Prays God
by Michael McFerrin
Title
Prays God
Artist
Michael McFerrin
Medium
Drawing - Pencil On Paper
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Prays God
12-24-97
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
Acts 16:25, 26
My wife and a friend were talking and I heard one of them say �praise God�. I�d heard that phrase thousands of times before, but this time, in my mind I saw �Prays God�. Over the next several months I meditated on that phrase and that spelling, and then one day I saw in my spirit what you now see on paper. The image is not intended to represent Paul and Silas, but rather any righteous man praying to God and then rising to praise him for the victory. It is in that �Prays� that the victory is won.
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Comments (3)
GJ Glorijean
Michael McFerrin, Thank You for entering works into the SH Pentecost Show... You are welcome to display this work in a different group I also run, ACL Art CHANGES Lives where I think it will have better audience... I love these types of word meditations... I hear the juxtaposition from Prays to Praise, love it. Hoping you will continue to contemplate this drawing & repurpose w red, blue, robes... GJ glorijean
Phyllis Howard
Love your play of words with the phrase.
Michael McFerrin replied:
Thanks Phyllis. Its funny, but not everyone gets the play on words. Prays God anyway.