The Narrow Gate

by Jeanette Sthamann

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24.000 x 48.000 x 1.000 inches

Title

The Narrow Gate

Artist

Jeanette Sthamann

Medium

Painting - Oil

Description

Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter through the narrow gate,for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find it."
This painting was birthed from a vision God gave me one day when I was sitting in my armchair. Like watching a movie screen flashing images, He showed me times and events in my life where I needed to forgive people. As He showed me these visuals, He asked me to forgive them and also forgive myself. He was teaching me that forgiveness is the only way to let go and be free.Forgiveness opens the doorway to grace.
Matthew 6:14-15 "For if you forgive men when they sin against you,your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins your Father will also not forgive your sins."
While I was painting, He said"You have to let go of the life behind you and look forward to the new life I have waiting for you,which is life to the full.' I was afraid of the future,but also afraid of the past...afraid of what letting go would look like. Fear kept me turning back,but God was drawing me forward,telling me to look ahead to the beauty and life that lay before me.
John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal,kill and destroy. I have come that you might have life and life to the full."
I cried the entire time I was painting this...each rose I created drew me more fully into His beauty and the life He was calling me to and each tear was healing me of the pain in life I left behind.
psalm 147:3 "He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds."

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December 28th, 2013

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