We all need help in our lives, so when we ask, God wisely prepares us to receive.  Sometimes he sends us teachers or experiences or inspiration.  The answers are like seeds.  What we do with the seed will determine the fruit it bears.  Seeds take time to mature and so do we.  Healing also takes time.  What seed did we receive today, last week, five years ago?  How do we sufficiently retain in remembrance His mercy?  How do we cast our minds upon that night when God spoke peace to us?  God uses symbols to aid in our remembering.  One symbol can speak volumes.  Each time we see the symbol the memory of the answer returns. I have used art in my life in many ways, but when I made the choice to combine writing with my art, that is when the miracles happened, that is when the healing really started.  My writing is weak, but even my simple words have accessed the power of symbolism in my journey.  We are all creative simply because we are a child of the great Creator.  Embrace the arts.  Create your own and surround yourselves with the art that resonates with you. Creatively record, remember and rejoice!                                             - Carolyn S. Blackburn

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