February 20, 2025

Obscuring God’s Plans

February 20, 2025
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Thoughts on the Book of Job, Writings

I am taking some moments today to pass along some thoughts and a powerful audio-video I discovered last night featuring a reading from Chapters 38-41 in the book of Job. The book of Job is actually one of my favorite books of the bible. It can feel like the Mariana trench as I periodically return to this biblical genre of wisdom literature. A quick search gives us an AI overview:“The Book of Job is considered to be part of the “wisdom literature” genre within...

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By eileenslifer
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OVERQUALIFIED

February 14, 2025
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

(I started to make this a social media expression, but decided to move it here. It’s just some musings, and I’m not going to spend extra time editing it or over-formatting it. Some will get it, others will not.) _____________ OVERQUALIFIED. It’s the word that keeps coming to mind tonight as I review and reflect upon an experience I had tonight. While it was moderately or maybe quite “successful” it was not fully what was expected either on my end...

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By eileenslifer
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A Tale of Two Sons Who Asked For My Art Services

February 8, 2025
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Writings

Sitting here on a Friday night contemplating a number of things, as I continue working on a project. It’s a little hard to get the words out of my mind that a young man in his early 30’s–a current customer–sent me by text. He had written, “Made me tear up but in a good way. My beautiful mom.” His mother passed away this past January after a longer illness. He contacted me to preserve a sampling of flowers that he,...

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By eileenslifer
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Pastor Appreciation Portrait

February 7, 2025
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Commissions and Client Comments

“Good morning, Eileen! Just wanted to let you know that I presented your work to my husband on Sunday. He was surprised, pleased, appreciative. The entire congregation was impressed with your work! Thank you for helping me to make my husband’s 4th pastoral anniversary a success.“ ~ Antoinette It’s always nice to wake up to new messages such as this one! I finished up an 18 x 30 inch portrait last December (2024) as a surprise gift for a special...

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By eileenslifer
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The 18th Book of the Canon Beckons Me Today…

February 5, 2025
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Personal Writings, Writings

Surely the details and context are different, yet this poetic work known as one of the greatest works of literature and divine inspiration, might give me just something to nibble on and sustain me in my ongoing battle today. As I start my day, I wonder to myself, “What victories are yet realistically within my reach?” This morning, as every morning upon waking, there was a prolonged time of internal reflecting along with God. It is as though I’m surveying...

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By eileenslifer
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The Story of My First Two Investors

February 3, 2025
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

I have often been asked how I started doing caricatures, but rarely asked how I started my entire business. I got to thinking about this today, and thought it would make an interesting story-post. Sometime back around 1986-1987, I was working as a clerical aid for Allstates Engineering Company, an onsite contractor at the old DuPont Louviers facility in Newark, Delaware. There was an older woman friend from the Newark Church of Christ (where I had worked a number of years prior...

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By eileenslifer
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Who’s With Me? (Part II: The “George Bailey” Equation)

February 1, 2025
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Personal Writings, Writings

[the link to Who’s With Me? (Part I: Judges 6 to 7, The Midianite Oppression) ] The classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life” features a central character George Bailey, whose plight/motif is worthy of deeper analysis in this era of the internet. First of all, I think that in the year 2025, this story would be a rare exception. But back in 1946, the message of this simple story was so self-evident and plausible that to this day, it is...

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By eileenslifer
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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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