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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Will I ever paint again?

My husband and I were married a year ago.

I moved me and all my "stuff" into his home and we've been rearranging and throwing out, giving away, etc. for most of the year.

At my old home I used my second bedroom and my kitchen table as my art room. It was just me and worked out well unless someone was coming to visit. Then I would have to put it all away, make up the guest room and clean up my kitchen table temporarily until I could again restore my mess.

In my home with my husband, there is nowhere for me to erect an art room. And I'm itching. I am hoping we can purchase one of those Home Depot storage buildings - the 2 story one that is 16 x 20 would work perfectly since not only have I been put out of my art room but my husband has had to pack away all his antique fishing collectables.

So we're both sacrificing and I am wanting something to work for both of us. We have been looking and dreaming since before we got married. And we are still looking and dreaming.

I've painted two pieces of art this whole year sitting at our kitchen table. A portrait of a cat for my step-sister's Christmas present and a picture of a fat robin in the snow for my husband's brother's girlfriend.

We're working hard to pay off all debt, that's our priority. But my hands are itching, my ideas are foaming out of my brain, my self, my spirit - want's to paint.

And I feel this urge badly. And I don't want to choose to put this need before the goal of paying off debt....but my desire to have somewhere I can paint without having to put it all away before dinner is increasing exponentially as each day grows.

So here is what I am doing....I am going to pray that God will allow this desire of my heart to be fulfilled without putting us into more debt. So, if you're reading this and feel inclined, please agree with me in prayer that God provide me with a place to paint.

Thanks for listening.

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