WOYWW: Seeking God

Here is my desk this morning.

I know, I know! I don't have much space! 

This is one of my Bibles.

I have three Bibles that I paint on, because sometimes

I want to paint for a verse, and there's 

a painting on the page already.

After tracing a picture on the page with carbon paper,

I start painting.

I am shading the face here with a darker flesh acrylic paint.

I like using two brushes, one with the paint,

and another with water to remove some of the paint for shading.

Now for the hair.

    

 I use brown pencils to outline the face, and to add 

the eyebrows, and beard.

 I use Prismacolor pencils, but now my favorite is 

Mont Marte skin tints.

It's like a pastel pencil.

"They were to seek God, yes, to grope for Him and 

perhaps eventually to find Him- 

though He is not really far from any one of us." Acts 17:27

While at Athens, Paul went to the synagogue to speak with Jews, 

and to the market place to speak with Gentiles every day. 

We read in verse 16 that Paul's spirit was being provoked within him, 

there was a "paroxysm" of his spirit, a storm,  

because he saw that the city was full of idols. 

One ancient writer said there were more than 

30,000 gods in Athens at that time! 

One historian said it was easier to find a 

"god" in Athens than a man! 

There were so many statues around. 

This was the goddess of wisdom, 

that one the god of war, reason, etc etc. 

And there was even an altar to the "unknown god"!  

It just showed that the people of Athens 

were really searching for god, 

like the blind men groping around the elephant 

in an effort to know what this huge creature was. 

And Paul said to them, "God is not far from any one of us." 

Indeed if we seek Him, we will find Him. 

If we knock, He will open the door.

But today, are we free from idolatry? 

Are there not so many gods around us today? 

We may not make altars but anything that we give most of 

our time, effort and energy to, that which 

is most important in our life, is it not our god? 

Is it money, beauty, youth, popularity, our business, our children? 

Perhaps we should take the time to evaluate if we really give 

most of our time, effort and energy to knowing and obeying God. 

Every minute of the day, He is not far from us. 

Do we speak to Him, listen to Him, say hello? Say thank you? 

It is not hard to get to know God, the One who loved us first. 

 

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Patsy