I congratulate all of us on the birth of Jesus Christ! Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! And I want to endlessly exclaim This wonderful word, and for good reason! This is really the greatest holiday of all time, of all mankind, which is worthy of a grandiose celebration and the most sincere, most immense joy !!! A Savior is born to us !!!
How brightly the Christmas lights shine, here and there glittery sackura, snowflakes, gifts and holiday stands! People are preoccupied with worries, preparing Christmas dinner, running around shopping, giving each other gifts ... and the list goes on and on.
But let's pause and skip the tape of life 2,000 years ago. Yes, it was then that a new era began, which would not have begun without the One who initiated it! This is Jesus Christ!
New era, New Testament, and all the same Eternal, Holy, Almighty, Loving, Good, Long-Suffering and Most-Merciful, not fully angry and never forever indignant, our Creator, our Father, our Savior and Comforter !!!
Every moment of the Christmas story is a real miracle !!! God in a supernatural form announced to the prophets the coming of the Savior many years before He was born. God supernaturally appeared to Mary and created fruit in her womb. He supernaturally convinced Joseph, her husband, not to let the virgin go, but to stay with her, and also warned him of the impending danger. He also appeared to the shepherds in a supernatural way. God in the same supernatural way brought them and the wise men to the Child. Just think, a huge star, bright, bright stood over the place where Jesus was born! It's great!
But was the place where He was born glorious? Not at all, it was an ordinary barn, full of unsanitary conditions, no warmth or comfort, around the cow and other animals, I don't even want to think about the smell. Jesus did not even have a bed, He was lying in a trough covered with prickly hay!
This is not because God could not provide for another place! But He showed us the most glorious, strongest and most royal trait of His character - humility, from the very birth of Jesus Christ, having experienced on Himself the most unpleasant thing that can happen so that we enter His glory and power and His Kingdom! !!
I tried to portray this solemn moment, which took place surrounded by pets. cows and sheep, in this picture.
You can see several steps of its creation below.
I enjoyed working on every element of the painting.
Hope you get to know little Jesus, now. it's time to find out what the lamb looks like.
I wanted this cow to look very kind.
This is what the moment of Jesus' birth will look like.
Every step in this painting was filled with joy.
I needed a window so that the Star of Bethlehem could be seen through it.
When the work on each character of the picture was completed, I was able to say - Christ was Born! Merry Christmas!
By @rikarivka.
