Along the Lighted Path
Day 194 of Photo Inspirations — Along the Lighted Path
I was dusting my furniture yesterday, and, unlike other “dusting” adventures, my eyes fell on this book by Thomas Kinkade, “Along the Lighted Path” that was given to me 10 years ago by my sister who has since graduated to heaven. I was always her “Lil Sister”. “Lighted” is what caught my attention. I posted about our “little lights shining” day before yesterday. What if my sister gave me this book for “such a time as this” — to remind us of THE LIGHT. I recalled that Thomas Kinkade is known as the “Painter of Light”.
How appropriate to see, as an example of spreading THE LIGHT, a man who literally “LASER” focuses us on THE LIGHT in every one of his paintings. Thomas Kinkade devoted his life and career to share an inspirational message of home, faith, family, and inner peace. He traveled the world creating beautiful scenes and using his artistic talents to make a difference in people’s lives. Thomas’ dearest wish had always been that his artwork would be a messenger of hope and inspiration to others – a message to slow down, appreciate the little details in life, and to look for beauty in the world around us. As millions of collectors around the world sit back and enjoy his artwork in their homes, there is no doubt that Thomas Kinkade achieved his goal of “Sharing the Light”.
This beautiful cottage scene, “Cobblestone Lane”, that I copied from the book, is one of his many paintings. His note on the page says: “I like to think of hope as a guiding light for the human heart.” Another quote on the page was this: “We must build our faith not on fading lights, but on the LIGHT that never fails.” — Oswald Chambers
I like to think that my daily posts are “heaven sent” for the appointed time that God gives them to me. I don’t think it was a coincidence that I talked about the variations and strengths of our lights in my post a couple of days ago, but yesterday’s encounter points to HIM Who is our GUIDING LIGHT and the LIGHT that never fails. The more we embrace THE LIGHT — the more, like Thomas Kinkade, that we’ll be sharing THE LIGHT as He shines brightly in and through us.