Paradise Lost... Paradise Found...



	“If I have read the New Testament aright, it leaves no room for ‘creativeness’ even in a modified or metaphorical sense. Our whole destiny seems to lie in the opposite direction, in being as little as possible ourselves, in acquiring a fragrance that is not our own, but borrowed; in becoming clean mirrors filled with the image of a face that is not ours.... An author should never conceive himself as bringing into existence beauty or wisdom which did not exist before, but simply and solely as trying to embody in terms of his own art some reflection of eternal Beauty and Wisdom.... And always, of every idea and of every method the Christian will ask not ‘Is it mine?’, but ‘Is it good?’”

C.S. Lewis

Paradise Lost......

...Paradise Found©

A collection of Three Bucks County artists

To contact the photographers you may e-mail them at

The Master's Place or by calling 215-598-2828

A note from one of the photographers:

Just as "Photography" means to write with light, this collection of photographs describes life without Jesus (Paradise Lost) and the fullness of life with Him (Paradise Found).

The verses in this show have been trail markers in my walk with Jesus. Sign posts and reminders of who He is and what we have all been called to do...

Jesus claimed to be not only the Son of God, but also the Light of the world. The most complete expression of this light has been in God's love for us. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

I did not obtain God's everlasting life until I believed the claims of Jesus, put my faith in Him, and began to follow His teachings. Since then, I have come to know my Creator in a very personal and intimate way. This is what God desires for all of us.

However, He will never force His way on anyone. He wants us to come to Him, through Jesus, willingly. When we do, we will experience the fullness of His love for us as He replaces our heart of stone with a heart of flesh, so we can love, as He loved us.

I hope this show brings you closer to the "Father of Lights" and His perfect gift from above... Jesus!

	"Paradise Lost, Paradise Found" as a music video:

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PLPF Music Video

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“Behold, I stand at the door and knock;

if anyone hears My voice and opens the door,

I will come in to him, and dine with he,

and he with Me.”

Revelation 3:20

“To you it has been granted to know the mysteries

of the kingdom of heaven...

Matthew 13:11

“For the things that are seen are temporal,

but the things that are not seen are eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

“If anyone thinks he is something

when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”

Galations 6:3

“Therefore, let him who thinks he stands

take heed lest he fall.”

I Corinthians 10:12

“Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.”

Hebrews 9:27-28

“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.”

2 Corinthians 4:8-10

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water that extends its roots by a stream.”

Jeremiah 17:7-8

“...even though our outer man is decaying,

yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.”

2 Corinthians 4:16

“Awake sleeper, and arise from among the dead,

and Christ will enlighten thee.”

Ephesians 5:14

“For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?”

Ecclesiastes 6:12

“The fear of the Lord is a foundation of life,

that a man may avoid the snares of death.”

Proverbs 14:27

“Sometimes a way seems right to a man,

but it leads to death.”

Proverbs 14:12

“And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a certain rich man was very productive. And he began reasoning to himself saying, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool. This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’ So is the man who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 12:14

“The sun rises with a scorching wind, and withers the grass; and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.”

Isaiah 40:8

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither rust nor moth consumes, nor thieves break in and steal. For where thy treasure is there also will thy heart be.”

Matthew 6:19-21

“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.” For the wages of sin is death...

Colossians 3:5 & Romans 6:23

“Now, O Lord, Thou art our Father, we are the clay,and Thou our potter; and all of us are the work of Thy hand.”

Isaiah 64:8

“Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him.”

Psalm 37:7

“Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?”

Matthew 6:26

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures... ”

Psalm 23:12

“He leads me beside still waters...”

Psalm 23:12

“Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.”

Psalm 150:4

“Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow.”

James 1:17

“And there is no creature hidden from His sight; but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we have to give account.”

Hebrews 4:13

“Be still and know that I am God...”

Psalm 46:10

“I have brushed away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like a mist; return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”

Isaiah 44:22

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you.”

Isaiah 60:1-2

“He raises the poor from the dust,

and lifts the needy from the ash heap...”

Psalm 113:7

“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

“Encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called ‘today’ lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”

Hebrews 3:13

“Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun

in the kingdom of their Father.”

Matthew 13:43

“Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Mark 10:14

“Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 18 3-4

“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Take heed to the path of your feet, then all your ways will be sure.”

Proverbs 4:25-26

“For we brought nothing into the world,

and certainly we can take nothing out.”

Timothy 6:7

“The storehouses are desolate,

the barns are torn down,

for the grain is dried up.”

Joel 1:17

“How the beasts groan.”

Joel 1:17

“Woe to us, for the day declines,

for the shadows of the evening lengthen.”

Jeremiah 6:4

“Why are you anxious about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these.”

Matthew 6:28-9

“And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word and worry of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.”

Matthew 13:22

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for Me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?”

Matthew 16:24-5

“Eye has not seen or ear heard,

nor has it entered into the heart of man,

what things God has prepared

for those who love Him...”

I Corinthians 2:9

“And answering him, Jesus said,

‘What do you want me to do for you?’

And the blind man said to Him,

‘Raboni, I want to regain my sight.’”

Mark 10:51

“And the Lord said, ‘If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would obey you.”

Luke 17:6

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and My load is light.”

Matthew 11:28

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me.”

John 15:4

“Your sun will set no more, neither will your moon wane; for you have the Lord for everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be finished.”

Isaiah 60:20

“Yes, in joy shall you depart, in peace you shall be brought back; mountains and hills shall break out in song before you, and all the trees of the countryside shall clap their hands.”

Isaiah 55:22

“What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious.

Who can discover it?”

Ecclesiastes 3:15

“Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life and few are those who find it...”

Matthew 7:13-4

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