Redemption in drawing

Good morning everyone,

I've been meaning to write a testimony about how God has intervened in my drawing for a while, so now is the time. ☺️

I wanted to post some old drawings to show the difference, but... I threw them away in previous years.😅 Probably it's better that way.

I've always loved drawing. For me, it was both a way to escape from everyday life and a way to express the pain I felt inside. I was still a minor when drawing bloody scenes.

A few years after I was baptized, a person close to me tried to make me understand the impact of my drawings, but I couldn't comprehend it because it was normal for me and I didn't know how to express myself otherwise.

In 2022, I don't even remember how, I discovered Theresa Dedmon: a prophetic christian artist. She explained how God can heal us through creativity, and her testimonies deeply touched me. So I decided to sign up for her online courses.

During the class, she prayed to God to meet us in some of our wounds, replacing them with His truth. I didn't understand it at the time, but the Lord was beginning to advance in redeeming the gift He had given me.

After a few years, I learned that they were doing something similar in our church and called it "Sozo art." I was able to experience God's healing through painting.

During this creative journey, the Lord had gently pointed out to me that I idolized singers. In fact, for several years I created fan art. I asked the Lord to forgive me and during that time I felt He was encouraging me to paint, especially simple, somehow abstract works. I wasn't very comfortable doing it because it was outside my comfort zone. At the time, I also felt compelled to use the pastels a dear friend had given me, another technique I hadn't used much, so I was a bit timorous. However, the results of this latter work brought me great satisfaction. Slowly slowly, however, with pencil and pen, I began to draw Jesus more often.

The Lord showed me paintings to create in dreams, while others in visions. He also showed me some to give as gifts and others to display. For me, this was another challenge because I was afraid they wouldn't be appreciated since I myself was hesitant about the result. But in my uncertainty, He demonstrated His greatness. I received unexpected feedback; those who observed them perceived something, or the message was relevant to their current situation or something close to their hearts. I am truly grateful to the Lord! ☺️💖

After drawing portraits for years, I went through a period where I no longer had the joy of creating them, unless the Lord showed me which to do. In fact, created in obedience, they produced joy and satisfaction in me. Only once had I failed to achieve a good result for the man, in a family portrait, but he was so grateful that he truly made me understand that it was God's will, even if what I had done wasn't perfect.

I don't consider myself a perfectionist, but these situations made me understand that God works even when I'm not confident in the outcome. Because it's not about me, it's about Him.

His love and His power.

Then for a while I stopped drawing because I felt like there was no emotion in what I was creating.

In December 2025, I was with some friends and we asked the Lord for prophetic words to encourage each other.

I received the impression of taking time to draw with God, just for the joy of doing it.

So I started doing what I loved to do as a teenager: taking a magazine I liked and sketching a subject, modifying it as I pleased. A feeling of joy filled my heart.💖

It wasn't a drawing for anyone. No one was supposed to see it. It was the freedom to do what you love without fear, without judgment.

So the Lord, in the days that followed, showed me which magazine to pick up and suggested I take a moment with Him. I sketched something, and in that short time, in those simple drawings, He poured out His love upon me with words of encouragement, which I wrote down, and which made me feel seen and loved.

In conclusion, God is good and speaks to you. He wants to move within you also through the gift He has given you: creativity.

He is a creator God and has created a work of art: you. Created in His image and therefore also with the gift of creation.

If today you feel in your heart the desire to experience His goodness also in creativity, this prayer is for you:

May God bless you with more than you think or ask for. May the Lord meet you where you are, and gently, sweetly, eradicate all your fears. May the water gush forth and fertilize your creativity and lead you to a deeper encounter with your Good Father. May God give you the freedom to paint, create, and draw whatever He places in your heart, whatever brings you joy, and may this remind you of His faithfulness and His love for you. You were created on purpose, for the will and joy of the Father. May you create in the joy of His presence and experience the fullness of His love. God bless you with this! In Jesus' name, amen.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us