Why I left space in the tulip pictures, and why I'm doing this in the first place

The reason I posted these uncropped images is to provide an easy opportunity for others to personalize / customize these images. That is also why I post them in highest quality resolution, suitable for printing up to full page size, rather than reduced for web.

So on the right side of such images could be church or organization contact info, or a special thought (say, a personalized mother's day card)... what ever.

Tent cards with an image, a verse, and contact information are especially useful for anyone involved with ministry to the least of the world who are the greatest in God's esteem.

Framed well matted images with a favorite verse or thought can also be very meaningful to people in times of need.

God has blessed me with a good eye for photography and a superabundance of training and experience in ministering to the suffering & needy... by these images I hope to provide others resources they can use for free and customize instead of spending money on them as I once did.

Its especially meaningful for me to be doing this since due to extreme life circumstances, this project is essentially the only opportunity to minister to the beloved of Christ, the outcast, sick and suffering.

Honor your father and mother... first 4 versions done

For now you will just have to view them at the Word Pictures Picasa album.

The tulips are in my mother's garden- I thought the mother/daughter flower was IDEAL for this!

I have other versions I hope to do as health and life give me time and opportunity. When they are ALL done I will post them here.

Romans 8 - The Spirit's wordless prayer - A series...

Every rule has an exception... this Word Picture breaks several rules I'd set down when I started this project. I had no intention of ever using a picture of a living being, not even one which suggested a particular person (real or mythical.)

However, I'm an ardent practitioner of "art for art's sake." I don't tell my art what to be, it tells me.

That happened here.

Additionally, this picture suggested many interesting variants, each of which emphasized a different aspect either of the photo of me or the text.

The photo was taken by my wife when the medicines weren't doing anything to assuage my pain.

From Word Pictures - Inspiring Images & the Inspired Word

Here's one picture and a slide show of all of them. To see all the variants go to...

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For all the other versions...

Word Pictures - Inspiring Images & the Inspired Word