Jordan Cook, A Child Artist / Painter / Writer

   
Snow Dove Sculpture

 

 

 


 

Slide show includes Jordan's Rendition of Veggie Tales, Ministry Bears and More

In October of 2002, the makers of Veggie Tales released their first big screen movie: Jonah. Jordan had turned 3 only a week prior, and we decided to treat her to her first movie at a big screen theater. She loved the movie so much that we bought her a Veggie Tales Jonah book to go with it. The following paintings are Jordan's rendition of the movie.

Slides include Jordan's 3 year old paintings entitled:

1. Jonah / 2. Jonah Hears God and Wants to Leave / 3. Jonah Out to Sea / 4. Jonah Asleep on the Boat / 5. Jonah Overboard / 6. Jonah Being Swallowed/ 7. Full Tummy / 8. Whale has a Tummy Ache / 9. Jonah Comes Out / 10. Jonah on the Beach / 11.Nineveh / 12. Jonah Under His Tree

Whenever I want to be alone with God, I build a Prayer Shelter. I like being in my Prayer Shelter. You will too.

What I do is take the cushions off the couch and make them be the walls and roof. I also put pillows on the floor to make it comfy. Then I put a blanket over the top to cover up all the holes. After I crawl inside, my mom fixes the blanket so it covers the door. God comes in with me and I talk to Him. It is secret inside. No one can see me. It feels good to be in there. You should try it.


Prayer Shelter

Don’t make your Prayer Shelter too big. That way, God is closer.

I Love You Branches
This beautiful sentiment appeared on the floor of my living room after Jordan and I went for a walk. She had collected bits and pieces of pinecones, branches, and twigs the entire way to make me a message that would capture our time together visually.
Ministry Bears
This Christmas, Jordan and I added herbal flaxseed bears to our Michelle & Jordan’s line of products. The bears were designed with organic flaxseed filling and a variety of essential oil scents to provide soothing heat and a pleasant fragrance when heated in the microwave. We had a lot of fun with this project, originally giving each bear its own personality profile and individual name. (Poor Ken! He was literally wading through bears when he came home from work.) Anyhow, when it came time to make labels, Jordan staged the bears for a photo shoot. Her ideas were great—some of them absolutely hysterical—with bears climbing on the furniture, getting into all kinds of mischief, peeking out from messes they made, etc. One of her ideas, however, touched my heart: bears “ministering” to one another. Our name for the bears –Prayer Bears—was born.
Snow Dove
Snow Dove
Our first snow of the year became this lovely Snow Dove, complete with a Northwest “olive branch”.

I think a lot, especially when I am making something special. That’s just how I am.

When it snowed the other day, I decided to make something extra special for God to thank Him for sending snow my way. Snow Dove is what I made.

Snow Dove is different from other doves because I made her out of something God made: hundreds of snowflakes that are all unique! We are sort of like snowflakes because we are all different. God made us that way.

When I first made Snow Dove, the sun was shining and she sparkled. She looked like she was made of jewels. I think that’s how we looked to God when He made us. We were like sparkling jewels to Him, and He loved every shiny little crystal.

After awhile, it got cloudy and Snow Dove didn't sparkle anymore. I couldn't see her jewels! Then I thought a neat thought: Jesus is kind of like our sun. Without Jesus, we wouldn't sparkle either. Our jewels wouldn’t show!

Snow Dove needed eyes so I made them from rocks. Then I thought about having hard eyes. If I had eyes as strong as rocks, it wouldn’t hurt if something got in them, but then I couldn’t see. I’m glad I have soft eyes because they can see even when the sun isn’t shining. My heart eyes are even better. They can see Jesus even when He hides behind a cloud.

I used a pinecone for Snow Dove’s mouth. Pinecones are like fruit for pine trees because they have seeds in them. The bible says that our words are like fruit. I guess that’s because the things we say have seeds in them.

Last, I put a branch in Snow Dove’s mouth. (It is supposed to be an olive branch, but really it is peppermint. It probably tastes better anyway.) I put that in her mouth because doves are peaceful, and olive branches mean “Peace.” Snow Dove is peaceful like Jesus. He is the Prince of Peace, so His kids should be too.

Snow Dove reminds me of Jesus’ robe. I’m sure it is glittery! Jesus has lots of white robes to give away! I will wear one some day.

I hope this makes you think!
Love,
Jordan

Home / Jordan / Gallery / mp3 / Products / Journal / Fun! / Contact / Webmaster