Greeting Card - Pleasures from God

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Price: $2.50

Item Number: 104

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Card Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"

Front Cover: Picture printed within borders of paper embossed frame.

Inside Bottom: Blank with watermark of picture on front cover.

Inside Top: Artistic Reflections Message - Printed below

Included: Card and matching white envelope

Artistic Reflections Message:

"Then I realized that this pleasure is from the hand of God."

We all enjoy eating, especially when the meal is presented in such an elegant manner as that portrayed on the front cover of this card. The festive occasion that prompted such a delicious feast could be one of many but we know that the celebration is special because we don't usually eat our everyday meals in such an inviting environment. The concept of satisfaction surrounds the mood of this picture. Think about it. We haven't eaten and yet we find satisfaction in the pleasant presentation of the upcoming meal. While we are eating, we will find satisfaction in the delectable taste of the food as we can visually see that it will be delicious. And after we have eaten, we will be satisfied because our appetite has been gratified and we are content. Or are we? Have you ever noticed how easily our human nature will breed discontent and dissatisfaction? The commercials and advertisements that we are exposed to everyday appeal to this aspect of our nature. Even if we have everything we need to be satisfied, the marketing experts find a way to portray a flaw in our satisfied state by creating a message designed to convince us that we need more. To demonstrate how easily we are swayed to feed this desire, look at the painting again and ask yourself this one famous question used in a successful advertising campaign, "Where's the beef?" Unless you are a vegetarian, this one question created a seed of dissatisfaction in the ability of the portrayed meal to satisfy. In fact, now that we think about it, why did the artist even place a knife and fork on the table without any meat to cut into? But weren't we just satisfied a minute ago? What changed? We became discontent by focusing on what is not there and then to support our case, we even began to tear down and express sarcasm at what is there. We easily forget about God's desire for us to be content and satisfied in all aspects of our life. He has given us life to live in a world where we are surrounded by His beautiful and wonderful blessings. And yet He allows us to decide whether or not to be satisfied. Consider Solomon's conclusion, "So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that this pleasure is from the hand of God."