3-7-2011

For family home evening we went down to BYU

to attend an art exhibit with paintings

and etchings by Carl Bloch.

He is responsible for many

of the paintings of Christ that

the LDS church uses in lessons

and on magazine covers etc.

It was a little to much "culture" for some of

my children, but there was no

arguing that the spirit was there.

My favorite painting was a portrayal

of Jarius' daughter.

In the painting the mother is weeping over

her sweet daughter, who has just

died. Behind her, in the shadows is Christ.

As the mother weeps over her child,

she is oblivious to the miracle that

is about to occur.

It made me wonder how often that

happens in our own lives.

We are so focused on our trial or sorrow,

that often we do not even anticipate

the miracle that is waiting in the wings.