Posted on 01/29/2022 5:42:03 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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Good Morning, Dan! :-)
Mary-Lou! Go ahead and grab a handful of stars....
Beautiful illustrations, Dan!
It’s hard to paint so many stars.
Starry starry night....
Speaking from experience?
I use a Bob Ross brush flicking method.
Flick the paint knife with the brush spraying it onto the canvas.
I paint a bit as a hobby...happy trees and all that.
I enjoy these threads.
If you paint an illustration of a Bible incident, you could add it here.
I like 22, that starry sky is crazy.
I am an amateur astronomer, if you haven’t guessed that already. In years past, after setting up my telescope out in the country away from city lights, I would wait impatiently for it to get dark- and then I would see starry vistas similar to what Abraham must’ve seen.
Even though the skies today can never be as dark as Abraham’s were, I look up and thank God for what he did, and for allowing me to see His Heavenly Handiwork!
He created all things great and small, and from the smallest grain of sand to the Heavens themselves, I marvel at what He has done.
What better way is there for Him to remind us that He is everywhere?
I look up at the sky and think, “This is what God did! This is what He did!
I am NO Abraham, but it is humbling to try to imagine what he saw.
I can’t wait to get back out there again.
Thank you.
THANK YOU, Pete, for adding your marvelous testimony! You are living out Romans 1:19-20. The Holy Spirit is directing your vision and your mind. Makes me want to join you on your next expedition....
Happy to provide these. Help yourself to a sample....
I quite agree.
I would love to have you!
The last few years have been frustrating, with COVID, I was laid up last year for a while, and where we live now really isn’t astronomy friendly- too many street lights and trees. PLUS I’m afraid that if I try setting any equipment up, I might be accused of being a peeping Tom!
Even out in the country, we must be careful. Not only 4-legged creatures to be aware of, but 2-legged as well. At one time our dark sky site was a county forest preserve, which we had permission to be in. The locals in the area saw a a few red flashlights out in the middle of the clearing and surmised that we were
devil worshippers, of all things! We don’t go there anymore. The red flashlights were for reading our star charts!
Out west here we have wide-open spaces where those issues don’t arise. Even the urban areas are but a half-hour from solitude.
Number 9 is fascinating. To me, almost like the stars were painted after the two figures of Christ and Abraham, as the stars are overlayed (?)
I really like this subject, some of the best times in life are simply gazing at creation, the thoughts in Abraham’s head must have been glorious.
9, 11 & 12 appeal to me. 12 has Abraham sitting amongst the trees in a high place…the perfect location for meditation on God, His creation and His word.
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