Romans 15:13 Hope filled Bible art Journaling

Comparing the translations

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 New International Version (NIV)

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 New King James Version (NKJV)

Comparing the Two Translation

I enjoy comparing the different translations of the bible. The KJV is a little hard for me to read with the old english, but I find the NKJV much easier to read.

Most of the verses that I have memorized are from the NIV. Now when I go back and read the NKJV, some of the differences jump out to me and it heightens my studying. It is alway fun to see what words pop out at me and bring the verse into a new view.

This art journaling page was made with water soluble wax pastels. I was super excited to try them out in my bible. The front looks fine but the back of the page has issues. Read more about that Here.

In the NIV, the words used here is overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. The word abound is used in the NKJV, so I looked up the difference between overflow & abound.

From Vines Expository Dictionary, the word abound directs us to: abundance. Coming from a root word that means “remain, left over” & “abundance, plenty” or “excess” in the old testament. In the new testament, I reading “more abundantly” “all the more,” “far more.”

I like the word overflowing, it creates a nice visual picture, specially placed right after the “fill you”. It is nice to think of God pouring out “filling you” to “overflow” ( excess, far more).

Renn, S. D. (2005). Expository dictionary of the Bible words: word studies for key English Bible words. Peabody: Hendrickson , Inc.,pg 8 & 9.#3498,#4054,#4056.

Psalm 89:36-37 Sun & Moon word study

Psalm 89:36-37

and his throne endure before me like the sun;
³⁷it will be established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky.”

This beautiful word picture is tucked into a very long psalm, I don’t want to miss out on it. Another wonderful reminded of the Constance & longevity of his promise. His throne is Enduring like the sun.

The Sun

The sun is in our daily lives, before we even knew it was there. It is the center of our solar system. With out the vitamin D that it provides we would sink into depression. That is true about God too, He is alway there before we even knew He was there.

The Moon

The moon, forever there continually part of our solar system. The phases of the moon change, but it is alway there, even when we do not see it. A faithful witness, that always returns ever night. What a wonderful image to hold on to.

The term to “witness” is one who bears testimony to a significant event of transaction. (a) Witness is used many times in the bible. There are lots of symbolic witnesses which could be a interesting comparative study for another time.

Renn, S. D. (2005). Expository dictionary of the Bible words: word studies for key English Bible words. Peabody: Hendrickson , Inc.. Pg. 1052,
scripture quote from:
Biblegatway.com . (n.d.). Retrieved July 11, 2017, from http://www.biblegatway.com/

Bible Art Journal; Fix bleed through paint on page

Psalms 93

3The seas have lifted up, Lord,
the seas have lifted up their voice;
the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.

⁴Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier than the breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is mighty.

Ps 93:3-4

I created with page using my fish stamp and used color pencils. It looked fine. The text was written in the waves. Later, I was flipping through my bible and I decided to punch it up with some blue water soluble pastels. Opps!

Blue is the only color that bleed through. I should have prepare the page with sealer, but this page started at as colored pencils only.

So, this is the back.

Not bad, but I want to test fixing it.

The first layer of acrylic paint, it did not cover completely. It took about 4 or 5 light coats of paint.

I used off white to match page color.

Now it is ready for more journaling.