This is based on a scripture in 2 Nephi 32:3. It is the first in a series of four 24" x 36" paintings illustrating one scripture from each canon within the Seminary program's Scripture Mastery scriptures. There is plenty of symbolism, and again I will leave it to you to find it. However, based on the comments of those I've shown it to in the past, there is probably more than you think. Keep looking. And I hope that this captures, to some extent, the kind of feeling we should all have when we really study the word of God, and let it nourish and fill our souls. I believe we as a society eat not only too much actual junk food, but that we feed our minds and spirits with a lot of junk as well. Let us "feast upon that which perisheth not". Then, lest we become unfit for God's kingdom, let us exercise and use that knowledge, those spiritual nutrients and commandments, through service and obedience!
2 Nephi 32:3
Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.
Do you have a spirit within you? Must it be fed? With what frequency shall you feed it, and what shall the main course be when you do—the Savior’s milk, bread, fruits, and meat? The world’s processed imitations? Will you merely look at the Savior’s words, or will you ponder and chew on them, swallow them, make them a part of your very being, and exercise faith in Christ that the nutrients go not wasted? You are what you eat.
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