The Lord Provided a Tree
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Joseph Taylor – Jonah 4:63 states, “The Lord provided a tree,” so I took a picture of a tree, looking up at the sky through the branches. Then I recreated the picture using colored pastels. I attempted to simplify the picture, using primarily green and shading with white and purple to create the illusion of light. Each bud as a touch of yellow, symbolizing God’s divine intervention in the story of Jonah and in each of our lives.
Unworthy
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Anna Taylor – Jonah 3:6. The king realized who God is, and how unworthy he was to be loved by God. He was ashamed, broken, and overwhelmed with grief. He was ashamed to lift his head, but he looked up to the light of God’s grace that shone down upon him. All Christians fall into pits in life, but God always provides a guiding light.
Angry Jonah Returns to Nineveh
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Patricia Talley – Jonah, after being in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, reluctantly returned to Nineveh and challenged the people to repent and change from their evil and violent ways. Jesus, in Matthew 12, said in His ministry the evil people would ask for a sign, but none would be given except the sign of Jonah. We must repent and obey. Today, we must follow God’s will to repent, love, feed, and pray for everyone.
Shining Through
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Anja Talbert – Jonah is hiding from God. When we don’t want to do something, we hide. Even though we think God can’t see us, He can. In this painting, God’s light shines through, even when Jonah doesn’t think God can see him, like when Jonah hid in the boad and didn’t want
to go to Nineveh.
Forty Days in Nineveh Shall Be Overturned
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Edith Swaim – The Lord’s command to Jonah a second time to go to Nineveh undoubtedly had a greater effect. Jonah’s deliverance of the message of the Lord to the people caused great repentance. In my painting, I could visualize myself walking with Jonah through the city
of Nineveh delivering the Lord’s message to the people.
Death Is Better to Me Than Life
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Edith Swaim – The Lord was trying to reach Jonah’s compassion and love for others by placing him inside a great fish for three days and nights and by providing shade to relieve his discomfort. However, Jonah still shows great anger and selfishness. In my painting I could visualize Jonah’s distress inside the big fish and under the withering shade. These humbling experiences have reminded me to stay focused on the Lord and His plan for me.
Man Overboard
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Dan Stovall – Jonah is surrounded by three sailors, who are about to throw him overboard as a “sacrifice” to stop the raging storm, just as Jesus was a sacrifice to stop the storm of sin. I studied the classic pieta pose of the fallen Christ and incorporated it into Jonah’s posture to show their connection. I also stayed with my theme from last year, three figures surrounding a centralized focal point, to show how God surrounds all of mankind.
Jonah
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Taylor Stone – I chose to draw the picture of the whale’s tail because it represents the big fish that swallowed Jonah. I drew it swimming away because I wanted to draw it from Jonah’s perspective after he was spat out onto the island. The soft sunset is meant to represents God’s forgiveness.
The Tempest
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Marjorie Stone – I wanted to show the mighty wind and tempest in the sea because of Jonah’s disobedience. There can also be turmoil in our lives when we, as Christians, are also disobedient to God’s commandments. But if we call upon the Lord as Jonah did from the belly of the fish, God is full of compassion and mercy and is ready to forgive us, His children, and we can then be in full fellowship with Him.
Arise, Go unto Nineveh
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Marjorie Stone – Since Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh to preach, the road was dark to him. Sometimes our pathway seems dark because we are out of God’s will for our lives. But when we pray to the Lord with a contrite heart, we can say with David, “For Thou art good and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy unto all those who call upon Thee.” Psalm 86:5
Open Arms
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Jacob Stillman – The open hands coming out of the canvas represent God holding and taking Jonah through his trials and being there the whole way and the Bible verses are Jonah chapters 1-3. The waves show when Jonah was lost and unguided but God was really there and not noticed and unheard by Jonah. The hand in the sand represents Jonah back at bay, saved and held by God. The netting refers to being caught up in God.
Lord, You Do As You Please
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Faith Stewart – Like Jonah all parts of our lives are in God’s hands and controlled by the Trinity. The scripture leads us to the cross through the open tomb. Darkness shrouds our countenance when we turn our back on Jesus and refuse to let go of anger and bitterness.
God
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Millie Steveken – “But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah.”
The Sign of Jonah
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Mary Ann Stafford – This painting is based on Matthew 12:38-41, where Jesus is asked for a sign. The “sign of Jonah” is His answer. As Jonah was in the whale three days, Jesus was entombed three days. As Jonah was released onto dry land, Jesus was resurrected. As Nineveh was saved, so will we be. The city of Nineveh is seen as Jonah approaches; the sign of the cross visible. I intended to contrast God’s forgiveness with the darkness of sin.
David Itkin as Jonah
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Bob Snider – There was a point in Jonah’s ordeal with God that he was mad enough to die. Why was he so angry? The answer is the key to understanding the book. David Itkin, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Conductor, was my model in this painting in which he captured Jonah’s anger …. and fear.
