I came across some great pictures on someone’s website, but as I dug a little further, I found the website of the artist who actually owns the copyright, so to support her, please visit her website here to take a look at a series that I enjoyed.

Here’s an excerpt from the artist, Jean Keaton’s, website:

“My most recent interest in drawing children with Jesus Christ evolved from an experience when I felt tremendous grief after hearing of the violent and senseless death of a young boy. I found solace and peace as my thoughts turned to drawing that child with his Savior. I have been overwhelmed at the number of people who have shared their experiences of how, through my humble offering, they have felt the Savior’s love in very personal ways. Most often these experiences have occurred in the midst of very difficult trials. Regardless of the source of the heartache, the source of peace and solace are the same . . . our loving Savior, Jesus Christ. I am so grateful to a Loving Father in Heaven for the gift of art.”
– Jean Keaton

I got this from Jen’s site:

Book Meme Rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

 Okay, my nearest book at the moment happens to be “Theology of the Body Explained,” by Christopher West.  On page 123, after the fifth sentence, the next 3 sentences are as follows:

“It is as if the reason for this refusal of life to surrender, which is manifested in ‘generation,’ were always the same ‘knowledge’ with which man goes beyond the solitude of his own being, and, in fact, decides again to affirm this bein in an ‘other'” (86).  Man and woman affirm the goodness of life in their openness and readiness to beget a man with the help of the Lord.  John Paul continues:  “Man, in spite of all the experiences of his life, in spite of sufferings, disappointment with himself, his sinfulness, and finally, in spite of the inevitable prospect of death, always continues, however, to put ‘knowledge’ at the ‘beginning’ of ‘generation.’

5 people to tag….  Hmmm….  Okay:  Kasia, Joe, Jill, Karen, Donny

A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to four-year old David’s comment.

Gently, she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. “Listen,” she said, “What do you suppose that is?” He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap-tap-tapping deep in his chest.

Then, his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he asked, “Is that Jesus knocking?”

• Peking, February 1934, “The Evolution of Chastity” in Toward the Future, London: Collins, 1975: 86-87.