“Instead, I have called you friends.”
— John 15:15
Friends.
Of all the ways Jesus could describe His relationship with us, this is one of them.
Not distant.
Not impersonal.
Not unreachable.
I have called you friends.
There is something almost unbelievable about that.
The One who knows us completely invites us to know Him, to remain with Him, to walk with Him—and calls us His friends.
I Have Called You Friends was created around the words of Jesus in John 15:15 and the kind of friendship that gives us a small glimpse of what it means to be known and loved.
The meal is over. Plates are scattered across the table. Bibles have been opened and left wherever they landed. Someone is barefoot. Someone is laughing. Nobody is posing.
It's simply the kind of ordinary moment you wish you could keep.
With its warm European setting, imperfect table, open Bibles, soft movement and vintage film texture, this piece was designed to feel like a photograph someone quietly took from the doorway—a moment of friendship that wasn't meant for the camera.
A reminder that we were created for this kind of closeness with one another.
And even more remarkably—
Jesus calls us friends.
“Instead, I have called you friends.”
— John 15:15
Friends.
Of all the ways Jesus could describe His relationship with us, this is one of them.
Not distant.
Not impersonal.
Not unreachable.
I have called you friends.
There is something almost unbelievable about that.
The One who knows us completely invites us to know Him, to remain with Him, to walk with Him—and calls us His friends.
I Have Called You Friends was created around the words of Jesus in John 15:15 and the kind of friendship that gives us a small glimpse of what it means to be known and loved.
The meal is over. Plates are scattered across the table. Bibles have been opened and left wherever they landed. Someone is barefoot. Someone is laughing. Nobody is posing.
It's simply the kind of ordinary moment you wish you could keep.
With its warm European setting, imperfect table, open Bibles, soft movement and vintage film texture, this piece was designed to feel like a photograph someone quietly took from the doorway—a moment of friendship that wasn't meant for the camera.
A reminder that we were created for this kind of closeness with one another.
And even more remarkably—
Jesus calls us friends.