'The Light Within My Heart'  illustrates 
 
that our love and faith in God 
is the only TRUE light..that our belief, trust,  faith, and love ( the light) 
helps guide us through darkness- how it is an eternal light..
a light that can never be snuffed out as long as we believe... 
and that God Himself is the TRUE light and all is possible with HIM. 
The figure in the work is holding a lantern in one hand..
but the lantern is dark- 
it has gone out-it is not a TRUE light..but a worldly light..
but the light from the figure's  heart shines down 
onto the Bible ....God's WORD..the TRUE path..the TRUE way...
it  is internal, and eternal, and can never fail if one BELIEVES. Look closely and you will see that the light shines down on a passage from scripture; Matthew 19:26 - 'WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE'.
 
24x26 oil on canvas