{"title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope within Each Season","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWe can experience light and inspiration differently depending on the season we are in spiritually. This meaning is experienced physically and metaphorically as we compare the darkness of winter to the brightness of summer. I relate each of these experiences to a bible verse and describe how we might experience it spiritually. I wanted to paint light and hope for each season, as each is experienced differently in each season. I also include the transitions from each season, as those are also described biblically and in life, there is always a small transition that happens. We almost don’t see it sometimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI chose Irises because they symbolize hope, faith, and wisdom. When I see irises, I see them as flowers with a feel of regal, delicate, quiet strength. Each painting has acanthus leaves representing eternal life and the perspective that this can have on hope and inspiration. Each painting has crystals which represents the idea of light and intuition and how we receive it in each season, except as it gets closer to winter, there are less. And in winter, there are no crystals depicted. The colors correlate to each season.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"transition-from-spring-to-summer","title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope in the Transition from Spring to Summer","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMark 13:28-29 “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e29-So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSong of Solomn 2:13 “The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThere are signs of the transition from spring to summer, and it happens so softly and gently with tenderness that it’s almost hard to see. Things are still growing and maybe not as cemented with deep growth showing, but the leaves and flowers giving a fragrance show the signs of summer. The days begin to be lighter, longer, and warmer. It illustrates the swift overtaking that happens as the growth accelerates and the colors become brighter. You begin to see what roots can take place from the miracles of spring and continue watching the beauty and vision unfold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI chose colors to represent the mix of the golds and now brighter pinks and greens to show this transition. You can feel the excitement and happiness that comes from the relaxing summer days almost here, and the miracles witnessed in spring are almost ready to be enjoyed with everyone basking in the Joy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408686924004,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/files\/745A3852-3.jpg?v=1767495292"},{"product_id":"summer","title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope in the Summer","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIsaiah 18:4-5 “For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks and take away and cut down the branches.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eProverbs 10:5 “He that gathereth in summer is a wise man…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSummer is when we can bask in all the hard work and enjoy the sun, the warmth, and the fruits of our labors, or as Isaiah describes, the flowers become fruit to enjoy. There is relaxation and joy in indulging in the beauty and growth. But there is gathering to be done to continue to enjoy it. The flowers are described as perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI chose more delicate features to represent this season of life because of the refinement that comes with growth. The colors become richer and brighter as more flowers bloom. The results that came from the miracles in spring are beloved, and there is peace and happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414004973796,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/files\/745A3853-3.jpg?v=1767643264"},{"product_id":"transition-from-summer-to-fall","title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope in the Transition from Summer to Fall","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJeremiah 8:20 “The harvest is past the summer is ended…and we are not saved”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAmos 8:1-2-“ Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, a basket of summer fruit. Then said the lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them anymore.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003eAmos discusses how that period of trials and tribulations and darker days are coming fast. The transition from summer to fall is when the colors begin to fade to deeper shades, and the flowers begin to wilt. The greens deepen and become warmer. The heat begins to lessen, and the nights start to become longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003eThe colors I chose were darker greens and blues, and just a little yellow to show what’s left of summer. The transition to fall is depicted with fewer crystals of light as the trials and darker days are almost here. Though there is still light to be found.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414013788388,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/files\/745A3857-3.jpg?v=1767643483"},{"product_id":"fall","title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope in the Fall","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons”-Jim Bishop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJeremiah 5:24 “Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in this season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest he gives the rain in its season the autumn rain and the spring rain.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePsalms 102:11 “My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003eThere is hard work in the harvest of Fall. These verses describe autumn as a mirror similar to the season of brightest miracles, spring. And yet, fall is soon headed into the darkest time, winter. The rain brings life in spring, and the rain removes the old to let go of what needs to be left behind in fall, giving room for future light and growth. It is as if there is a removing that happens with the rain in the Fall, giving more color and light in different ways in each season, leading to different periods of growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003ePsalms describes the darkening that happens in the fall, but it is not the night of winter yet. The skies are darker in fall with less sun, and the leaves’ colors fade, but are replaced with the deepening of purples, reds, and yellows. Psalms describes the death of grass that happens in the fall. