Psalm 13—Artwork

Learn more about Christ in the Psalms weekly artwork and see previous pieces here.

Kara Schorstein

About the Artist • About the Piece

I’m a semi-retired visual artist but have also dabbled in songwriting since I was a teen. My dad was a pastor most of my childhood which was spent in Abilene, Texas. We visited Colorado on a vacation in 1969, and I fell in love with the Rocky Mountains. I escaped Texas when I was 45!

I loved my parents (who have passed), but they were extremely rigid in their expectations of me and my four siblings when we were young. Because of this, I have struggled my whole life to think of God as a loving Father. My husband—the best man I’ve ever known—was the worship pastor at a church in Estes Park. He passed away in our fifth year there. “To Believe” was written/begun there and finished recently when I received the invitation from Seth to participate in the art and writing for this summer’s Psalms series. I’m still working to understand and embrace the impact of God being my father, but He has brought me to a point in my walk with Him where I firmly believe in His love, affection, and grace for me.