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Springtime typically inspires the imagination of new beginnings…a time when fresh dreams and inspiration bring promise for the future, and God’s creation begins to regenerate and grow. As the season progresses, His handiwork slowly begins to mature and eventually unfolds to completion.
It was during this season in 1982, over several days of prayer, God revealed two unique and profound artistic concepts to Darel Sparling.
First, the Holy Spirit inspired Darel to create the story of Jesus Christ’s life in a collage-like format, using pen and ink. Besides the individual pictures being intermingled and “hidden” within each other, the second concept was that the pictures were to blend together. This blending of images would actually form one large face of Christ that could be viewed from a distance.
Challenged yet determined, Darel began the painstaking task of hand drawing each picture, using primarily New Testament reference. Time would often pass without him working on the project, but Darel always found himself returning with renewed diligence. Hundreds of pictures and over a quarter century later, the original vision has resulted in the intricate work you see here.
This piece visually depicts Christ’s life. However, it also symbolizes the complex combination and sequences of events in the seasons of human life. The Master Designer is intimately aware of the joy and affliction of each individual’s situation. He is fully capable and trustworthy of weaving together all events, now and eternally, as He is sovereign.
This is His “Divine Tapestry.”
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