God’s Names on Display

Jen Alward

Mixed media: pencil, pen, marker, paint, charcoal, crackle paste, collage, gold leaf

Understanding who God is is a lifelong pursuit.

This year, I created a piece of art to depict a different name of God each week. Some were familiar, while others felt uncomfortably sharp. Yet every week, God revealed something new about Himself, anchoring my trust and transforming my heart.

Romans 1:20 reminds us that since the very beginning, when God first spoke creation and time into being, His invisible attributes, eternal power, and divine nature, have been on display through His workmanship. Perhaps it shouldn’t have surprised me at how often I turned to nature to depict His names, but it did.

Creation is a living reminder of God’s character.

I stand in awe of the One who designed the delicate details of forget-me-nots, the vastness of the starry galaxy, and majesty of Mt. Everest, yet persistently seeks out His wandering lambs and grafts us into His family tree.