You bring great joy to the Father’s heart As through your hands His truth you impart The canvas reveals His story told That captures the hearts of young and old You sense His heart, and then you proceed This is how you are used to sow seed It penetrates deep in the fiber of man As their eyes behold God’s wonderful plan An epistle is read by all those who view The paintings are meant to encourage and renew They make a statement bold and clear That reminds us all His coming draws near You are His handmaiden who He has kept obscure But in Heaven’s portals your works will endure The market is a place to sell wares Your paintings are too costly to be displayed there They are posted strategically on the highways of life So the wounded and weary see a beacon of light As the Lighthouse you so graciously depicted for me Will remind many others that by His light they will see Many will come to the foot of the cross So continue to paint and reach the weary and lost A tribute to my friend Rebekah a true “Stretcher Bearer”: Thank you for your Friendship. I thank God that you have graced my life. I appreciate you and my love and prayers will be always toward you. © Winnie October 24, 2002