One in Jesus

In my sleep I had a vision of a mature wisteria vine with a sturdy trunk and two branches growing from it. The left branch had three blossoms in yellow-gold. The right branch had three purple blossoms. The image came to me in a modern stained glass style.

The yellow-gold blossoms represent Jewish believers in Jesus and the purple blossoms are the non-Jewish believers (I don’t call us Gentiles since Paul contrasts the believers with the Gentiles.) Though there are many more non-Jewish believers than Jewish (or even than any Jewish people), both are represented by an equal number of blossoms and vines of the same height since, “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:28)

We must be grafted into the “trunk” of our Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God or we have/are nothing.

Stained glass can have a certain beauty on its own, from the design, the shapes and somewhat from the colors but as with followers of Jesus, it’s made for the light! When light shines through it is when true beauty is revealed.

Properties of wisteria:
Very fragrant
Largest on record covers 1 acre and weighs 250 tons! (In California)
“Among their attributes are hardiness, vigor, longevity and the ability to climb high.” http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1246.html

From Darkness to Light

I often do worship painting at church—painting as worship during worship music. The Lord always gives me a teaching as interpretation of what I’ve painted but last Sunday, he took me further--into a prophetic act with each stage in the process having meaning.


A lovely red and a beautiful green.


Mixed together they make black—representing good things in life put together in an unholy way.


I added some Mars Black and Ochre to make it really dark. I rarely use black paint since black doesn't reflect light.


Then I scribbled over the painting and chomped it with my pliers.


Most of us had made a mess of our lives in going our own way.


But when we become followers of Jesus, we die to our old life and its ways—represented outwardly by the waters of baptism and here by washing the brush.


Jesus took our old life and reduced it to nothing.




Replacing our old life of sin, selfishness and destruction with a new life—a new start.


Instead of following in the ways of death and destruction, we turn around (repent) and live our lives in obedience to Jesus and for his glory.






I will walk about in freedom for I have sought out your precepts. Psalm 119:45 (they are) the theme of my song He has brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves (out of the dominion of darkness!) Colossians 1:13