The Jerusalem Wall of Life is located in the Alliance International Cemetery in the German Colony of Jerusalem, Israel.  It is a larger that life-size mural that tells God's love story for all people. How did this mural come about? Let's start at the beginning.

Below: 
  This story begins with a shattered heart and
the power of a greater  love. 

 
Where Did This Pain Come From
written and sung by Patricia Ann

There is only One who can heal a heart
that this world has torn apart. 

  The Bible brought me courage and strength to face the hurt I had long denied:
From prison to power, from weakness to strength, from rejection to possessing this same love to give to others.
Joseph was rejected by his brothers and sold into slavery.  Until the day came and love raised him up.  Joseph was raised up to be able to provide for others in the time of famine.  When his brothers came, he was ready to forgive them and love them as he himself had been loved 

What amazing joy to be restored when all hope is lost. 
This is what I, Patti, (Patricia Ann),
found when I turned to God and Jesus in life's desperate hours.  When the pain of living was too great, I was found by the One who laid down His life for me on that tree so long ago.  Looking back, it was a good thing that I reached
 that low point.  I needed the kind of help that no person on earth could give me.  
I think this condition helped me be willing to let go of all of my preconceived ideas and receive the truth.  In this day of relativism, and even in the midst of my inner pain, I knew there had to be truth. I knew there had to be more. What I discovered was not only truth but holiness. When I saw the holiness of God, I realized what darkness and sin were. I had immersed myself in it.  Now, without His help, I was going to be destroyed; crushed by a cruel, demanding world of performance and fraud.  But, He came with His love and forgiveness.  I don't know how exactly He did it.  But suddenly, hope rushed into my being. Faith  followed.  He placed His very own love down inside asking in return for my trust.   He wanted me to believe in Him and enter into the reality that took Him to the cross.  That is the reality of every person's need for redemption and a personal and ongoing relationship with the King of the Universe. 
How do you put into words a love like this?  
Certainly I did not deserve love and I had nothing to offer.  I had nothing but tears and a horrible fear that destruction would overtake me and there was nothing I could do about it. When I encountered Love personified, I was changed deep down.  I did not understand it with my mind, but from that time on, I had a motivating force for goodness inside and a desire for the light  I couldn't explain.  I couldn't stand the things that occupied my time before.  It wasn't until a little later on, that my understanding caught up
to my experience, but
I had been "born again" through the power of the Holy Spirit of God.

This painting is an image of restoration.  The shofar would sound in ancient Israel at the time of the Jubilee. You can read about it in the Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25 in the Old Testament.  It was time for freedom for God's people.  Sons and daughters came home, debts were forgiven, life was renewed. When the shofar was blown to begin the Jubilee, scriptures call it the joyful sound. As  love began to heal my wounds and make the darkness flee, I had a need to think in a new way.  I did not want to think the way the world had taught me. I did not want to be angry, bitter, vengeful, or rejected any longer.   I had never read the Bible before this time of my life.  I had been raised in a religion that discouraged anyone from looking into the contents of the Bible siting that it needed interpretation from Bible scholars.  But the truth is that I needed what is in that Book. Certainly there can be disagreements about certain interpretations, but I believe the Bible is for those who read it with childlike faith; for inside the covers of this marvelous book lies the key to the mysteries of life itself.  The book is a love letter from the One who created and designed us.  It is the story of God and Mankind.  Here I found the very treasures to heal my mind and help me to think a new way; to think the truth.  As I consumed its contents like a starving child, I began to have the power to live for the first time in my life.
Listen to the the following song. It can happen for you, too.

Repairer of the Breach
Written and sung by Patricia Ann