In 2022 I had an encounter with God that forever changed my life. I grew up in a christian household but never actually had a relationship with Jesus. As I started to grow older I lived more for myself and turned away from God. The further I got from God the more I felt this longing in my soul for something more, but I didn't know what it was. I kept getting this feeling that God was the longing I had been feeling, so one day I finally decided to do something about it. I woke up one morning and began to talk to Jesus, for the first time in a long time, I asked him so many questions and I asked him to reveal himself to me. Then I flipped open an old Bible and began to read. As I was reading he started to answer the exact questions I just asked, it was like the words of the page were his exact voice to me. So I started to do this everyday longer and longer and I began to form a relationship with Him. I started to realize that he actually loves me without condition and that all he wants is a relationship with me because He loves me and I was created for Him. I then came across the verse 2 Corinthians 5:17 which says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come!" I started to see this verse everywhere everyday, it started to freak me out. I asked Him, what are you trying to tell me with this verse? Then I went to church for the first time in a long time and the pastor got up on stage and the first thing he said was, "Hello everyone, today we are going to talk about 2 Corinthians 5:17 and what it means. Every word that came out of his mouth felt like it was God speaking directly to me. After I left I decided to listen to christian music in the car. As I was listening to this song there was a little girl's voice that came on and she said that exact verse God had been speaking to me, 2 Corinthians 5:17. In that moment I physically felt the tangible presence and love of Jesus wrap around me. It was so much love I can't even describe it, it felt euphoric and it was the best feeling I had ever felt in my entire life. I immediately began to weep uncontrollably because I felt His love for me, and it was an overwhelming amount of love. I couldn't stop weeping for an hour straight and he spoke to me and said come to me just as you are. He was inviting me into a deep relationship with Him and I took it. Ever since then I have decided to follow Jesus wholeheartedly and I have put to death my sinful habits, by the help of Holy Spirit. Not looking back to my old ways because His very being is the longing I have been looking for my whole life and is now fulfilled. He showed me that the fullness of who He is, is love. He is the fullness of life.

7 = FULLNESS

Our goal at 7 is to reveal the fullness of God through symbolism. Each piece that is made represents a different characteristic of God, coming together revealing the fullness of who He is. Which according to Ephesians 3:19 the fullness of God is love. His love is His fullness, and we want to spread His fullness to the ends of the earth