Spurgeon Piece Update

In a sermon given at Exeter Hall on January 8, 1860, Charles Spurgeon addresses stumbling stones that form on the sinners way to the city of refuge. This whole sermon was an encouragement to my heart with each stumbling block that Spurgeon addressed, The Lord addressed an issue in my heart.

I love spurgeons sermons because he is very visual. He uses imagery to eloquently illustrate his point. One "stumbling block" that stuck out to me was the third. He says,

"Oh saith some poor soul, "I do not know whether I believe or not sir. Sometimes I do believe; but oh it is such little faith I have, that I cannot think Christ can save me." I often feel that my shortcomings and sin are too great for The Lord. This is a lie. Spurgeon illuminates the lie by saying, "Remember it is not the strength of faith that saves thee, but the reality of thy faith. What is more, it is not even the reality of thy faith that saves thee, it is the object of thy faith. If thy faith be fixed on Christ, though it seems in itself a line no thicker than a spiders web, it will hold thy soul throughout time and eternity."

So I used my faith knot and webs to process through this portion of the sermon. I cant decide if it is done. I rendered the big knot in the middle to different levels of completion because I wanted it to look like different thicknesses of spider webs.

Spider Webs

 Sprugeon continues to illustrate his point by saying, "For remember, it is not the thickness of this cable of faith, it is the strength of the anchor which imparts strength to the cable, and so shall hold thy ship in the midst of the most fearful storm." I love that it is the strength of the anchor, not the cable that holds the ship in the storm. It is the strength of the Lord my anchor that holds my faith in tact through storms of doubt. I've painted an anchor that is supposed to be sinking into the ocean floor. I added cables to the chain that you would see on a suspension bridge. I added the lightening to illustrate the storm but I'm not sure how I feel about it. I think I need to knock it down a little bit, make it less drastic. Anyways, I have progressed from constructive thought to rambling so I will stop.

Anchor

Have a good night.