Foundations of the Earth, Sabrina Squires

Artist: Sabrina Squires Title: Foundations of the Earth Medium: acrylic on collage Price: $5,500 Dimensions: 46 x 58 inches Artist Statement: In the premortal realm, we still lived in the presence of God in love. We understood the plan conceptually and while still in the presence of a heavenly society, we had every confidence that whatever trials came, God and our loved ones would be there to lift and support us. We rejoiced as God laid the foundations of the earth. *Now that we are here, the trials can seem overwhelming and help can feel a long time coming and far off…or perhaps seems like it won’t come at all. *This is perfectly illustrated in Job. At the lowest point in his life, when his property, posterity, and health have all been destroyed, his friends come to comfort him, only to add to his misery in the way they respond to his plight. Then the Lord speaks to Job, asking: Where wast thou when I alaid the bfoundations of the cearth…when the morning stars asang together, and all