This painting comes from a morning I woke up to an image of a hand holding a matchstick and I heard, “I’m turning reeds to matchsticks.” Immediately I knew he was talking about the bruised reeds.
“A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.” (Mt.12:20)
He was talking about those who had been bruised by trauma, circumstance and the attacks of the enemy. Weak is how the enemy wants them to see themselves, but God was saying that he was going to start a fire with them.
There is a hidden strength of the Lord’s in them that they have not yet seen, and that he wants to reveal. He has been busy working on this through the challenges they have faced. He is getting ready to reveal the fire starters.
Melicia Evans 