Michael Belk
ArtistUSA
About Artist:
Michael Belk is an entrepreneur, photographer, and storyteller on a mission to bring Jesus to life showing his relevance from a fresh and inviting view so you may come to know Him better.
In 2008, sensing God's prompting and with his wife's blessings, he traded his glamorous globe-trotting lifestyle of success for a mission of significance bringing Jesus Christ to life through the lens of his camera. His vision was to show first-century Jesus interacting with 21st-century people from all walks of life, sharing the lessons and life instructions He came to give us. The result is the compelling collection of fine art photography known as Journeys with the Messiah.
About Artwork:
The story that inspired this image?
When Jesus said to His followers, To enter the Kingdom of Heaven, you must come as little children, I just assumed He meant because children were innocent. Then, reflecting back on my time as a child and times I have watched my own children or others playing, I could only conclude that their innocence was not the virtue to which Jesus was speaking.
Children were loved in the first century. Yet, unlike children today, the world did not revolve around them gifts for every occasion, birthday parties and trips to Disney World. Children were more humble, having fewer expectations than children today.
The Kingdom will be a gift to people who know they are not worthy of such a gift the poor in spirit the people who are not trying to impress others or position themselves where they will look good to the King.
Thus, Come as little children means come to Him in humility, expecting nothing, knowing that grace and salvation come as His gift a treasure we are incapable of obtaining on our own.
A relationship with Christ will always be more about the gift that we receive rather than what we give up.
Mark 10:13-15
Michael Belk
Ragamuffins
- 2001-present
- 16 x 23 inches
- Fine Art Category: photography
- Medium: Pigment print
- Published: 2008
- Origin: USA
- Certificate of Authenticity: yes
- Issued by: Michael Belk (Artist)
- Provenance: Original created by Michael Belk 2008 Matera, Italy
- Signed: Signed lower right
- No / Edition: 22 of 33
- Comments:
My Fine Art images are custom printed on mould-made cotton rag paper with museum-quality archival inks.
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- Price: $2,000.00 USD
- Seller: Michael Belk, USA
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- Artplode ID: 6582
- Artplode Seller ID: 18162
About Artist:
Michael Belk is an entrepreneur, photographer, and storyteller on a mission to bring Jesus to life showing his relevance from a fresh and inviting view so you may come to know Him better.
In 2008, sensing God's prompting and with his wife's blessings, he traded his glamorous globe-trotting lifestyle of success for a mission of significance bringing Jesus Christ to life through the lens of his camera. His vision was to show first-century Jesus interacting with 21st-century people from all walks of life, sharing the lessons and life instructions He came to give us. The result is the compelling collection of fine art photography known as Journeys with the Messiah.
About Artwork:
The story that inspired this image?
When Jesus said to His followers, To enter the Kingdom of Heaven, you must come as little children, I just assumed He meant because children were innocent. Then, reflecting back on my time as a child and times I have watched my own children or others playing, I could only conclude that their innocence was not the virtue to which Jesus was speaking.
Children were loved in the first century. Yet, unlike children today, the world did not revolve around them gifts for every occasion, birthday parties and trips to Disney World. Children were more humble, having fewer expectations than children today.
The Kingdom will be a gift to people who know they are not worthy of such a gift the poor in spirit the people who are not trying to impress others or position themselves where they will look good to the King.
Thus, Come as little children means come to Him in humility, expecting nothing, knowing that grace and salvation come as His gift a treasure we are incapable of obtaining on our own.
A relationship with Christ will always be more about the gift that we receive rather than what we give up.
Mark 10:13-15
