Right vs Left

We will know the results (maybe) of big election this time next week. 

The past few years have been mind boggling, and I couldn't have understood them without help from the Bible. 

A guest in the gallery and I got quickly in a discussion about what has been happening in America, and he used the word satanic. I must agree. It is the classic battle between good and evil. The forces of Good (God and truth) and evil (Satan and lies/deception).

Just thinking of the words Right and Left. Right speaks for itself. It is not just a direction but is also the opposite of wrong. Left is not just a direction but speaks of being left behind, left out., leftover, unusable. It is not an accident that the right is right and the left is not right. Why would someone not want to be right?

The Bible considers the people on his right to be the sheep of his pasture. The ones on his left are the goats who will not make the cut to a good place in eternity. Many in the left probably are deceived into not believing in eternity, so they don't care. The easily deceived cling to their false beliefs. 

People on the left seem to be upset, depressed, anxious, angry, or fighting continual issues, as if it gives meaning to their lives. 

Ecclesiastes 10:2 says: The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

Better to be a doorkeeper in the courts of God than to live in tents with the wicked.

Carolina Beach

So pretty this afternoon. Lucky me to live nearby.

Little daisies growing in the river

 

squirrel in tree

 

Pumpkin Season Approaches

So many pretty colors at the produce stand this afternoon! Took me by surprise, but it is the first day of fall. Pumpkins were traditional orange, multicolored, speckled, gray, and some were very large. Pretty squash, too. (I wonder if people eat them.) The weather has been perfect. Fall is a great season.

Geese and Ducks

There are retention ponds all over Wilmington, and they are home or vacation spots for many geese. The one near my bank usually has a large flock, but yesterday I saw none until my car slowed down. Then they arose from their rest and came to greet me. I guess people come by to feed them, and that was their expectation. I took a few pix, and they walked beside my car as I pulled off. Bottom one is a female mallard, I think.

Selling Art

 The gallery has been open a few months now, and so far five paintings have sold. Only five. The little things have been my bread and butter, and that's ok, but I have a joyful feeling when a larger painting that will hang in someone's home sells. It is really fun when I know the art and the artist, and a buyer really connects with a piece. And besides, I get a financial reward for being the go-between. 

Yesterday a couple came in for the third time. The first time was about two months ago when they brought in swatches of fabric and pictures of the space that needed art on the wall. They talked about their decorator and desired colors, and their travels. Nothing was the perfect fit. Today they returned. "Remember us?" the man asked. Honestly, I don't remember people as well as I did when I could see their whole face, but after a sentence or two, I did recall them and the care they took into making their decision not to purchase. Today they made a quick decision to purchase, and it was one they had not even considered before. The man was especially pleased, and like a hunter-gatherer, he quickly took ownership of the painting. After they got home, they texted me with the pic of it in that familiar space. Just perfect. They were thrilled, and the artist and I were thrilled also.