The Balm of God's Love inspired this painting

When I painted this picture, my heart was feeling completely amazed and overwhelmed by the compassionate heart of Jesus Christ.

This story came to my mind, of a country where tigers are hunted to near extinction, where no safe place to go.

I imagined one tiger in particular, escaping the pursuit of its hunters and swimming through the sea to a safe ground. A man was there as the tiger drags himself onto land, weak, starving and near death.

The man pulls the tiger up onto the dry land, holding a light to warm it in the night, and looking out with watchful eyes against its pursuers.

This is how I imagine Jesus Christ. As a man He was never afraid to cross over the boundaries of normality to accomplish the mercy in the balm of Gods love.

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