Recently in my free time I've begun to try my hand at Japanese calligraphy. A friend of mine in the mission field asked me to paint his favorite scripture in the style, so I gave it my best shot. I tried numerous times to bring forward the same feeling as the original verse did, but the end result is still far from perfect.
At first I was a little discouraged by the imperfect result, but as I carefully looked at the words I was filled with the spirit, and I saw the scripture in a new light. For those of you who can't read my handwriting here, the scripture is Alma 26:12, which reads "Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever."
The thing I learned from this experience is that none of us are perfect people. "In comparison to God," as my trainer used to say, "we're not much, but through God we can do all things." The imperfections in this piece are testaments to the fact that we all make mistakes in life. Some things we do well, some things we don't, but nonetheless through faith in God and trust in the Savior, we can do more than we ever thought possible. I'm grateful for what I learned from this, and if any of you would like to see your favorite scripture in Japanese please feel free to share it below.
The scriptures are awesome you guys. Have a good one.
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