Layers: Trying to Control

The inspiration for this piece and in part for the series.
Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

We try to plan, set goals and control our lives, and also paint over the past mistakes. Create layers over the past, possibly failures, but at the end of it all only God can truly create a clean slate. We can try to control as much as possible but one simple phone in the middle of the day can change the outcome of our plans. Control seems doable, but only God knows our future. He really is the one in control.

Layers I: Looking Back

“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.”
Job 13:15.
At this moment in my life these words from Job ring true in my heart. After 32 years of living for the Lord I have learned that no matter what comes and goes God is still faithful and without a doubt has my life in His hands.
This new piece is the beginning of this body of work that has a working title of “Layers”. It is a reflection, a visual essay on a persons life, and the lack of control we have for the lows and highs of it. I hope to do justice to what I feel in my heart about it.