This is a picture Aradhya drew as part of her time with God in the morning. God is the larger figure and we are the little colorful people. Her verbal description was “God is watching over us”. Children are spiritual beings indeed. You probably have heard it often. They just need the time and theContinueContinue reading “God is watching over us”
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God and us all together in Aradhya’s dream
This is a picture of our family Uday Balasundaram, Nadira, Aradhya and I together in heaven with God. We are having a party. 🙂 Aradhya drew this picture when she was 4. God does speak in dreams and visions. Take a few moments to enquire if God did speak to your child in dreams orContinueContinue reading “God and us all together in Aradhya’s dream”
Happy birthday Jesus
Here is Aradhya’s birthday picture of Jesus. She was 3 years old when she drew this picture. The tiny little head with 2 eyes and 2 legs is baby Jesus. You can also see Mary, Joseph and some shepherds.
Shepherds and the sheep
At the age of 4 Nadira drew a series of pictures depicting the birth of Jesus. This was a Selah moment, an art response to the story of the Shepherds watching over the sheep when the birth of Jesus was announced to them. The yellow skies represents the glow from the presence of the angels.
Jesus born in a manger
In December of 2011 Nadira was 4. She churned out so many drawings expressing her relationship with God. Everyday we would spend time together with God. We would read a story from the Bible and she could choose to respond to the story by either drawing or in song. This one is her drawing ofContinueContinue reading “Jesus born in a manger”
from anger to prayer
Earlier this year (2015) a documentary called “India’s Daughters” was released. It was based on the horrific rape incident in New Delhi, India in December 2012.The documentary included interviews with the perpetrators and the defense lawyers. The news of the rape and its horrific details not only sent shivers down my spine, it brought out the deep angerContinueContinue reading “from anger to prayer”
to the Source
(click the picture to see it enlarge) This doodle was birthed from my ponderings over Psalm 121 from The Bible. This piece shows a person with outstretched arms looking at the mountains and crying out… ‘where does my help come from”… then the psalmist reassures himself as I did myself…my help comes from the GodContinueContinue reading “to the Source”
Faithing… starts invitro
In the traditional Indian culture a mother to be is a center of attention 7 months into the pregnancy. The family gathers around the adorned pregnant lady with lots of laughter and blessings. The elder women are invited to take turns to place glass bangles on the hands and smear some sandal wood paste on herContinueContinue reading “Faithing… starts invitro”
About the artists
Sujatha Balasundaram : I grew up in India (lived in New Delhi for a couple of years and spent most of my life in Chennai). As a family my dads line of business took us overseas to Malaysia for 3 or so years. I state this because it did somewhat shape our family. I loved theContinueContinue reading “About the artists”
like a tree
(click on the picture to see it enlarged) A tree by the river flourishes. It bears good fruit. It basically stays in good shape getting its nourishment from the river waters and from the fertile soil along the river banks. In life, what does it mean to stay close to the river? What does itContinueContinue reading “like a tree”