What next ?

With great sadness, last week I gave in my notice as the outreach worker at Swaythling Methodist church, which has probably come as a shock to all of us involved in the work on the estate. It was time for me to hand over to someone else with different gifts to continue with the Lord’s work.

So what next?

I feel an urgency to start painting again, and have some amazing images in my mind. I knew that there was probably a third series of silk paintings but just couldn’t ‘get a handle’ on it.However during the last few months, I have been reminded of many instances and situations in my life showing me God’s faithfulness.In fact the first thoughts of this were on holiday with my husband in Cornwall last August.I was thinking about God’s faithfulness to me for several days when we went out driving over Dartmoor. We stopped for a coffee, walked around a village and went into the local church. Just as we were going out of the doors, an elderly man walked into the church, drew back the curtains to the organ and sat down and played ” Great is thy Faithfulness”. He didn’t play anything else and just drew the curtains again and walked out. I felt as though he had played it just for me!

I haven’t been in my studio for months but felt really ‘at home’ last week when I had to go in there for something.I don’t know if the new paintings will ever be on display and am filled with some trepidation at starting a new series.

My work finishes at the end of March and perhaps I will start to paint again in April.