The Word of God - Illustrated

 

The Word of God - Illustrated

It's heartening to know that the Bible is the best selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold.  Paul tells us, "For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit...and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart," Hebrews 4:12.

I enjoy offering pictures I've taken to illustrate verses from the Bible.  They remind us that the Word is relevant to all times and seasons.  And, they can be fun too!

"And Jesus said to him, 'Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, 

but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head,'" Luke 9:58

"So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs

came up and covered the land of Egypt," Exodus 8:6.

"He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will pay 

back what he has given," Proverbs 19:17

"And the desert shall rejoice and blossom

 as the rose," Isaiah 35:1

"The lizard skillfully grasps with its hands, and it is in

kings' palaces," Proverbs 30:28

"Like a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman

who lacks discretion," Proverbs 11:22

When the Pharisees told Jesus to rebuke His disciples when they were

praising Him, Jesus said, "I tell you that if these should keep 

silent, the stones would immediately cry out," Luke 19:40

This last verse reminds me of a passage in the book of Job, when God tells Job how all of nature knows who He is and praises Him by their very existence:  "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; and the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will explain to you, who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?" Job 12:7-11.

~~~Photos were taken:

--Church doorway with verse - the French Huguenot Church in Charleston, SC

--Fox - asleep in my back flower bed

--Frog - a blue poison dart frog in Raleigh Science Museum, NC

--Me & Statue - in Bend, Oregon; sculpture by Richard Beyer

--Pink Roses - in a palace garden in Cordoba, Spain

--Lizard - is a Fiji banded iguana in the Norfolk Zoo, VA

--Swine statue - in Winchester, VA

--Stone wall - also in Winchester, VA