click on the art parable painting title you will be redirected to its website for more information about the painting. All wri...

                                              Cast Your Cares © 2014 Debbie Turner Chaver s Repentance is normally a cleansing act of contrition. There is a desire to repair that which is broken. Yet, negative repentance is "As a dog returneth to its vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly." This is in reference to returning repeatedly back to a place of hurt. An example would be an offense administered by another to you. The vomit being the return, or the oral dissection of the wrong, or the thinking and mulling over of the wrong. Every time we turn to it, we are repenting of our deliverance from it. This negative repentance is a spirit of error and perverseness that seeks to cloud our judgement and steal our joy. Do not cast aside, the peace and freedom which God has granted in and through Christ Jesus to you. It is disobedient to dwell on that which is not p...

  Feed My Lambs, Feed My Sheep © 2005 Debbie Turner Chavers Close-up of Feed My Lambs, Feed My Sheep © 2005 Debbie Turner Chavers Walk in the light you have received .  A single sentence flashed in my understanding as we took communion this morning. A brief flash of light reflected across my face as the Communion container was being opened and my thoughts went to 1John 1:5-7. Walking in the light you have received, consider with me, 1John 1:1-10. As you read these scriptures, think about the Body and Blood of Christ Jesus. Our taking of communion, and that through this gift, that we have been given the ability to look upon and handle, the Word of life. Christ death and resurrection are revealed and manifested in us as we obey and remember what He has done. That through His sacrifice on the Cross, Christ has given you and I, a clear path to the Father. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. (John14:6) Communion, to dwell upon what He has accom...

Reborn- Birthed in the Womb of His Word Painting © 2016 Debbie Turner Chavers Water-Man Series Symptom: Willful blindness and laziness Cure: Matthew 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. A man is without integrity who will not seek God. For he has lied to himself first and everyone else when he states he is born again. There is a willful fraud of being. A lazy cocooning of self that was changed at new birth, yet refuses to break free. To crawl out of former bondage to fly on wings of obedience. Who will define your truth for you? Will you tenure the precepts and intentions of mere man to determine YOUR life course? Will you give that which is holy unto dogs? No, your heart, mind, and body must belong only to the LORD who redeemed you. You have been redeemed for eternity and a life wor...