Comments on: The Tree of Life http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2010/07/19/the-tree-of-life/ Seeking The Kingdom In All Things Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: elizabeth mahlou http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2010/07/19/the-tree-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7098 elizabeth mahlou Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:47:09 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=2916#comment-7098 It is good to have you back at the keyboard. I have read through all your posts after this one on your continued learning of iconography and find them to contain pearls of wisdom. May your efforts in this genre continue to be blessed. It is good to have you back at the keyboard. I have read through all your posts after this one on your continued learning of iconography and find them to contain pearls of wisdom. May your efforts in this genre continue to be blessed.

]]> By: Adoro http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2010/07/19/the-tree-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6934 Adoro Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:51 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=2916#comment-6934 Oh, my I learned that lesson pretty clearly last week! LOL! As Sister said, "You can't undo mistakes....you can only correct them!"! I had a lot of time to consider the parallel between the icon and my spiritual life! Oh, yes, and humility. You'd think it'd be EASY to trace a line, right? That's kindergarten stuff. Nope. NOT easy to be so precise! Lesson one in humility. (Not that I approached this task with a big head by any means...I expected to mess up...a lot. What amazes me is the stuff I DIDN'T mess up!) God is very very good, isn't He? Oh, my I learned that lesson pretty clearly last week! LOL! As Sister said, “You can’t undo mistakes….you can only correct them!”! I had a lot of time to consider the parallel between the icon and my spiritual life! Oh, yes, and humility. You’d think it’d be EASY to trace a line, right? That’s kindergarten stuff. Nope. NOT easy to be so precise! Lesson one in humility. (Not that I approached this task with a big head by any means…I expected to mess up…a lot. What amazes me is the stuff I DIDN’T mess up!)

God is very very good, isn’t He?

]]> By: Fr. Christian Mathis http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2010/07/19/the-tree-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6916 Fr. Christian Mathis Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:10:02 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=2916#comment-6916 My best advice as a novice is that "messing up" is part of the process. It is always a good lesson in humility to make mistakes and have to learn how to correct them---just like in our lives! I will pray that your icons turn out to be beautiful, even if they are imperfect. My best advice as a novice is that “messing up” is part of the process. It is always a good lesson in humility to make mistakes and have to learn how to correct them—just like in our lives!

I will pray that your icons turn out to be beautiful, even if they are imperfect.

]]> By: Adoro http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2010/07/19/the-tree-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6914 Adoro Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:59:40 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=2916#comment-6914 Father, I also spent the last week writing an icon...my first one (it's on my most recent blog post). Thanks for this, for I have begun my second, a much larger one, this one on my own. As this second is on wood, I especially thank you for the meditation on the significance of the wood grain as it will feed my (desperate) prayers and hopefully, aid me in not messing it up! By the way, I'd love any advice you could or would be willing to offer. I had (have) an excellent teacher, but she, too, goes to others in order to improve! I am still praying about my week, reviewing my notes, pondering the depths of what I learned. There is so much to learn and know and God imparts the lessons...but I know that I also need to ask for guidance from you who know so much more than I. If it helps, my first Icon is the Mother of God "Three Handed" and the one I just began is much larger, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, on wood. (I have to stand to write it, actually). Father,
I also spent the last week writing an icon…my first one (it’s on my most recent blog post). Thanks for this, for I have begun my second, a much larger one, this one on my own.

As this second is on wood, I especially thank you for the meditation on the significance of the wood grain as it will feed my (desperate) prayers and hopefully, aid me in not messing it up!

By the way, I’d love any advice you could or would be willing to offer. I had (have) an excellent teacher, but she, too, goes to others in order to improve!

I am still praying about my week, reviewing my notes, pondering the depths of what I learned. There is so much to learn and know and God imparts the lessons…but I know that I also need to ask for guidance from you who know so much more than I.

If it helps, my first Icon is the Mother of God “Three Handed” and the one I just began is much larger, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, on wood. (I have to stand to write it, actually).

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