It is Finished!

The cross I've been working on, that is. Here it is:


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I had so much fun creating this depiction of Jesus washing the disciple's feet. Plus, as I mentioned before, I learned a lot. It was an interesting process for me. When Sarah first asked me to do a cross and listed the ones available I immediately chose this one. I had a picture in my head at once of what I wanted it to look like. The only thing that changed from the original image in my head is the faucet. That came during our preacher's sermon on Jesus washing the disciple's feet a couple of weeks ago. The song we sang right after the sermon was "Nothing But the Blood of Jesus". You know it. "What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus." As we sang I saw in my mind's eye a faucet coming out of the cross with blood flowing out of it and into the pitcher. Then the water ran from the pitcher crystal clear. The faucet I saw had a handle on it. So, I went to the hardware store and found a faucet. It was just what I had envisioned only it was very shiny silver and rather large. I put it back and kept looking. That's when I found the little spout I ended up using. As I walked to the car with my purchase I was having a conversation with God, telling Him I wasn't sure this was going to work since I had envisioned a faucet with a handle. I clearly heard in my mind, "You can't turn me off". Ok, Wow! Of course not! We can't turn God on or off and the blood flowing from the cross is constantly cleansing us. I love it. It's perfect. God is so good. He is Alive and well!! He is Risen - Indeed!