Check out this short post from Greg Dutcher, if you get a chance. It's something good to ponder I thought.

HERE'S THE LINK TO GREG'S POST RIGHT HERE====>http://beholdinghim.blogspot.com/search/label/St.%20Francis%20of%20Assisi

St. Francis Rejecting the World and Embracing Christ Bartolome Esteban Murillo (baptised December 31, 1617 Seville - died there, April 3, 1682)

I was very impressed with this artist's paintings. Superb art. The Catholicism themes surely go against my Protestant ingrained doctrine and theology, but I really can appreciate this man's "giftedness".