Watercolor Wednesday: A beautiful land of unrest

Such pain has erupted in Minnesota and has spread around the world. We seem to have reached a tipping point where the evil of institutionalized racism will no longer be tolerated. White people are being asked to “do the work” – and I’m seeking to educate myself from the voices of the oppressed, the ignored, the murdered. Just today Patricia Raybon’s book, My First White Friend arrived, and I read the first chapter stunned at her vulnerability and the sheer beauty of the writing. I’ve also been reading each day a devotional from Our Help: Devotions on Struggle, Victory, Legacy. May the Lord bring some good out of the evil done on that Minneapolis street.

Minnesota is a state known for its natural beauty, and so I thought for today’s Watercolor Wednesday I’d feature one of my dad’s paintings that gives a snapshot of this beautiful land, which is filled with many beautiful people too. The lakes and ponds will be bursting forth into life and no doubt will provide a place of calm in the midst of the pandemic and the unrest.

Wherever you are today, may you find peace, hope, justice, rest, and joy.