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Diane Ziemski – It’s really hard to choose a favorite passage from several chapters, but this is the one that spoke to me. When I married my husband and began painting, I felt like I had come out of the darkness and into the light. This piece is quite different for me. I usually work realistic with transparent watercolors on paper. “Darkness into Light” is watercolor on Yupo, which is like a plastic paper. It consists of about eight layers of the ink which is also symbolic of the layers of my life.

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Rachel Young – Adam and Eve sinned and cast out of Eden. A flaming sword guards the way back to paradise and The Tree of Life. Adam bends down as the snake crawls on its belly past the ram’s head. God sacrificed the animal to cover their sin and clothe their nakedness. Eve looks up and sees the Redeemer who will come from her descendents. He will wear a crown of thorns and will die on the cross to take away the sins of the world. “Whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”

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Rachel Young – Water gushes up from inside the earth and forms the waterfall in the Garden of Eden. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is colorful, aromatic and mysterious. A serpent travels upright and is gold to represent the dazzling beauty Satan was created with. Gold is everywhere like it will be again in heaven. Adam and Eve both glow with radiant beauty made in God’s image. Adam is totally fascinated with Eve to the point that he worships her over God. When she suggests that he disobey God’s instructions, he follows her advice.

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Edward Lee Woodfork, Jr. – The inspiration for the piece, “Sinful Pass”, was my reflecting back to the word and the example of how the transfer of your sins can affect others. If you allow your weakness to over step the instruction.

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Edward Lee Woodfork, Jr. – My inspiration for this piece, “All in God’s Hands”, was a mental narration of how the hands of God molded the heavens and the earth, to every detail. God’s powerful hands are upon us today and have been forever. Man has no power unless he allows God to work through him.

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David D. Wilson – One of the most wondrous displays of God’s creativity lies in the changing light and colors of the sunset. By the evening of the third day, God had created all the foliage and vegetation of the plant kingdom. Since the animal kingdom had not yet been created, the movement of the wind and the water were the only sounds on earth. As God looked out over the beauty of His Garden of Eden and watched his sun set on the tree of knowledge of good and evil, I wonder what he felt.

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Linda Williams – My vision, following the scripture reading, was of a very peaceful, harmonious place where everything is calm, joyful, beautiful and alive. All Adam and Eve’s needs are provided for and yet, the temptation is overwhelming to have more, even if it’s not in God’s plan. The birds and other animals seem to sense the tranquility is being disrupted. The actions of one affect so many. When we step out of God’s will, how many lives do we affect? Why isn’t His plan enough for us?

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Brittney Williams – From the beginning of man’s creation we were tempted. I find that in acknowledging the temptation l face through out my life l can stand stronger in God’s presence and show resistance. This piece shows the foreshadowing of the temptation of man, allowing a reminder of the temptations we are called to resist daily.

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Brittney Williams – The “Creation” is directed at inspiring children, not only to Gods greatness, but to create art. This piece includes bright colors, texture, and simplified forms to appeal to a child’s senses. Learning of God should begin at a young age. l wanted to provide a child with a visual reminder of Gods wonder.

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Elisabeth R. Whitbeck – My painting is an allegory which melds Genesis’ creation story into a relationship with God and His children (Adam and Eve). The larger apple represents the sin of the world; the smaller apple in Eve’s hand becomes the individual struggle against temptation. Within the painting are: the lamb (Holy Spirit), the dove (Christ’s sacrifice), the vine (the connectedness of the Christian with Christ), thorns (suffering), fig leaves (shame), grape clusters (Blood of Christ), the serpent (evil enmeshed in all human activity), and the Cross (symbol of Christ and Christianity). Finally, the five crosses represent: forgiveness, love, redemption, salvation, resurrection.