Sketches – Coffee Cups
by sandihester
Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup. Psalm 16:5
My cup overflows. Psalm 23:5
This is my third, last, and favorite painting of Aaron Lifferth’s that I painted. I thought since there were two cups in the painting I would give you two scriptures about cups. Here is Aaron’s original I painted from (just thought I would say again that Aaron gave me permission to post these).
If you’ve been checking the blog for pictures or paintings from our ski trip I’m sorry there haven’t been any – and there won’t be any until we get home. Our lap top crashed on us the first day here. I’m posting this from a computer here in our hotel. We are having a blast though!!! We’ve had a TON of snow here and have just really been enjoying each other, the snow, and the Lord. I don’t ski as much as Grady because I just don’t have the strength to ski all day like Grady does, so I spend a lot of time in the room reading and painting. This time I’ve done a lot more reading and just quiet time with the Lord than painting. I’m not sure what the deal is, but it seems like my painting is just gone for right now – the Lord seems to give it at times and He takes it at times. I’m kind of glad though – instead of painting I’ve spent some much needed time with the Lord on this trip – it’s been very refreshing – I do feel like my cup is overflowing -I needed this fill-up. Isn’t it strange how sometimes you can be bone dry and not even know it – well, you may know it but when you’re dry you don’t tend to do much about it. I’m thankful the Lord made me do something about it – He made me be still and drink from His river – I love how tenderly He tends His sheep – His dumb needy sheep – that’s what I am and I’m not afraid to say it! This dumb, needy, thirsty sheep is enjoying her time with her Shepherd. Grady’s out on the slopes right now – going down some slopes I wouldn’t even be able to scoot down on my behind they’re so steep – and he’s probably singing his head off with his ipod on – he has some great worship time out there on those mountains. If you see a lot of typos it’s because my proofer is out worshiping his Creator :).
Sandi Hester 
Sandi!
It’s obvious by reading what God is doing in you that the Lord is overflowing your cup! Bless you sister!
Thank you for always encouraging us out here in blogland for wonderful reminders that God always wants to work on our behalf and show us things we could never even dream, think, or hope about! 🙂
You will get double portions for your time with God will multiply in all areas of your life. Blessings , Glad to see you back at DSFDF.
Thank you Dominique!!!!
I followed your link from the DSDF blog. It’s so refreshing to read a blog from a believer! and a painter as well. Now I feel like my cup is running over. Many blessings to you.
Oh Jan, thank you for your comment and thank you for stopping by! I feel blessed that the Lord would use this blog to fill your cup! I hope you’ll stop by again. I understand how you feel – it’s hard to find Christian painters out there!