A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words

Jesus sees each one of us as beautiful.

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We are all familiar with the cliché, “a picture is worth a 1000 words.” The understanding is that sometimes nothing needs to be said in order to communicate a thought. I think this is absolutely appropriate when describing this year’s first “Hope Portrait” event at Living Word Baptist Church in Lebanon, Ohio. 

The purpose of this event was to provide the financially challenged around Living Word Baptist Church with a professional portrait of themselves. We have found that many families don’t have the extra money to have their portraits taken. This event gave us the opportunity to share with our community something that could not be expressed with words – a beautiful photograph of themselves and in turn provided an opportunity to speak to them about how Jesus sees each one of them as beautiful. One of my favorite things about Jesus is He is willing to demonstrate how He feels about us. In fact, He demonstrated how much he loved us “that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) This Hope Portrait event went beyond words and demonstrated to many people that we really do love them.
A very special thank-you to everyone who helped to make this a huge success. Most importantly we praise King Jesus for allowing us to love others for Him.