Friday 29 July 2016

Good day one and all. I have been busy working on my last box - which is the biggest so far - so here are some pics.

Blessings love and peace to you all from me here in Luton, England. I am very busy at the moment and so will just share pics of the last box I will be covering with my artwork for now!














Have a good day my beloved brothers and sisters. Please pass this blog on and be part of getting me known as an artist. Your brother of Christ and all the saints, Peter.

Monday 18 July 2016

When the going gets tough the tough leave the bottle and start painting.

Hi folks. I can never say never, but I can tell you that on my son Harry`s immortal soul and my son Joshua`s mortal soul; I didn`t touch a drop of the demon drink yesterday and I don`t intend today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

Its taken me too many years for it to finally get into my thick head, but I no longer need to punish myself by imbibing poison! They can sell it others, but not me any more. Sherry gets your merry. Whisky makes you frisky. Be a great mate and buy a round of Buds...  Its all horse shit, bullshit and baloney. 

I will no longer drown my sorrows. I have ordered online some Nootropics and cognitive enhancement medication. So brothers and sisters I shall tell you more about them when they come. I am continuing also each day to take Horny goat weed capsules & 100 mg tablets of Thiamine.     

I look forward to having a sober clear head and taking some Alpha GPC Memory, Learning, Cognitive enhancers.  The Sunifiram should last me quite a while as its best not to take every day. So I shall try every other day for a week and then have a week off it!  This is of course if it all comes. The best laid plans of mice and men etc!

Now to my latest art. Has my new, happy, positive and sober being come out in my latest art? You judge.










 Have a good day my beloved brothers and sisters.
Know that you are loved and please pass this on.
Your bro, Peter. ps, I must remember to ask my step Dad to give me my step ladder back. Oh, dont groan.
  

Saturday 16 July 2016

Sunny Saturday and I am deservedly in the dog house for upsetting my beloved Sylvia. NOT SONIA..

Ok brothers and sisters.
I am putting my hands up in surrender and prayer to God.
   I was in the wrong and upset my beloved wonderful girl. My bad and I 
cannot go back. 

My old negative behaviour would be focused on getting some alcohol. but having had a talk with my sister Viv, I felt stronger that I have done in the past. I would have been 100% focused on drowning my sorrows with alcohol, but not today and I have painted out the darkness.


On a positive note, Sylvia has my card and wallet.
It would be possible to go down the bank and get an over the counter withdrawal, but I am not going to do that as I feel I am strong enough today in using art to get strength as well as using prayer.

So I have been inspired to create some art work which I would not only write that I am pleased with, but its exorcised negative feelings and destructive thoughts.
Without further ado my beloved brothers and sisters I shall share my art with you.





 Above and below are similar shots, but I moved the camera slightly for the above image. Sometimes I rotate the camera as I hit the shutter, but not today!








                    These two you can turn your
                     head sideways to see as they
                     are meant to be.


                      These two also. Turn your
                       heads.


                     You should get it by now.

                      See where I have signed
                      them. The one below you
                      are meant to see two ways!

  Okay folks, this is all for today. Know that you are loved and I am persisting in creating more & better art to share with you and others. Your bro Peter

  

Thursday 14 July 2016

Fish on Friday. My art and a spiritual reminder for all of us who desire not only to talk the talk, but to walk the walk and live in Christ.

Good day beloved brothers and sisters.

I am glad to be able to share both my art and some writing which I came across and is helpful to both my spiritual growth and hopefully yours too.

For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

Thoughts on Today’s Verse

Our heavenly Father desires that all His children walk in spirit and truth. He wants each one of us to become firmly established in the faith and produce much fruit in our lives – to His praise and glory. Indeed it is the desire of most Christians to be fruitful and to live a life that is honoring to God.
Peter points out how blessed we are that in Christ.. we have been given all we need to live a life of godliness – because God in His goodness and grace called us out of darkness into His glorious light, by faith. He chose us from the foundation of the world to be His precious possession – and in His grace He imputed us with Christ’s own righteousness.
Peter reminds us of the many precious promises that are ours in Christ, which free us from slavery to sin as we remain in Him and He in us.. and so Peter exhorts us to give all diligence to add moral excellence, godly knowledge and self-control to our faith – and to strive after patient endurance, brotherly kindness and godly love. Peter knows that such qualities are the birthright of all who are in Christ Jesus.. and that if these godly qualities are evident in our lives.. we will become fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
And yet we read that these spiritual qualities, which are available to all believers are lacking in the lives of some Christians. Indeed He describes those that are lacking in godly character as being spiritually blind and short-sighted, having forgotten all the glories that are ours in Christ Jesus – despite the fact that we have already been purified from our former sins.
How sad when believers who have been saved by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ, forget who they are in Christ. How tragic when our eyes become blinded to our sanctified position in Him. What a travesty when we forget that we have been cleansed from all unrighteousness – by faith in His sacrificial death and glorious resurrection.
But no child of God can ever stray so far away from his heavenly Father that he is not able to be returned into His loving arms. No born again believer can ever fall so far from grace that he is unable to have sweet fellowship with our Father in heaven re-established  – For if any of us do lack the spiritual qualities that God desires of all His children.. Peter tells us what to do. We are to turn away from all that has enticed us away from our Saviour. We are to remember all that He has done for us in His sacrificial work at Calvary. We are to recall the blessings which are ours in Jesus Christ and we are to return back into His loving embrace and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.. so that we too may become spiritually fruitful as we add moral excellence, godly knowledge and self-control to our faith in Christ.
May we all keep in mind who we are in Christ. May we daily remember that we are positioned in Him.. and that we have been purified of our former sins. May we all strive after patient endurance, brotherly kindness and godly love, so that we do not lack those qualities of the godly man, which are pleasing in the sight of God or become spiritual blind – but may we abide in Him and He in us so that we produce good fruit, more fruit.. MUCH fruit – to His greater glory and praise.

My Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You that in Christ I have all that I need for life and godliness. I pray that You would help me to keep the eyes of my heart looking away from the things of this world and firmly looking to Jesus so that I may not become spiritually short-sighted and forget all that Christ has done for me – but become fruitful in the knowledge of my Saviour Jesus Christ – to His praise and glory, AMEN




does salvation mean "knowing Jesus?"

No. The teaching that Jesus is the only path to salvation, contradicts the teachings of Jesus himself. In the three earlier Synoptic gospels, Jesus never suggests "believing in him" is the criterion for salvation. In fact, Jesus warns that it is not those who call him "Lord," who will enter heaven, but those who do the will of the Father. (Mt. 7.21) In the Judgment scene in Mt. 25.31-46, (far and away the most detailed description of judgment in the Bible), Jesus says that those who do good works, creating a better world for the "least of his brothers," actually do it for him whether they know it or not, and will be blessed with his Presence, while those who do not will suffer "burning" in the age-long fire which we've already discussed. Throughout these first three gospels, Jesus doesn't even seem to care if anyone "knows" him or has "a personal relationship" with him! He cares instead that people embrace his teaching—Good News—that the Kingdom of heaven is here, that God is "Father," that in embracing selfless love, we lose our false self, but gain the whole world.
On the other hand, the later gospel of John presents Jesus as the "Cosmic Christ," who is one with the Father, and called "Word", "Light", "Water of Life", and "the Way." The emphasis has shifted from the teaching to the Teacher, in light of his embodiment of the love of God. This Love is called Christ. When Jesus says, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to the Father except by me," (Jn 14:6) he is speaking of his nature as the love of God made visible. It is only by being filled with Divine Love that we can "come to the Father." By whatever name it is given by followers of whatever religion or no religion, it is the same, and it is "the narrow gate" through which all must come. The human identity of its bearer is not what's important; the essential thing is following his example in loving unconditionally, becoming Christ. As he said: This is my commandment, love one another as I have loved you. (Jn.15.12)
Many passages in the apostles' writings at first glance suggest that belief in Jesus is essential. But the Bible never records the apostles using a threat of "damnation" for not accepting the Gospel. Paul's voice speaks especially strongly about universal salvation. Yet Paul also presents Jesus as the "necessary sacrifice" for sin, implying belief in him is mandatory. The reason for this is found in his letters, where he repeatedly explains his dual mission of presenting the Good News to both the Jews and the Gentiles, and adjusting his message to his audiences, "becoming all things to all men." (1 Cor. 9.19-23). His Jewish audiences demanded to know how sacrifice fits into this message, and so, Paul presents Jesus as the only sacrifice needed, the fulfillment of the Law. To Gentiles, he presents the cosmic Christ, "the love of God made visible," (Rm. 8.39) reconciling all things in heaven and earth to the Father through selfless love. (Eph. 1.10-11).
In summary:
I'm not concerned with dealing with every difficult passage in Scripture here-others do this better than I (see box). Yet ultimately, it is not the Scripture we rely on for knowing God is love, and saves all. It is God/Love only, and knowing that Onedirectly.
Doubt everything on this site before you doubt love.
Doubt the Bible before you doubt love.
Doubt yourself before you doubt love.
Doubt all that you believe to be God, before you doubt love.
Never doubt love.
God is love.



