Warrior Heart Painting

The multi-paneled painting depicts nine versions of the warrior heart. Overflowing their allotted spaces, each heart expresses an expansiveness that reaches outward rather than inward, a reflection of the requisite self-denial. Past scars and wounds mar the surface of each heart suggesting a history of demand, struggle and conflict. Contrasting dark and light coloring intimate the contested war between good and evil. As a unit, the nine panels display a singular focus to confront, an intent which does not permit distraction or surrender. Finally, the individual units render greater nuance, implying particular circumstances, demands, and responses. The warrior heart is a site of resistance. Not everyone has the warrior heart, in fact, probably, very few are natural born fighters. As Dutch Sheets, an apostolic, prophetic teacher, astutely writes, “Most people want someone else to do their fighting for them.” I plead guilty. Warrior hearts don’t know the meaning of ‘to quit’. That issue has been settled. As believers, our hearts should be represented in this collection. If there is a blank where our hearts belong but are absent from God’s collaborative endeavor, we will lose out, along with the world that we could have impacted. First, however, it will most likely require transformation of our hearts by the Holy Spirit.