#redlettering
I started inking this in last night but stopped because it was getting late and my hands and eyes were tired. Then this morning my 3 year old son proudly exclaims to my wife “look Mommy! I helped Daddy color his art!”
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I love hymns. They are a such beautiful reminders of God’s majesty, love and faithfulness. They can also be the sweetest, most elegant truth of the Gospel, humbling and renewing me as often as I sing them. Amazing Grace in particular is a Hymn that holds a special place in my heart and has brought me more tears of joy than any other. And the majority of those tears can be attributed to a single line:
“How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.”
This part of the song reminds me, every time, of a plane ride when I was 16. I had been wrestling all summer with doubts and confusion about my faith. I was, in terms of spiritual maturity, still an infant despite having read through much of the Bible and memorized several verses. I can still remember so clearly the questions that had plagued me all summer; “How can I be saved by grace and still have to bear good fruit?” and “How can I know I’m saved?”.
So there I was, on the plane home, having had the gospel explained to me nine ways to sunday; spiritually exhausted and as uncertain as ever. And I began to pray. It was a prayer of broken surrender. I didn’t know what It was I was missing. I couldn’t understand why all of the sudden everything seemed to be falling apart, but I was tired.
And then the Lord answered.
I was hit in that instant by an overwhelming flood of understanding! I was literally gasping under the weight of it all! There were no new words. The message hadn’t changed. But where before there had only been confusion, there was comprehension. Where there was guilt there was grace! My eyes were suddenly opened; “was blind but now I see”.
It’s been ten years since that plane ride. Through countless blessings including marriage to my incredible wife and the birth of our son, it remains the single sweetest moment of my entire life. And every time I hear Amazing Grace I sing along and am taken right back to “the hour I first believed”.
-Aaron
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Hey followers!
Heres a quick update on whats going on in my world. I haven’t had nearly as much time to letter lately and some of that is simply due to the fact that the weather is nice so I’m not spending as much time inside. I’ve also been reworking some of my earlier pieces to get them ready for printing which eats up most of the time I would otherwise be drawing new designs. Another thing I’m working on is adding greeting cards to the product line! The first cards will be the love notes I’ve made for my wife with hopes of adding more designs in the future. And, as always, if you’ve got a verse you want to see lettered please send me a message!
I had the blessed opportunity of sharing Christ with my neighbor the other day! She is a sweet woman who sadly struggles with alcoholism and has a lot of feelings of shame and unworthiness as a result. So please pray for her and I will continue to pursue her for the Lord.
Thank you all so much for following and supporting what I do!
700 years before its fulfillment, the prophet Isaiah wrote of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Hey Tumblr! Here is a closer look at Red Lettering! Meet the family! See some lettering! …Hear what my voice sounds like! It’ll be WILD!!!
My friend, Suzanne, is a photographer/videographer and came over yesterday to do an interview+video of my process and about how Red Lettering came about! I’m excited to see the outcome of the video and to be able to share it with all of you!
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Lately I’ve been busy with a lot of projects including the largest lettering pieces I’ve done, for Hope Covenant Church’s new office walls! Kristen dropped off these large stained pieces of plywood, and I spent a few nights in my garage with a projector and some house paint. This was a different project for me that I enjoyed doing and am quite pleased with the way it turned out!
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