My Father's House

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also." -John 14:1-3

Anyone who knows me know I love Howard Finster. One of my favorite all time prints of his is of a chapel, a grand mansion type chapel, and it says "IN MY FATHERS HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS" If it were not for this piece of art I would not be familar with this bible verse. This is one of the reasons why I love Finster so much. He used his art to get the Word of God to the people. I beleive God choose Howard to do so. I would like to think that I may be chosen to get God's word out. I am not 1/10 as familar with the bible as I should be but I am trying. One verse at a time I'm learning God's word. The best way for me to learn anything is my visually seeing it. By putting it down on paper, it helps me acknowledge and understand. If someown just read this verse to me it would go in one ear and out the other. But seeing it. Seeing Howard's vision, seeing my own visions. This is what tugs at my heart and swells my eyes with tears. This is when I know that it is real. Heaven is real. God is real. The bible is real. It is really God's word. Jesus said, "if it were not so, I would have told you".

If you are not familar with the Reverend Howard Finster please click on this link.

http://www.finster.com/

also see the post down below "In my Father's House"

What piece of art speaks to you?

In my Father's house.

"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." John 14:2

I love this verse because I associate it with the image of Howard Finster's poster titled "In My Father's House". You can find it in this link: http://www.finster.com/Message%20Posters.htm

I also love it because it reminds me that this world is only temporary. The house that I live in now will one day crumble and fall (hopefully not while I'm still in it). My true home is in Heaven in the presence of the Lord. It helps to keep things in perspective. I may not have exactly the house I want with all the rooms and the big yard full of magnolia trees but in Heaven I will not want for anything. I will be fully content. It reminds me that while I am on this earth I can also be content, because I know that I have a loving God that I will be united with in Heaven. Whatever trials I go through I can take solice in the fact that my Lord is with me. He never leaves my side. I praise Him for His glory.