Path of Faith Gallery Wrap

Have you ever felt lost on your path? This painting captures my organic faith journey... Its winding path symbolizes challenges, the dead tree representing trials, & the 'tree of life' symbolizing growth through faith & the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Ignatius of Antioch's words resonate: "Faith, the beginning, & love the end." Faith is our journey & destination, bridged by hope-Hope guides us through! Another Hebrew word for hope is "tikvah," meaning a cord that nourishes us. Job cried out, "Oh that I might have my request-that hope, my hope, the thing I long for...". Grounding us in life's storms, hope anchors us to heaven. Hope is gritty, hard work...It's an action Dostoevsky said, "To live without hope is to cease to live." Hope carries us through the messy middle. Ether 12:4 says, "Whoso believes in God might with surety hope for a better world... which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men." Faith gives us hope, & this hope becomes ou