"Mr. Wu, these are some oil paintings made by a sick Christian woman. If you need them, please contact her who can't work but lives by painting."
I received a message on February 9 from a female church staff surnamed Liu. Seeing more than a dozen pleasing oil paintings, my heart was moved: What amazing grace! A cerebral infarction patient can make so many beautiful pictures. God heals those who believe in him, helping them in trouble.
Without the gift of God, the power of faith, or the love from other believers, Zhang Qiang would not support her lifestyle.
Liu said the 31-year-old Zhang was stunned when she was a child. Since then, she has suffered from a mental illness accompanied by tics disorder. With impaired backward walking, she has needed to take medicine from childhood all the way through adulthood. She was forced to drop out of school after the first year of junior high school because of her illness. Being financially tight, she was diagnosed with cerebral infarction last year. After seeing a doctor, she planned to go to a big hospital to get a stent, aiming to prevent potentially life-threatening complications. But after the examination, the doctor told her that she could only receive conservative care because the stent could not be placed due to her vascular and heart diseases. She stayed at home undergoing hormone therapy.
Now living alone with her mother, Zhang attended the church with her Christian grandmother since childhood and was baptized into Jesus’ family. Later because of her illness, she could no longer go to church or group meetings, but pastors and church staff of her group came to visit her and beg God to lead her back to the church. Coming back to the small group meeting again, she is engaged in reading the Bible, listening to sermons, praying, and praising with other believers.
Liu told me that we could only pray for her, and she relies on selling her paintings, as she suffered much and her family is less fortunate.
Although they may not be masterpieces, this collection of more than ten paintings shows the grace of Christ, representing a Christian's joy, expectation, and hope.
(The article was originally published by the Gospel Times and the writer reported it in Dalian, Liaoning Province.)
See the full gallery of Zhang Qiang's oil paintings here
- Translated by Abigail Wu
“弟兄，这是几幅油画儿，一位有病的主内小姊妹画的，看有需要的联系一下，小女孩不能工作，靠卖画生活。”2022年2月9日晚上，我收到在教会服侍的刘姊妹的一则信息，看到十多幅赏心悦目的油画，我的内心很是受感动：一位脑梗患者能够作出如此的画卷，神医治信他的人、神帮助他所喜悦的人，真的是奇异恩典！
如果没有神的恩赐，如果没有信仰的力量，如果没有主内的爱，张嫱姊妹是无法支撑现在的生活的。
据刘姊妹介绍：今年31岁的张嫱姊妹因为小时候家庭某些环境的影响，受到惊吓，造成心灵受伤害，从此得了一种心理的疾病并伴有抽动症，往往走走路就倒回去再走，从小到大靠吃药控制。因为疾病的影响，只念了初中一年级就被迫休学了。本来生活就拮据的张姊妹，小小年纪去年又突然得了脑梗塞（脑梗）。看过医生之后想去大医院做支架，以免危及生命。可经过检查之后医生告诉她，因为身体血管和心脏的问题，无法下支架，只能保守治疗。她只好回家用激素来维持着。
现在，张嫱姊妹和母亲相依为伴，在一起生活。她的姥姥是信徒，张嫱从小就和姥姥到教堂并受洗归主。但是后来因着她的病，就无法再去教堂或小组参加聚会了。教会的牧长和小组的同工们没有忘记她，到她的家里去探访、慰问，为她祷告、呼求，带领她回归主内。于是，她又开始参加小组聚会了，与弟兄姊妹一起读经、听道、祷告、赞美。感谢神！
刘姊妹告诉我：弟兄，这孩子的经历不少、家境比较困难。感谢神赐给她绘画的恩典，现在她只能依靠画画自己养活自己。但是因我们的能力有限，只有靠祷告和安慰来帮助她。
这里展现的张嫱姊妹的十多幅画作，虽然不是什么名家大作，但投射出基督馨香的恩典，画出了一位基督徒内心灵里的喜乐、期待、盼望……。
（福音时报特约撰稿人于辽宁大连报道，感谢刘姊妹提供的画作照片。）
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脑梗姊妹张嫱和她的油画
"Mr. Wu, these are some oil paintings made by a sick Christian woman. If you need them, please contact her who can't work but lives by painting."
I received a message on February 9 from a female church staff surnamed Liu. Seeing more than a dozen pleasing oil paintings, my heart was moved: What amazing grace! A cerebral infarction patient can make so many beautiful pictures. God heals those who believe in him, helping them in trouble.
Without the gift of God, the power of faith, or the love from other believers, Zhang Qiang would not support her lifestyle.
Liu said the 31-year-old Zhang was stunned when she was a child. Since then, she has suffered from a mental illness accompanied by tics disorder. With impaired backward walking, she has needed to take medicine from childhood all the way through adulthood. She was forced to drop out of school after the first year of junior high school because of her illness. Being financially tight, she was diagnosed with cerebral infarction last year. After seeing a doctor, she planned to go to a big hospital to get a stent, aiming to prevent potentially life-threatening complications. But after the examination, the doctor told her that she could only receive conservative care because the stent could not be placed due to her vascular and heart diseases. She stayed at home undergoing hormone therapy.
Now living alone with her mother, Zhang attended the church with her Christian grandmother since childhood and was baptized into Jesus’ family. Later because of her illness, she could no longer go to church or group meetings, but pastors and church staff of her group came to visit her and beg God to lead her back to the church. Coming back to the small group meeting again, she is engaged in reading the Bible, listening to sermons, praying, and praising with other believers.
Liu told me that we could only pray for her, and she relies on selling her paintings, as she suffered much and her family is less fortunate.
Although they may not be masterpieces, this collection of more than ten paintings shows the grace of Christ, representing a Christian's joy, expectation, and hope.
(The article was originally published by the Gospel Times and the writer reported it in Dalian, Liaoning Province.)
See the full gallery of Zhang Qiang's oil paintings here
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Cerebral Infarction Christian With Her Oil Paintings
