We loved reading comics as children. The stories were told not only through the written word, but also through visual representations. However, the pictorial representation severely restricted our own imagination. So with comics it was always clear that the stories weren't real - an effect that I didn't have with novels. There I imagined how these stories had actually happened. Pictures are often helpful - but not always. They also limit and, as in this case, severely restrict the scope of what is possible. With this in mind, I understand why God forbids people to make a picture of him. It would be helpful: an image as a reminder of him. But it would also limit him in a way that would not only not do justice to his nature, but would also restrict us in our relationship with him. His encouragement that anything is possible with him would then be somehow surreal or just fiction.
I wish you an extraordinary day!
