Confidante - Verse
by Anita Faye
Title
Confidante - Verse
Artist
Anita Faye
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Nature Photographs, Insect Photographs, Floral Photographs
Description
Photograph of a male Swallowtail placed on a photograph of a Queen Anne's Lace flower. Shown in layered textures, digital paints, bokeh circles, wrinkled paper overlay, and Bible verse Colossians 3:14. Butterflies go from caterpillar to butterfly - once they've put on their new wings they don't go back to what they were. It is a struggle among people in Christ, to put on the new man - the one who holds a spiritual love for his brothers and sisters. I still prefer the King James version of the Bible, but rather liked the translation in some of the newer ones stating verse 14 as putting on love vs the new man. In light of the current situation with worldwide Christian persecution - we all could stand to put on God's love as amour!
Colossians 3
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
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September 14th, 2015
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Comments (37)
Kimberlee Baxter
I agree with you wholeheartedly, Anita, about putting on God's Love as armor! The Infinite Love of God can make us powerful as Christians who, in turn, can turn the world's ugliness and hate back to beauty and harmony and full of light! But we must fight the "good fight" and be willing to be transformed like this butterfly to a new creature! Love your work! Fave! L/F/FB/P!
Anita Faye replied:
Kimberlee, thank you so much for your support and encouragement! That is the difficult part at times to "fight the good fight" to put on His love as full amour, when we do it does make such a difference in spirit and temperament... so I pray daily for patience and wisdom for myself and for all our brothers and sisters ;)
Felipe Adan Lerma
A bouquet of love, Anita - love your layering of the butterfly and lacy flowers! :)
Anita Faye
Thank you so much Dave and Johanna! I've always loved how God speaks through nature, I can hear him everywhere!
Dave Farrow
Anita my dear, your Christian works are in a league of their own. They are beautifully done and their message is very profound. You earn the prestigious "Star of the Holy Lands" gold medal. "Confidante-Verse" is simply beautiful. l.v.f.