Circle of Compassion
Date: November 3rd, 2019
Canvas: 24” x 36”
Cost: $400
He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering…. Surely he took up our infirmities, and carried our sorrows…. –Isaiah 53:3-6 (KJV)
The theme of the message at Hope this Sunday was on traumatic loss and the numbness that follows, but how knowing that Jesus took on our pain allows us the safety to feel, to grieve and to heal.
The image shows a sister embracing her brother as his emotions break through. As I was painting the figures, I noticed that their arms and legs take on the form of a cross, and that their bodies take the form of a circle or halo around it. This means to me that Jesus is right there in the depth of our pain, waiting for us there, and suffering with us to heal us and complete the circle of compassion.