Monday, January 2, 2012

A Bible Verse for a Coffee Mug

When in preaching I am expositing a "non-feel-good" text, I am prone to point out, in Chandleresque fashion, that this is not the sort of Bible verse they put on a coffee mug to sell at the Christian bookstore. There were quite a few of those in our Galatians series, for instance, what with all that accursed-ness and admonitions to self-castration.

Yesterday I received from one of our church members (Amy) one of my favorite Christmas presents ever, pictured below.



The art on the mug is Amy's hand-painted rendering of one of my wife Becky's photographs. Along the bottom of the painting is inscribed a Bible verse. Ezekiel 41:23 to be specific. Because that's not a verse they put on coffee mugs. Love it!

4 comments:

  1. That's awesome man!

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  2. Nice! A friend of mine once received a pillow with 1 Samuel 15:33 crocheted on it, after making a similar comment.

    dss

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  3. isaiah 3:21 resonates with me:

    finger rings, nose rings.

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