Brave

Do you ever

feel

misunderstood?

Do you ever

feel 

unseen?

Do you ever

feel

left out?

Do you ever

feel

lonely?

None of these feelings feel nice.

None of them feel good.

Sometimes I can be surrounded by good people,

caring people,

people who encourage my soul,

and yet feel

unloved,

unwanted,

unnoticed.

Does this happen to you?

Why is it that even though I know my true worth in God

and know He sees me and notices me

I still want to be seen and noticed by others.

Why?

I guess my brokeness and fragility get in the way.

My head takes over and makes it difficult for my heart to see

the truths.

Another reason is maybe

He

doesn't want me to be seen and noticed.

The journey I am on at present is a journey of growth.

As wonderful and amazing as it is

it can be extremely lonely at times.

I crave others to journey with me.

I crave companionship as I go deeper.

Lately as I have questioned

 I wonder if it needs to be this way.

Do I need the solitude that comes

 with a lonely path?

Do I need silence to

hear what my heart is

trying to speak?

Silence to hear what is being

revealed to my soul?

Of course with this lonely and sometimes 

sad path

comes

courage and bravery.

I began to create this canvas a few months ago.

I didn't finish it.

I stalled. 

It needed something but I wasn't sure what.

So it sat on the shelf.

Today I discovered what it needed.

It needed to say what I heard my heart speaking.

I had been reading a magazine and came across an article by Kelly Rae Roberts.
As soon as I read the words on one of her canvas' I knew what my heart
had been saying.

'She was brave in her loneliness and sadness

and brave in her love and joy'.

I feel blessed to be on this journey.

And I feel blessed

to have art and words

 that can express

what my heart is saying.