Books of the Bible Sketches Index

Are you broken? 

 

What is the purpose of life?

 

Being born into a sinful world means that all of us are broken, flawed and imperfect. 

Naturally, we don’t like to admit the truth of our condition. We’re hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not in despair; distressed, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed—at least not now during this time of grace. 

By the treasured gift from our Creator, the faith supplied for us, we’re free to explore His desire for us to be helped to repent and receive forgiveness which keeps us from being destroyed in eternity. In this process, we gain empathy and compassion for others. Grace is provided at the cross of Christ who finished the work for us. The Holy Spirit puts things together for us to be healed. Only by God’s love in Christ are we mercifully restored with strength for each day, given joy and gratitude. In all things, through the most unexpected ways, He purposely calls those who love Him. The extraordinary work, power and purpose belongs to Him; not to us. Baptism saves us, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus.

Compare God’s love to my broken-repaired-kintsugi-style plate with Romans 8:28 

 

A few days after throwing in the trash a broken Pfaltzgraff Winterberry® plate I’d inherited, I heard a sermon at church which spoke of Japanese kintsugi, an art of restoring ceramic pottery to make it beautiful and purposeful. Again, it was mentioned in the Bible study and, later, a friend texted me the name of the art I’d already forgotten! I was inspired to salvage my plate, so I dug deep, pulled the pieces up out of the sticky peanut butter/banana mess and washed the dirty garbage from it. Putting it together, I think the cracked image resembles the cross on Mount Calvary where Jesus was crucified to take away the sin of the world. I used Krazy® Glue and a metallic gold Sharpie® to imitate the kintsugi style. Using an oil-based green to hand-letter, I chose a Bible verse reminder, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28

 

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Art Sketches for each Book of the Bible Series Index

Thanks for visiting my 66 Bible Art Sketchbook posts with research links, insight and pondering on theological writings, Bible studies, commentaries, sermons, podcasts, and sacred music. God bless you as you grow in the Word…

Old Testament

1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5. Deuteronomy
6. Joshua
7. Judges
8. Ruth
9. 1 Samuel
10. 2 Samuel
11. 1 Kings
12. 2 Kings
13. 1 Chronicles
14. 2 Chronicles
15. Ezra
16. Nehemiah
17. Esther
18. Job
19. Psalms
20. Proverbs
21. Ecclesiastes
22. Song of Solomon
23. Isaiah
24. Jeremiah
25. Lamentations
26. Ezekiel
27. Daniel
28. Hosea
29. Joel
30. Amos
31. Obadiah
32. Jonah
33. Micah
34. Nahum
35. Habakkuk
36. Zephaniah
37. Haggai
38. Zechariah
39. Malachi

New Testament

1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Luke
4. John
5. Acts
6. Romans
7. 1 Corinthians
8. 2 Corinthians
9. Galatians
10. Ephesians
11. Philippians
12. Colossians
13. 1 Thessalonians
14. 2 Thessalonians
15. 1 Timothy
16. 2 Timothy
17. Titus
18. Philemon
19. Hebrews
20. James
21. 1 Peter
22. 2 Peter
23. 1 John
24. 2 John
25. 3 John
26. Jude
27. Revelation 

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