chrys goodman
Don't Look Back
Lot’s wife and her family lived in a very immoral place, and God told them to get out of there immediately and not look back. She left—but possibly in her heart she lingered. Maybe she grieved at having to leave all of that beautiful dysfunction behind. Maybe she didn’t really want to go. We don’t know exactly why, but she disregarded the warning and stopped to look back. Burning sulfur began to fall from the sky and she was consumed, along with the place that her heart was still tied to. Where she had once been stood a pillar of salt in the shape of a woman, standing unmoving in a burnt wasteland. If you go to that region today, you can still see it. Humans are often tempted to long for things or situations or relationships that are not good for us, and tempted to hold onto the past. But here is the lesson of Lot’s wife: let it go and don’t look back, or it may not let you go.
$795 | Oil & Mixed Media On Canvas | 12 x 12
chrys goodman
The Annunciation
An angel appeared to Mary, and said she was “highly favored,” and yet what he told her next would ruin any plans she had for her life. She agreed to be disgraced, misunderstood, and treated as an outcast in her culture. And God said that she was blessed. What he calls blessed is not what we call blessed. Blessed are the poor in spirit, the merciful, the meek, and those who are rejected for doing right. These are not things humans idolize or want for themselves. Humans did not invent the real God—He is not like us, not at all like something we would invent, but He offers us the opportunity to follow His ways if we choose to. The choice is freely given, but following still costs us surrendering our lives, our plans, our reputations, just as it did Mary.
$795 | Encaustic Mixed Media On Panel | 12 x 12
chrys goodman
Hope in the Darkness
A wise person once said, “It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” This piece started out based on the lyrics, “So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light,” from the song ‘Ghosts That We Knew’ by Mumford & Sons. Those words were written over and over and soon the figure of a woman emerged, planting seeds of hope in the dark. Sometimes we cannot look up and we cannot see. Planting those seeds is all we can do.
$795 | Oil & Mixed Media On Panel | 12 x 12
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