Many show a renewed interest
in work of the hand, which they see as an antidote to theory - and concept - driven art.
In fact, in chasing understanding of how the Universe itself functions around me I chase understanding of my Creator and a better knowledge of who He is, for it is the most direct
work of His hand which I can personally and directly witness.
A man has to work purposively to invent the complex upon the basis of the antecedent simple; he requires also a unity, the concept of the nature to be produced, which controls and directs the
purposive work of his hands.
These «Gel Monochrome Paintings»» uniform color schemes and high definition imagery belie their origins
as works of the hand, building upon monochrome painting's exploration of the tension between mass production and handcraft.
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims
the work of His hands.
9 Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all
the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.
Isaiah 64:8 says: «But now, O Lord, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You our potter, And all of us are
the work of Your hand.»
Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all
the work of your hand.
«And as wealth increases, luxury threatens the physical less and less in
the work of their hands, more and more in the titillation of their flesh; the pleasure of amusement replaces the happiness of creation.
Then Haggai answered and said, ««So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,» says the Lord, «and so is
every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.
In the parish hall, they share themselves,
the work of their hands, their hospitality at a table set for one another.
The order of friars that Francis founded was forbidden, at first, even to own property; they had to live by
the work of their hands.
In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, «Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria
the work of my hands, and Israel my heritage.»
Is that the One about Whom the psalmist wrote: «The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim
the work of His hands.»
Psalm 19 says, «The heavens declare the glory of the God; the skies proclaim
the work of his hands.
God calls upon Israel to come into conformity to
the work of His hands.
Isaiah 60:21 - 22 «Also your people shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
Therefore, Cain knew God's Way, buy with pride in
the work of his hands, thought to change God's chosen Way for his own prideful way, which BTW, shed NO blood, so there was no substitutionary death.
May God continue to bless
the work of your hands.
God shares in the trouble and suffering of His nature and even suffers by His own actions at the hour when He comes near to destroying
the work of His hands.
God answered, «How can I sing when
the work of my hands is drowning in the sea?»
It is in the history book of the Jewish people that we read sobering verses like «Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria
the work of my hands, and Israel my heritage» (Isa.
The work of my hands and my body pauses any existential crisis, the daily work of living redeems, and I feel the acedia fading with each day of right choices, one after another, each step of pushing back the darkness with fabric softener, veggies, backyard camping, laughter seeking, and newly - white bookcases in the fading sun.
Those who made money via
the work of their hands didn't tithe at all.
But I do want to take
the work of my hands right now, today, whether it's a book I'm writing or a floor I'm sweeping or a phone call I'm making or a meal I'm cooking and I want to hold it all in my hand, in my spirit with a breath of prayer and intention, like we are all a fragile universe needing love in this moment.
When Yahweh destroys their horses and chariots, he will also destroy images and pillars and they will no longer bow down to
the work of their hands (Micah 5:10 - 13).
To God they must pay for
this work of their hands, and for the world's poor, whom riches pass by as they serve their life's sentence: hard work till they die.
Assyria
the work of my hands?
On that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, «Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria
the work of my hands, and Israel my heritage.»
But let us not insist upon the achievement of perfection in the Christian life any more than we insist upon it in
the works of our hands or our minds.
Why not Christ's authority which establishes
the work of your hands, instead of your own power, which destroys by your hands?
They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy
the work of their hands.
We can rejoice and sing for joy at
the work of His hands (Psalm 92:4), at the glorious and mighty works of Jesus (Luke 19:37), and at the truth that through all our days and in all our wandering, just as the Israelites, our God has been with us and blessed us and carried us and we have lacked nothing (Deuteronomy 1:31, 2:7).
David, pondering that before the Almighty in Psalm 8, is struck by how the wonders of the universe provide little reason for a man to assume a position of importance, and yet, «You have made him ruler over
the works of your hands.»
Thou makest him to have dominion over
the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet.
3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Because of this technical control an increasing current of free energy is flowing through the human mass: energy already promoted but hitherto absorbed by
the work of the hands, and also latent energy, released and in effect created by the better ordering of matter.
Evry Spire of Grass is
the Work of His Hand: And I in a World where evry Thing is mine, & far better than the Greater sort of Children esteem Diamonds & Pearls.»
God has not promised to fix our situations, but He has promised to help and bless
the work of our hands.
On the table we all saw, smelled and tasted the gifts of God and
the works of our hands, for in our house most of the food came directly from the barn, the chicken coop and the garden.
and on the other side is God, saying, «In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth; for that Yahweh of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria
the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.»