Surgery Update # 4: Bad News :(

Hi everyone! My last surgery update I said that I was going to have surgery on my upper jaw on August 23rd--well there is'nt going to be a surgery comming up, they moved it. We couldn't have an agreement from my family's health insurance to pay for the surgery. The insurance company wants more information about my surgery; so we'll find out if they agreed upon paying for my surgery, and; when my surgery is going to take place on next Monday. Well keep praying guys, my family and I really do appreciate your prayers. Thank you!!! :)

Beloved-by Tenth Avenue North

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need

Give me your life
The lust and the lies
And the past you're afraid I might see
You've been running away from me

You're my beloved lover
I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
My love it unites us and it binds you to me
It's a mystery

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need

I'm the giver of life
I'll clothe you in white
My immaculate bride you will be
Come running home to me

You're my beloved lover
I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
My love it unites us and it binds you to me

You've been a mistress, my wife
Chasing lovers that won't satisfy
Won't you let me make you my bride
You will drink of my lips and you'll taste new life

You're my beloved lover
I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
My love it unites us and it binds you to me
It's a mystery

A Story of Ones Passion to Glorify God Through Art

Forgiven: by Lance  Brown

" To try to understand the real significance of what the great artist  the serious masters tell us in their masterpieces, that leads to God. One man has written or told it in a book, another in a picture." -Vincent van Gogh

I've recently met a little-known Christian painter who deserves some recognition. Lance Brown is ministering to people everywhere using the spiritual gifts that God has blessed him with and if you haven’t seen his work, I highly recommend viewing his website and learning more about him.

Lance graduated from The Art Institute of Dallas with honors and a degree in Visual Communications. He started his career as a graphic designer for Dr. Pepper, where he primarily did print graphics and packaging designs for about a year and a half. During this time, he decided that he wanted to try his hand at painting. He started with a beginners painting kit, and began painting pictures that he wanted to hang on his walls such as Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and Thomas Kinkade’s “Aspen Chapel.” He doesn’t like to admit that he has experienced some struggles while painting. It is a little-known fact that Lance is partially color blind and has been dealing with it his entire life. Lance genetically inherited Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) from his mother, but he refused to let that hinder his love for painting.
 

Over the last 10 years Lance has worked for several high-profile companies in Texas as a Web Designer and Art Director, all while freelance designing regularly and painting from time to time. He had established a very solid career for himself and a steady paycheck to support his wife and two children (#3 is due mid September 2010!). It would seem that all the pieces were in place for a long and happy life, but he wasn't quite satisfied.

Lance was recently laid off and he felt like God was leading him into ministry. He started Painted Christ immediately and has not looked back. Lance's goals in this new endeavor are to glorify God with his Jesus paintings, minister to people by sharing the gospel of Christ, and to support his wife and 3 children. God confirmed Lance’s new found purpose when he received a phone call about his website, www.paintedchrist.com, asking him if he would be willing to perform at a youth camp in Oklahoma the following weekend. Lance will tell you that he encountered God on another level while on that trip and had a very powerful worship experience like no other time in his life. Amen!

His paintings of Jesus connect, move and inspire his audience as they begin to feel a longing and deeper desire to know and experience an intimate relationship with their Creator. Lance's portraits are visual stories that will take you on a journey through the life and experiences of Jesus Christ. They are painted on huge canvases, and they consist of  2 or 3 scenes from the life of Christ. As you watch Lance perform, I feel that his paintings will lead you in complete adoration of our Lord as they do with me!!

Learn more about Lance by viewing his website at www.PaintedChrist.com