Hapag ng Pag-asa

Hapag ng Pag-asa Painting
(Painter-Joey Velasco)

The painting of Joey Velasco shows similar image to the last supper painting of Leonardo Da Vinci. He painted Jesus the messiah together with His 12 disciples portrayed by the poor children. They looked very poor and tiny, as they are not so gifted of material wealth. The painting shows that children are His priorities since they are the most fragile and who needs more His presence and guidance. The painting made me realize that the real disciples of Jesus Christ are the poor children. Those who suffer poverty but still have a strong faith to God because they are the innocents who just ignored their situation and see the reality of life with God. The painting shows that God is near to the poor children as He blesses and gives mercy to them. It portrays that children are the hope of the world where God is always guiding them and letting them feel the reality of life with goodness. This is where we can imagine the life of Jesus before when He was born with the Virgin Mary as human and interacts with other people on earth. He had 12 disciples who obeys Him always and believes Him as a messiah. We can see that Jesus really loves us because He wanted us to feel His presence when He was a man. He wanted that the children will send His message to the people since they are the best messenger or disciples because the are still blind the reality and happenings of our world now a days.

In relation to education the painting wanted to portray that people should aim higher education for the future of their own children. If people are more educated enough even how hard it is, they will really strive hard for their children will not feel the hardship in life as they struggle the poverty situation. It is not bad to think positive or to think of your future using the essence of education but still you will remain to your faith to God and do your responsibility as His creation. We all know that children are the hope of our nation therefore we must educate them the words of God and let them have education at school. Education at school and church are the key to their success and betterment because I do believe that if you have a strong faith to God He will guide and bless you as well as you do the rest as your responsibility not only to God but also to the life that He gave you.