I showed Brye's inspirational art project a while back. After we finished her's I started on mine. Darby is next! So here is mine. I used a quote by Martin Luther that Robert and I really like. Mainly because there was a time in our marriage when I was not sad to see Robert leave and he was not glad to come home. So to be on the other side of that is a great blessing that all the honor and glory goes to God for. We have no ability to love one another well in and of ourselves. God taught us how. There is a lot here that causes me to worship the Lord! The whole piece is suppose to show a marriage submerged in the grace of God. I spent many hours deciding what to do. So you have the tree planted "by the water" (slightly abstract there, as you can't see any land). The type of tree that grows by water is called a Linden tree and that is the root of my name. : ) The reasoning for that choice is found in the scripture on the roots in the water.
"He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers." (Psalm 1:3 ESV) "He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:8 ESV) Where are your roots planted? Are the planted in the living water only Christ can give? We've learned through far too much pain that our marriage withers and bears sour fruit if we are planted in anything but. Next is why I chose a tree in the first place. Jesus uses a tree to explain how we know we are followers of the one true God. That if someone claims the name of God but bears bad fruit always, then they are a liar, a wolf in sheep's clothing. That we will know the true christians by the fruit they bear. Good fruit that brings life and love and glory to God! It is our daily prayer that we will bring glory and honor to God by our fruit. Not that we need to earn our salvation but just because we love Him so much we deeply desire to obey Him. That like Ephesians 6 says, we would sow into the Holy Spirit instead of into the flesh. "So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit." (Matthew 7:17 ESV) "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life." (Proverbs 13:12 ESV) I added the vines because of what Jesus says about Him being the vine. Salvation only comes to those who go through Christ. Apart from Him we can do nothing of eternal value. Even in our marriage. "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." (John 15:5 ESV) I started with just two vines but then was reminded of this scripture in Ecclesiastes where it says that two is better than one but three is best. For us we, again, see this in our marriage. We can get a lot of work done, Robert and I, but that work is fruitless and temporary without the Lord binding it together. Everything we do must be focused on Him. "And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken." (Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV) I didn't do any scripture references on the background. But my thoughts there are how repeatedly in the Bible we are reminded that our God is a consuming fire! There is no darkness in Him! Hence the light chasing away the darkness. I will be sure to post Darby's project as soon as she gets to work on it and finishes it! Be blessed!
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