Love.

No greater love has one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.  John 15:13

人がその友のために自分の命を捨てること、これよりも大きな愛はない。

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After high school, I started experimenting with charcoal for several months.  But after my first semester in college, I lost interest in drawing.  I didn't see it as practical.  I wanted to learn something more useful to society.  Especially after becoming a Christian, I abandoned it altogether.  Drawing was something I did as teenager when I was depressed or bored out of my mind.  But after a long hiatus, I finally picked up the charcoal again in 2010.

This drawing of Jesus came rather spontaneously.  I was writing in my journal, talking to Jesus.  I must have been distressed and crying out to him.  Words couldn't express how much I wanted and needed him in my heart.  So I drew it.  I took out my old tools from years before and just went crazy in my notebook.  This is the end product.

Afterwards, I decided to show Aaron.  It was the first time I'd drawn anything in over 7 years.  He had no idea I could draw.  When I showed him, it looked like his eyes were gonna pop out of his head.  It was pretty funny.  But he couldn't believe how good I was and was really excited.  He kept wanting to show it to everyone.  After that, I decided to keep drawing spontaneously in my journal.  It was my way of expressing myself to God.  I can't sing or play the guitar.  I'm not a shouter during worship service.  But THIS I can do for God.