JUST DO YOUR BEST; DON'T NEED CHRIST

"I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see." (Rev. 6:7)

Oh God, there are so many thots rushing thru' my mind, how it's just a repetition of other verses I've seen before it, with the only difference being in the number of the beast (but what a difference!)

"Let's stop right there," I was made to feel.

Humans often say, "Same difference," trying to rub out some distinctions. But God says these boundaries are important and must be given due respect and recognition.

I'm not claiming to be knowledgeable in art by any means, but I beg artists to be careful.

From what I heard, it'd be easier to go along and prefer "loose" art, since today's critics seem to be emphasizing self-expression of the artist. The emphasis seems to be, not the portrait as much as the portrayal.

I enjoyed the bit of symbolic drawing I tried. To the right is the "healthy brain" loving and meditating on the Word all the day, exercizing its mind with literature and keeping its brain young with piano lessons. You'll have to excuse the scribbling in the background...I did my drawing on pages of my journal.

But artistic expression, while it is a matter of personal taste, can be tinged with something like the desire to steer clear of God's standard for beauty.

The original standard: "Be ye holy, as I AM holy." has been restated as:

"Just do your very best; no one can expect anything more."

This is what the fourth beast most of us have become accustomed to listening to hearing. So much so that this voice sounds Christian.