Daily drawing

Daily Drawing

Mission control

Daily Drawing

Ravens beat Denver!

Terrible Drawing Today....

Some drawings are just terrible. Sometimes drawing can flow so smoothly it is like a beautiful dance. This one was ugly, ugly, ugly.... Only three things to do...blog about, post it and start over...

Daily Drawing

Daily Drawing...

Daily Drawing

Each day I choose one picture from redditgetsdrawn to draw

Daily Drawing

This is from a picture that a dad took with his son wearing Viking hats on a vacation and he wanted to have it drawn in a different context.

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Amish man waiting for a train in Philadelphia Train station

Daily Sketchbook

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A new chapter begins....

Last friday brought an end to my restaurant career and the beginning to Jackie's nursing career. Who would of ever thought I would quit Famous Dave's the same day that Jackie would get hired. The Lord is always working in ways that are not my ways....more to come.

New Website is Up!!!

Just posted my new website. I am looking for a job as a User Interface Designer. Check it out.

www.kurtaspland.com

On another note...so much has taken place since the last time I posted hopefully I will be able to update soon.

Why Pray?

Most of you know that I am a christian. A lot of you also know that one of my favorite historical people is a man named George Müller. George Muller was a man of prayer. This area of prayer has been the most challenging for me, especially over the last 8 years. Why the last eight years? A lot of the things I have prayed for have not come to pass, especially the things related to my professional goals. I am an artist, not a lawyer, athlete, doctor, etc. This is what I have been made to do. The down side is that we live in a culture where being an artist is more of a hobby, thus to make a living as one is an upward battle right from the beginning. But, I was of the opinion that truly God would bless my efforts. If I work hard at my craft, walk in an upright manner, pray, give, and have faith–things would go well. Well to date things have not gone well. In fact it seems to me that my professional pursuits have been on a slow downward slide over the last 8 years. Which brings me back to prayer.

This slide has brought me to a deeper understanding of prayer.... 1. It is to glorify God. 2. It is to express praise unto God. 3. It is to express thankfulness onto God (things that are and have been). 4. It is to ask for forgiveness for ones lack of faith, selfishness, pride, lust, basically sin. 5. It is to call for help in time of need, dependance. 6. It is to ask to be taken care of on a daily basis.

To my shame... I am afraid that over the last 8 years the focus of my personal prayer has been mostly about the want of monetary success in the area of art. You could even add in here the want of healing, the want of a family, the want of happiness, the want to help the poor. All of these noble, but they may not be the will of God for your life. The prayer that Jesus taught his disciples when they asked Him to teach them how to pray; started with praise, adoration and emphasized His will be done. Not mans will or even the will of Kurt Aspland "the artist" (as noble as that might be). It seems best to me to put the emphasis on praise, thankfulness and forgiveness in my prayers for the future. Happy Thanksgiving Week Everyone!