The Edge of Glory

I was drawing and editing and reviewing saved artwork like a tornado yesterday. I am in the midst of publishing three different books simultaneously, all with illustrations and pictures, and realized I need a much better publishing program for my computer. To prepare the files for the publisher is so difficult using the program I have. But it was a lot of fun, meandering through thousands of photos of my artwork spanning forty years or so. I have enough illustrations for thousands of books, I think.

There were many photos and drawings of my beloved children. I have always traveled a good bit with the kids. We regularly trek up to NY to see my parents, Boston to see my oldest son, and then all over the country to visit other relatives or attend some educational competition or another over the years. As I looked over the 8,000 saved photos on my computer, it was like my life flashing before my eyes. I have had a happy, full, and exciting life. And I have had the good fortune to have been surrounded by loved ones through all of it.

One artwork, the one on this post, exemplified what I hoped that all those trips to so many places meant to me and (I hope) to my kids as well. I always wanted to show them as many new horizons, beautiful views, and brilliant examples of God's vast creation as I possibly could. I wanted them to know that they truly sat on the edge of Glory at every moment in their pursuit of God.

I guess I won't know for sure this side of Heaven if I succeeded with them or not. But I have zillions of pictures that remind me that I tried.

1 Chronicles 29:10-13 (NIV)
David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, “Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. [11] Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. [12] Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. [13] Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.




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