Clearing Storms my newest release is to me a symbolic scene, charged with a joyous message. Storms - dark, brooding, terrifying - are part of all our lives. When we're in the grip of a storm, we may feel abandoned by God. The meaning of Clearing Storms is that God's love is eternal. Up in the sky, God's light has touched the clouds with myriad colors, transforming them into harbingers of hope.

A timid stream, which suggests to me an individual human life, makes its way to the great ocean. A gazebo provides refuge for the lighthouse keeper when storms have passed, where he can contemplate the wonder of it all in one of my favorite ways - drinking in the warmth from a cup of hot tea.

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