Exodus 3:14-15 - Names of God

I go to a ladies Bible study group every fortnight and we've been following a series on the names of God. In one session we looked at the meanings of all God's names and how they can apply to different aspects of His personality, and what that means for us. Although we weren't studying this passage at the time, it made me think of the story of Moses and the burning bush in Exodus.

God said to Moses, ‘I AM who I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: “I am has sent me to you.”’
God also said to Moses, ‘Say to the Israelites, “The Lord, the God of your fathers – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob – has sent me to you.”
‘This is my name for ever,
    the name you shall call me
    from generation to generation.'

 - Exodus 3:14-15

The art wasn't particularly much this week. I started to doodle the names down the side of the page during the Bible study, as I do use this Bible for everyday use as well as for my art. When I got home I knew wanted to do something to represent the bush so I found a drawing of flames on Pinterest to use as the template then adapted it to fit my Bible page.

The names I chose to use were ones we'd been discussing in the study - I AM/YHWH/Yahweh (Lord, Jehovah), Jehovah (The Lord), Elohim (God), Adonai/Lord, and Shaddai (Almighty). There are many other names which are used, particularly in the psalms, and it makes an interesting study to look at which name is actually being used in which instance to see how the author is relating to God in each instance. I found a good basic study on the names at Blue Letter Bible if you want to find out more.

I used Prismacolor pencils and my Pentel 0.8 pen for the lettering. I haven't stuck it into my Bible, but I also keep the study sheet with the meanings of all the names in that page as well, to remind me.