“Ezekiel 1

New International Version

Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision

1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

² On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin— ³ the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.^[a] There the hand of the Lord was on him.

⁴ I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, ⁵ and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human,⁶ but each of them had four faces and four wings. ⁷ Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. ⁸ Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, ⁹ and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.

¹⁰ Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. ¹¹ Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body.¹² Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. ¹³ The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. ¹⁴ The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.

¹⁵ As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. ¹⁶ This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. ¹⁷ As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went.¹⁸ Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

¹⁹ When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. ²⁰ Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. ²¹ When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

²² Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault, sparkling like crystal, and awesome.²³ Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. ²⁴ When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty,^[b]like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

²⁵ Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. ²⁶ Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. ²⁷ I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. ²⁸ Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.”

When I was led to paint a piano for the South Bend Homeless Center it was during Holy Week. That led to the above heading showing itself by virtue of painting at a Fundraiser.

On the way to paint the piano one day, an old acquaintance and I met at God’s Hand. He is rooted in John 1 and the rosary, as am I. When on the way to the bathroom, floor covered in Pennies, I gave him a high five with my rosary. He immediately took off his rosary and gave it to me. It is Our Lady of Jamaica. He told me to go paint for a Jamaican fundraiser. I immediately, later that evening, went to the venue to ask, seek and knock about doing this.
The night before I had turned to Ezekiel Chapter 1 for the first time after seeking what God was conveying to me.
The very next day, at this venue, as I am waiting to speak to the person for the OK to proceed, lo and behold, Ezekiel Chapter 1 comes up on their TV over the bar. It was on the history channel and showed the Wheel within the Wheel.
As I began painting at the fundraiser a man yelled over me and to someone down the road, “Open the Gate.” I knew to see what time it was. 12:47. The Gates of Mercy began as I ended up painting with my ex-husband’s children and meeting them for the first time. The painting was a huge wave over the sun and titled Harmony. This was to honor my walk with the Miracle of the Sun.
The next day I painted my first layer with a Farmer’s Market in Mishawaka. I took my palm and created a huge yellow circle in the center of a valley, made of Jamaican colors to continue the Wheel and the Gate. 3 children came up to the painting that day and asked if it was an egg. 20/20 says, The Legend of the Egg.

In Jesus’ name. Amen.