Gallery.
The art behind the posts, each with the verse it carried. All public domain, credited to the artists and the collections that keep them.
No. 01
The Siesta (after Millet)
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), 1890
Oil on canvas · Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Mark 6:31 NKJV
No. 02
Horse-Drawn Carriage and Child on the Beach
José Navarro Llorens (1867–1923), c. 1908–12
Oil on canvas
"God won't give you more than you can handle" we've all heard it.. it's not what the Bible says. the closest verse (1 Corinthians 10:13) is about temptation.. and even there the promise is a way out, not that you can handle it. Paul said he was "burdened beyond measure, above strength." More than he could handle. And he said why.. "that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead."
2 Corinthians 1:8-9
No. 03
The Gardener's Daughter
John Ingle Lee, c. 1868–69
Oil on canvas
Romans 5:8 NKJV
No. 04
Cheer Up
John George Brown (1831–1913), 1905
Oil on canvas
Philippians 3:7–8 NKJV
No. 05
Venice, the Piazzetta Looking South
Johan Richter (1665–1745), c. 1715–20
And He said to them, "Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
Mark 6:31 NKJV
No. 06
Tired
Carl Wilhelmson (1866–1928), 1898
Oil on canvas
Matthew 11:28-29
No. 07
The Seamstress
Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (1858–1923), 1916
Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
No. 08
Male Nude with Raised Hands
Hans Thoma (1839–1924), c. 1900
Charcoal and chalk on paper · National Museum in Warsaw
John 15:4 NKJV
No. 09
The Little Gardener
Géza Peske (1859–1934), c. 1900
Oil on canvas
Fruit is grown through trust. Not manufactured through effort. Not unlocked through achievement. Grown through trust. When Israel came into the promised land, they ate from vineyards they did not plant. The abundance was there before they arrived. They did not have to create it. It was given. The same is true of the fruit Jesus grows in you. The life is in the vine, not the branch. You don't earn your place on it. Abiding isn't a task you finish. It's a place you live. You do not strive your way into fruitfulness. You abide your way into it. "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me."
John 15:4 NKJV
No. 10
Gardener in Front of the House
Max Slevogt (1868–1932), 1910
Oil on canvas
John 15:1–4 NKJV
No. 11
Still Life, Flowers, and Fruit
Severin Roesen, 1848
National Gallery of Art, Washington
John 15:2 NKJV
No. 12
Boy with a Basket of Fruit
Caravaggio (1571–1610), c. 1593
Oil on canvas · Galleria Borghese, Rome
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."
John 15:5 NKJV
No. 13
Still Life with Fruit
Jacob van Walscapelle (1644–1727), 1675
Oil on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington
John 15:4–5 NKJV