Another word and a few sketches

Blu tonight was thick with God.....Today was thick with God. I want to crave this intimacy, I'm praying that God would make this level of relationship with him my hunger.

God said this to me tonight at blu:

"I am going to open my floodgates in you and use you as my tool.
You are not going to be another Christian who tells stories from his past and ties it to a christian walk.
You will speak My words and My truth."


rejoice with me friends. I am very excited about where God is taking me in my life right now. Please keep me in your prayers.



P.S.
a few sketches i did today, i think i may add to them though.




i like this one a lot

Michael's Move to Tulsa

"I am going to start my work on you that I have already begun to stir inside you.
You are going to be formed and equipped with the skills you need to fully minister in the capacity that I have for you.
Everything you sacrifice in your leaving Amarillo, I will multiply as blessing back to you."

God's word to me on January 29th, 2008.




For those of you that still havn't caught it yet, Tulsa (ORU) is the next stop for Michael Rowley.

Honestly, I can't believe it. I have based this season of my life on things that are now just being set aside. What I can't believe even more, is the peace which is accompanied with this decision. I have put two solid years of my heart and soul into my band, now God asks me to set it down, but I have arrived at the discovery that, even though I had good intentions, the band had become issue of self-promotion and pride. I desired to "get signed," "have a draw" and be seen as a success in an industry that was hard to be successful. The band had become my identity. I WAS THE DRUMMER FOR THAT GOOD BAND. I'm coming to realize that that isn't God's plan for me, that was my plan for me....and now he is stirring me to pursue him, to start from zero, and to let HIM define who Michael Rowley is.


I will miss Amarillo.



God help us.

Cracked Head Drawing

A drawing I finished in class today...I'm no michaelangelo when it comes to realism, and my teacher is not the happiest about that. To appease him, I am trying to mix realism (his love) with pointed surrealism (my love).

Sketches 2

a few new ones

Change

Change is, I have recently discovered, one of the more formidable foes I have to face. To step beyond my comfort, beyond what I know, and what I am used to is really proving a challenge. Nevertheless, I stand at the door with my hand on the knob awaiting the courage of my heart/brain to tell my hand to turn and my foot to step through that door. It feels as though stepping through that door may be as detrimental as I am imagining, and the grass really will "always be greener on the other side." At the same time, I cannot stop looking at my feet, they don't match my heart (or what I imagine is my heart's desire), and are cemented in place, static.

I can look back on my life and reminisce on past decisions to leave one thing for another and find some comfort, but it makes the decision making process only slightly easier.

I want to look into myself, find what MY heart is, not what my heart "should" be. I'm tired of living in the "should".


God help us.

Banksy

Banksy is awesome, and you should buy me his new book Wall and Peace if you would like to make me happy....


Anyways, i enjoyed this short video, and thought you would too







"God loves ugly"
-Atmosphere

Sketches

Here are some sketches of recent that I was pleased with. Some of these I might be transferring to a different type and size of canvas....so I just thought I'd post them and get some feedback from my friends.

I'm wanting to stretch my art to new levels of creativity and depth.

If you are wondering what the sketch is, or what it means, don't ask me because i truly do not know.