Greeting Card - Vessels of Promise

Price: Out of Stock

Item Number: 103

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:

"Just as the Lord had promised."

Isn't it frustrating when someone tells you the ending to a movie that you wanted to go see? After all, isn't the enjoyment of the movie experience to live the emotions of the characters within the storyline? Or maybe that doesn't bother you. You are one of those who can read the last page of the murder mystery to find out "who did it" and then go back to the first page and read the novel as if knowing the outcome didn't make any difference. No matter which "end" of the debate you are on, we can apply God's word to both scenarios. "Just as the Lord had promised" is the reassuring end and conclusion to any life situation. Knowing this ending in advance does not ruin the excitement and yet knowing this ending in advance provides the confidence of walking through the drama of life. The painting on the front cover does not see very dramatic and yet the artist unknowlingly captured on canvas the ending of a miraculous story found in 1 Kings 17:8-16 about the widow at Zarephath. During the height of a drought, God told his prophet Elijah to go to this city where he would find a widow who would provide food for him. Elijah obeyed and went to the city, and, sure enough, he found the widow. But just like in real life, there was a problem! She explained that she only had a handful of flour and a drop of oil left and after that was gone she and her son would die of starvation. But Elijah told her to fix him a loaf of bread anyway and, in return, God would provide her plenty of flour and oil in her containers until the time when the Lord would send rain allowing the crops to grow again. And then the Bible records, "So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her son continued to eat from her containers of flour and jars of oil for many days." Fast forward. Look at the painting again. Do you think the drought is over? The sun is shining. There are flowers in the vase and fruit on the table. The rain has obviously come. The drought is over. Elijah knew the end of the story at the beginning: "God will provide and do just as He promised." The widow only knew the end of the story at the end: "God provided, just as He promised." But either way, the jugs and containers around her home will always be a reminder of God's care when all seemed hopeless. What vessels of promise has God surrounded you with to remind you of His care? "For no matter how much flour and oil they used, there was always enough left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised."