"Rose of Sharon "
When I got saved, the fact that Jesus had come, lived, died and rose again were all vital factors, but the motive of his personal love toward me and the knowledge that our relationship was to be based on our love for each other, blew me away. God the father would set un-presidented standard that would send all other gods to their knees. He would start relationship based on and motivated by undying passionate love. In the heat of passion, he would give his only son to re-establish relationship with me. The moment I met Jesus, I started my love fall. I learned everything he would do for me, with me and even to me would be a direct encounter of perfected love. Through the pain of personal failure, I found out this eternal courtship was very much two sided. My love for him tho real, often faltered. His for me, ever faithful and constantly to the rescue.

The sound of his voice quickly became something that dictated vision. The touch of his nail scared hand gently guiding me to artistic utopia. A minister told me that we all had gifts and abilities that God had granted and trusted us with. When we would use them, it pleased and glorified him. At the time my love for Jesus was soaring and this new found knowledge was like pouring gasoline on a roaring fire. I began to use my gift passionately and consistently. I later would be taken to a new level of intimacy never realized or expected. While riding with in a friends car on a hot summer day in Prattville, Alabama, my side of the relationship had taken yet another harsh blow from personal failure.

In the process of repentance and brokenness, as my friend drove, I clearly remember looking outside the window. I saw a visual figuration of a rose. Then all of a sudden I heared the distinct voice of Jesus say, " I am the Rose of Sharon ". Familiar with the scripture, but never the experience, I looked closer and saw the faint appearance of his face in the center of the Rose. You would think that I would shout thus startling my friend, but there was such a tremendous peace that my singular reaction was to simply cry. I would then convey the experience to m friend and tell him of my need to paint this experience an share it with the world.

God would allow some 15 years to pass before the project would come to fruition. The experience of painting it was like none other and will forever go down in my personal history as lovingly unique. I think God wanted me over the years to walk through many rough times with the assurance that Jesus' side of the relationship would always be the glue that would hold us together. I knew then, now and forever that he loves me intimately and passionately beyond the cross, the grave, and far beyond my wildest dreams.

Steve R. Skipper

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