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Or stated another way: Is it truly by grace? or by dependence on works?

@Ziggy Indeed, I take your point. This is why I mentioned about nurses. Often nurses ink up their wrists and use the ink as an ice-breaker with patients and their families.

I'm not American, even. But going back to the 18th century, it was smaller states such as New Jersey and Connecticut that were concerned that the larger states would dominate the others if balancing mechanisms were not worked out. Hence the Senate with 2 members from each state, irrespective...

@Ziggy FYI...did you see this poll? maybe not relevant to you...

I believe it does matter. Does it show who we are really depending on: us or Him?

@Ziggy So maybe is it your only one so far?

We are unlikely to agree on this. By faith, by His grace, I rest on what He has done, not on what I may or may not do. (Hebrews chapters 9 and 10).

@Ziggy My wife and I have been through the Psalms repeatedly...they are so fresh, so full...

If someone supposedly loses it, s/he never had it. John 3.16's eternal life is not eternal if it stops.

PS: @Ziggy YW. I guess it was from a stage in your life with meaning to it; and its meaning can kind of dove-tail into things that bless you now. I was maybe going to ask if it leads to conversations with ppl, but maybe the placement doesn't necessarily lend itself to this. Some Christians...

@Rita Sorry to learn this. If he quit smoking, did it help his condition?

@Ziggy Sorry about your great difficulties. I guess the theme of the design does link in with truths you subsequently mediated a great deal about, from Scripture.

My wife and I were reading from Psalm 104 together today...

Thanks to all who voted so far in the poll! NB: If you have not voted yet in the poll, please vote now! :)

@Ziggy Thanks for your poll participation. There are many views and feelings about tattoos, including faith based tattoo designs; some ppl feel really good about them, others feel really bad about them; I'm guessing that in your case it's the former.

@Ziggy Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119.105

I do think 2 Peter 1.10: "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall" is entirely consistent with a Biblical view of eternal security.

Well, where he went involves a lot of ritual and works-related practices.

@Ziggy So for you getting inked up has really been all part of your testimony as a Christian woman.

I'm reminded of the carol: "Come, Desire of nations, come! Fix in us Thy humble home: Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring seed, Bruise in us the serpent’s head".