 

 

Stages on the Journey

Anyone who undertakes this adventure of striving to know God directly, soon learns that it doesn't happen instantly; there are stages to the process. Eastern Orthodox Christians often envision it as Jacob's ladder, leading to upward to God. Western saints, such as Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Ávila, and John of the Cross use other analogies, such as going deeper within the "Interior Castle." Evelyn Underhill describes the stages as awakening, purification, illumination, surrender or the "Dark Night of the soul," and divine union. Matthew Fox describes it as a four-fold path.
The usefulness of these analogies is limited. Any attempt to describe the process of awakening to the indescribable is essentially drawing a map on water. One thing is certain, however. There will be letting go—of fears, desires, and even your self. And as more is released, more is received. (Or so it appears—really we just get rid of what is blocking us from seeing God's perfect goodness that was already there all along. The wonder of God's own Self.
Mystics over the centuries have advised spiritual practice for the releasing and receiving that is the essential rhythm of this life. In more familiar terms, meditation. If you're surprised because you've never heard your minsters urge you to meditate, you're not alone. Most Christian denominations, particularly the newer ones, have little history. But the stillness of meditation, or contemplation [from con (with) + temp (time) literally, "time with" God] has been the foundation of spiritual practice from the beginning centuries to the present. It's concentrated practice in releasing.
Let go. Let God. Let go. Let God. These are the two endless rhythms of the soul in the mystical life.

dangers?

You may have heard that mysticism is dangerous. It's occultic, it's not Christian, it "begins in mist and ends in schism," and so forth. All of those allegations are false, at least concerning an authentic mysticism as seeking the direct knowledge of God. Nevertheless, just as with everything else that can be experienced in this lifetime, there are some things to be aware of.
The greatest real danger is of attitude. Pride can lead to spiritual deception, mistaking intellectual change for spiritual progress. Fear can cause us to give up, and rationalize away the need for transformation. Holding on to experiences is probably the most subtle pitfall. On this adventure, you may encounter God in thrilling ways, with experiences of spiritual ecstasy. (Or you might not.) You might have experiences of miracles, of supernatural insight, of visions, of having healing power, and so forth. (Or you might not.) The experiences, when they come, if they come, are for you to be encouraged, to keep on letting go. Seeking to repeat a feeling or experience is a very, very, common distraction.
Another thing you might want to be aware of is loneliness. Since most Christian bodies have no teaching of mysticism past perhaps a few approved experiences (speaking in tongues, for example), it is going to be hard to find company for this journey, which is one of the reasons I created this website. Jesus called this way of living in the Kingdom of heaven "the narrow path," and said few find it. Furthermore, few even care!
He also said "foxes have holes, birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." This is also true. No church—no institution of any kind, really, is designed to be a home to those who want to truly want to follow the Son of Man this way, which means going beyond institutional experience. You will feel tired from time to time. You will have periods of dryness, and may want to throw in the towel for a little while. Or even a long while. The work itself is your rest, your meeting-place with God, the Restorer of your being.
Also read:
The essential practice: meditation.
Encountering God in all things: Biblical panentheism.
Revisiting the teaching of hell and salvation.
The transformation: union with God—theosis.

Thursday 7 July 2016

`Today is a time to look at my creative work from the last two decades.`

Good day to you folks. You can always visit my galleries on this site to see more of my work, but I am constructing todays blog especially to see if I can get a shot at a bursary.

Firstly I am not putting any pictures of the cabinet work I made pre head-injury whilst spending six years in a special hospital in Crowthorne Berkshire. This is because I cannot find the camera lead to download them.

Oops, I found the camera lead and did put on a table I made in Broadmoor. Turning both the legs on a lathe and the two knobs on the draw.


                            So below is my self, or head. Which the corn-rolls my partner plaits are a bit tired.
 



                                                   These two works may have more done!


      I wanted to present a photo of me laying submerged in a stream but can I lay my mouse on it right now? Of course not. I was explaining to a lady on the phone earlier that I dont personally like the term disabled or disabled artist. I do not also as many of my peers do, have a `head-injury` The only part of my head damaged through my late beloved wife`s suicide, was my brain and so I have brain damage. This has handicapped me and so I have to work that much harder to be a winner. (Here is a tip for any of you who unlike me bet on horse races. In the handicap race its often the horse with the most added weight that wins!)
So folks this is all for todays blog and so toodle pip for now. Be safe and know that you are loved.
Your brother in art, Peter G Kimble
   ( O yes you can always enter `the artist P G Kimble into Google images or if you want to see where I did some of my art from 1979 -1986 then type in `Broadmoor Special Hospital.`
     Would you Adam and Eve it I found the camera lead and so here is my latest work.

                                                Sorry, not this self portrait. I like reflections!


  Above is one view of an oak table I made whilst a patient at Broadmoor Special Hospital, which incidentally was the only hospital I couldn't discharge myself from!










                                                    My front door, which is a work in progress,
                                                    as I find more discarded signs to adorn it. 
                                                  
                       A chair with my art stuck onto it!

                                                    Gargoyles head has moved !!! Holy Joe.