You Are Alive

frederick Beuchner - You are alive typography

“And what is it like: to be alive in this maybe one place of all places anywhere where life is? Live a day of it and see. Take any day and be alive in it. Nobody claims that it will be entirely painless, but no matter. It is your birthday, and there are many presents to open. The world is to open.”

Frederick Buechner in The Alphabet of Grace

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Have Life, and Have it Abundantly – John 10:10 – Original Painting

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I Feel Alive When I Miss You – Original Painting

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This painting is inspired by Psalm 113. Verse 3: "From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised." is written on the painting
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Alter The Past (Oscar Wilde) – Original Painting

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