A Song of Devotion, painting by Clara Liu

A Song of Devotion

This is an amazing painting by my friend Clara Liu in Hong Kong.  When I saw it, I thought it looked liked me as a little boy playing the violin!

Here is Clara’s description of the painting:

One time in prayer, I saw a picture of big crowd of little people running around ecstatically before God. Among them was a quiet little boy with big eyes playing the violin ever so softly. I saw a pair of huge hands extending towards the little boy, picked him up and put him in the hollow of his hands. Completely immersed in his song, the little boy didn’t seem startled nor surprised. He continued playing, as if it has always been that way.

I wept and smiled, because I realised that I am more than noticed.

To view more of Clara’s paintings and drawings, go to her website at claraliu.smugmug.com

Nothing in My Way, by Samuel Liu

What’s over the hill

On the horizon

Inadvertently I spill

The milk on the song

 

Enthusiastic cries

I make to the delight of the birds

Curiously watching with their eyes

To see what they have heard

 

Not so clean with spaghetti stains

On my shirt

but who cares

I race across the land

 

If only you could see me now

If only you

But I don’t need it now

The attention I never knew

 

Never thought I would be

Accepted this way

But how I got to see

There’s nothing in my way