We hold the power to choose to be strong, and when our power feels limited, we have only to ask for more. Only to sit in the quiet or walk along a path with a heart to receive, to be patient, to listen. Then strength will come flowing to us like a cloth carried on the breeze that wraps around our pain with comfort.
A woman is made of strength, she has an interwoven glory that cannot be muted. When a woman is set free to own her heart and know herself as she truly is, no amount of torture could disconnect her from the power she holds; her own power and the power she embodies from The Eternal Source!
I painted this piece as a reminder to myself, that this coat of strength I am welcomed to dress myself with, is being handed to me if only I will take it. I began painting this piece in a very low place, a place so low I had to decide not to give up. A place that taught me not to give up. And so I say along with my spirit, "I will not give up! I am strong! I clothe myself with Strength, The Strength!" I say, "I embody The Spirit of Strength, The Living Being of All of Life, The Creator of strength and weakness! I accept my weakness as a beautiful part of my being, as a wonderful excuse to not go through life alone!"
Inspiring Verses from the Sacred Text of Scripture:
"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come."~Proverbs 31:25
"She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong."~Proverbs 31:17
"The Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon, and he sounded the trumpet…"~Judges 6:34