Sacred Heart and Mind
William Thomas Thompson
2008
acrylic on canvas
90.7 x 76.2 cm.
credit: Courtesy and copyright © William Thomas Thompson

THE HEART AND MIND OF GOD

From the artist:

“This is my first attempt to paint the Sacred Heart by very special request. The Heart of God is the Mind of God. Heart is mentioned 953 times in the Holy Scriptures. It is hard for me to think of the Heart of God as an image rather than spirit. We are an image of God and seek after the Heart of God. It was the love of God for His created mankind that brought on Christ the Redeemer and his crucifixion. Christ had and has the perfect living heart. May we have the Heart of God every day of our lives in caring and in giving.

“God made us in his own image, and the Divine Christ appeared physically and visually in the form of a man. I have learned recently from a book recommended by a friend, The Hearts Code by Paul Pearsall, that a person's memory is more in the heart than in the mind. In this painting I patterned the heart after a valentine heart box and felt a strong urgency to connect the image of the head or brain, which creates the mind, to the heart by nerves and blood vessels.

“Another friend simultaneously asked me to paint the image of Malachi 4:2 ‘… unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.’ The Son of Righteousness has risen, and I celebrate that occasion and fact. His name is Yesu/Yahweh originally and always. My soul (my breath and my life) is invested in this truth. Painting art has become a ministry for me always.”

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