Freedom

This painting was begun at Love and Care Ministries fifteenth annual Tent Revival and was completed at the First United Methodist Church on Sunday, November 7, 2010. Rev. Mark Hewitt serves as the pastor of Love and Care Ministries which reaches out through God's empowering love to the homeless community in Abilene. Mark and a force of volunteers serve up food, hope and love and daily exhibit the "go of the gospel." As people were responding to the gift of salvation, I finished the reds and yellows declaring freedom for the captives. The evening's royal guests lined up waiting for their bar-b-cue dinner and as they passed I experienced their extraordinary openness and willingness to connect over the painting. Thus, I was able to share the power of my testimony, "I have been in bondage and walked in freedom; freedom is better!" I finished the blues and purples at FUMC on Sunday as we lined up for another meal. As I finished the bread and the wine, I heard "take another cup." As I lifted