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Artist Statement for Dennis Edward Simon
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The BORN AGAIN Testimony
Artist Statement for Dennis Edward Simon 1065 Western Av. Eau Claire, WI 715-379-1759 (cell)
"Everything for me changed on 2/10/01, the past, all of it, became the past. The Unforgiveness, Lack of Trust, all of it vaporized; a New Beginning, filled with Joy, Zealous I wanted to share this with a human being I love and still LOVE. I wanted to talk, not to convince but to offer! I never got the chance!"
A true and life-long story of protection by God (Yahweh, the God of Israel, the only Living God, the only Real God, the God of the Holy Bible), His Son (Jesus Christ, God himself in the flesh) and the Holy Spirit (The Being Inside,God the Person)! Playing itself through various 'scenes', like a true life novel. Early life ministry bound I fell away from God's true direction for thirty-three years and.... THEN
Taking the fall. I fell hard; falling, falling deeper and deeper into a SINFUL pit on 2/10/98. OH, the whispers of the Spirit during, even before, warning; I heard but did not listen. The sin season, CONVICTION (not contrition)came equally as deep, very deep...EXACTLY
Three years to the day 2/10/01 the Spirit caught me, captured me, stopped me from my thirty-three year flight from the living God, YES, the real God so rich in his mercy, so full of the grace, he drew me to him (I thought I made the choice, but NO I came to understand that he is the one who chooses, I claim nothing, it was him; it was and is real)...AND
A gift of love from the creator. I was SWEPT AWAY into a completely free born again life. True LOVE found me, to improve me and teach me, he tested me immediately and in less than twenty days I found myself persecuted, not overly different then the small framed, bowed legged, bony, wrinkled, bushy eye browed man called Paul. I could and did say, “They all deserted me,” betrayed by loved ones, all of my friends, even many of the family and certainly those accusing, I say now, even to this day, this day that you are reading my words. There are and still are days with the tears of pain and joy combined, as I said then, “God hold it not against them,”... BUT
GOD, CHRIST, SPIRIT was there, HE did NOT desert me, NO, NO, he was no deserter, betrayer, liar,-- I cried out literally to Jesus, arms stretching towards the only light available, a thin slotted window of thick glaze, I CRIED OUT!...THEN
On March 23rd, 2001 in the midst of these days, the season of trials and tribulation, when I plead guilty to my sin(s), innocent of this world, but guilty as sin, I PRAYED for a blessing. The gall of me, a sinner, imprisoned by my sin -- praying for a miracle, someone to rescue me, anything, someone very special--ANNE. No one came, I was alone, naked, cold and confused, emotionally shocked and soon to be depressed. Just two days passed and our God Jehovah answered...SENDING
The Artwork you can view on this site is a gift from God, the blessing. God in his mysterious ways provided for me, sending comfort and a entirely new skill. Each drawing is signed "Simon ByGod". A miracle, you see--I NEVER EVER, NEVER HAD DRAWN OR EXHIBIT ANY ARTISTIC SKILLS BEFORE THAT DATE!! IS THIS NOT TESTIMONY TO A LIVING GOD WHO LOVES ONE EVEN IN SIN?
HOW God has worked in my life, since this personal event and … PLEASE
Would you pray? Would you please pray to God the Almighty? Pray the prayer called "Anne's Prayer" (A hand written, short stubby pencil, manilla pad, cold hard steel desk composed PRAYER):
Dear OUR Father in Heaven, you are the wonderful and mighty creator who sent Jesus Christ, Savior of this World, and saved me from my sins. I pray this day you reach down with your mighty right hand, this very hour, minute, this very second and touch the heart of my precious Anne. Bring her to you Oh, God so that she becomes a new creation. I pray she develops a personal relationship with you in coming to know Jesus Christ. She will come to you a work in progress, show her your grace so my dear Anne accepts your complete forgiveness and becomes steadfast in leading a Christian life, a new belief in Jesus as her personal Savior. In the name of Jesus. Amen
Update: For purposes deep from the heart. I had to die so others, those initially accusing and so full of hate and self-centerness, (not Anne she was protecting her loved ones), would not once again blow things out of proportion and be concerned in their own imagination, the world twists and turns things (look at the world events around you, don't you think it just a bit more than crazy out there). Yes, I am more than alive again exactly to the day the Lord reached down and provided on this very day 3/1/06, and again five years to the day that the trials, the imprisonment of sin, the day the testing began. He knew! God recognized the need, the real desires of this believers heart. A path while unclear may have been opened by the closing of one chapter and opening of another. I move ahead with faith and trust, leaving all to his will. I AM alive in the Lord Jesus Christ, not of this world, but living it and with the testimony of life. AND YES, I still love my Anne! How could it be otherwise! Oh how I miss and love my Anne. November 7th.
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