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAs we go through difficult times, we let go of the things we do not need, which allows space for the deepening and refinement to unfold. \u003c\/span\u003eFall and winter are the hardest times described biblically, and yet it is those seasons that allow for the biggest rewards in spring to occur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: fuchsia; mso-highlight: fuchsia;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414015721700,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/files\/745A3858-3.jpg?v=1767643530"},{"product_id":"seasons-of-light-and-miracles-transition-from-fall-to-winter","title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope in the Transition from Fall to Winter","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIsaiah 34:4 “And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe leaves falling as we transition to the darkest season. The heavens aren’t open, and there can be a sense of despair. We have signs all around us, including the animals changing their environments. They make changes, and we also have to make changes as we move into the darker seasons. But as we wait, these changes happen, which creates room for the new to come later.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414020800740,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/files\/745A3860-3.jpg?v=1767643686"},{"product_id":"seasons-of-light-and-miracles-winter","title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope in the Winter","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”-Albert Camus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJob 38:29-32 “Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003eMathew 24:29 “Immediately after the tribulations of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.” (Earlier in chapter 24, it is declared winter and the tribulations came. Then Mathew describes in the following verse, the signs that appear right before Christ comes again. This is the darkest of the days before the miracle, right before spring.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003eWinter can seem like the darkest of all the seasons, literally and figuratively. When Christ was born, it was night, and the wise men were guided by stars. When Christ is to come again, as discussed in Mathew 24, it is described as winter with darkness before the miracle of spring and His coming. In darkness when light seems hard to find, we can still experience miracles and hope. It might not shine the same way as it does in the summer, but we can have hope for spring and summer within us to create miracles during the darkest times, which leads to even bigger miracles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003eWe can experience light and inspiration differently depending on the season we are in spiritually. These verses talk about how God governs the seasons and the light; and in different seasons, different stars appear. We can feel lost and hopeless, but those stars guide us. Thus, we can see different perspectives and see new things depending on the season of light we are in. Each season has different constellations, and God created these different seasons of light where we have the ability to learn to see new perspectives and miracles within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI chose to have no crystals in this painting, unlike the other paintings in this series, showing the least amount of visible outside light with this symbolism. It is during winter that you must have the strongest light within, which was gathered in summer in your fruit basket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“I Heard a Bird Sing” by Oliver Herford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI heard a bird sing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the dark of December,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA magical thing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnd sweet to remember,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“We are nearer to Spring\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThan we were in September,”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI hear a bird sing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the dark of December\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414021390564,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/files\/745A3864-3.jpg?v=1767643767"},{"product_id":"seasons-of-light-and-miracles-transition-from-winter-to-spring","title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope in the Transition from Winter to Spring","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSong of Solomon 2:11-12“For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land...”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003eAnd out of nowhere, suddenly, we can feel the transition. The change from winter to spring is, to me, the most visible and dramatic transition of all the seasons’ transitions. The change and transition from winter to spring begins as we start to let go of the fears and doubts we have had. We begin to see small changes of growth and light crack through the ice of winter’s frost. We begin to feel the thaw within.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414021980388,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/files\/745A3865-3.jpg?v=1767643842"},{"product_id":"seasons-of-light-and-miracles-spring","title":"Seasons of Light and Miracles: Hope in the Spring","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Nothing ever seems impossible in Spring, you know.”- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Ingleside\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJob 38:12 “Hast thou commanded the morning since they days: and caused the day spring to know his place;”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSong of Solomon 2: 13-“The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSymbolically, spring is known as the time for new birth and growth. The colors are light and full of life. Spring is a time when the heavens open and anything is possible. There is hard work that happens again in spring, as does with fall with planting and harvesting, but this hard work leads to the fast growth from the planting that occurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSpring is known as the season when Christ’s resurrection occurred, and many miracles took place. Spring is known as the season of miracles. The verses from Job and Song of Solomon describe how God is in control of timing and the morning will always come. Spring will always come, and God knows when to allow it. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe bible also mentions we won’t always know when spring will come, referring to miracles. It is always so unpredictable when spring will truly come and stay, which relates to how we don’t know when the moment of the miracle will happen. It can be hard to keep hope that spring will come after long periods of waiting in winter, but this verse assures us that it is within God’s law that spring and morning will always come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .5in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis artwork includes the lighter yellows and golds to symbolize the season of miracles unfolding. This painting has the most painted crystals depicted of all the Seasons of Light and Miracles paintings. The acanthus leaves symbolize eternal life and that perspective to help hold hope to make it to spring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414026436836,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/files\/745A3867-3.jpg?v=1767643961"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1424\/8420\/collections\/745A3867-3.jpg?v=1768000104","url":"https:\/\/chanelmyers.com\/collections\/seasons-of-light-and-miracles-hope-within-each-season.oembed","provider":"www.chanelmyers.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}