EXPENSIVE IMAGES!

June 14, 2006

'People' Magazine pays 4 million dollars to show the first baby pictures of Jolie-Pitt daughter.

THINK ABOUT IT

Jolie, Pitt get reported $4M for Shiloh photos

The first official photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's baby are out, and they appear to resolve a long-standing question: Yes, Jolie's lips are real. That's because little Shiloh Nouvel's lips are a dead ringer for her mom's.

"She's got Dad's baby blues and just a soft crop of fair hair, but it's those lips -- check out the super-size pout -- that most give her away," reports People magazine, which will publish the baby photos in the edition that hits newsstands today. "Yes, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt is definitely her mother's daughter."

We are very relieved to hear that, because if she had been somebody else's daughter, we'd be wasting a lot of time writing about her.

Pitt and Jolie sold the rights to the photos to Getty Images, saying all proceeds would be donated to an as-yet-unnamed charity. People paid Getty a reported $4 million for the North America rights and London-based Hello! magazine obtained the British rights.

photo courtesy images.google.com & story courtesy mercurynews.com, 6/9/06

TAKE A LOOK

Colossians 1:15 - (NLT)

Christ Is Supreme

¹⁵Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before God made anything at all and is supreme over all creation.

Colossians 1:19-20 - (NLT)

¹⁹For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, ²⁰and by him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of his blood on the cross.

AFTER READING TODAY'S SCRIPTURE, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE IMAGE OF CHRIST IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE EVER?

Think through these notes from Tyndale's LIFE APPLICATION STUDY BIBLE:

1;15...20 This is one of the strongest statements about the divine nature of Christ found anywhere in the Bible. Jesus is not only equal to God (Philippians 2:6), he is God (John 10:30, 38; 12:45; 14:1-11); as the visible image of the invisible God, he is the exact representation of God. He not only reflects God, but he reveals God to us...Christ's death provided a way for all people to come to God. It cleared away the sin that keeps us from having a right relationship with our creator...We can have peace with God and be reconciled to him by accepting Christ, who died in our place.

'People' Magazine paid $4 million to show baby images to the world. God sent a baby and paid the life of His only Son to show His image to the world. Expensive!

As followers of Jesus, we will have the privilege of seeing Christ, face to face some day. As His followers, we have a responsibility to help people see Jesus right now.

TALK ABOUT IT

Praise God that Christ is His image and is Himself God! Thank Him that Christ's death and resurrection gives us a clear picture of God's love, plan, forgiveness, power and purpose. Confess any way in which your life has not been a picture of you looking more and more like Jesus who has created his new life in you. Thank Jesus for His forgiveness and ask His Spirit to conform you to the image of Christ every day.

TRY IT

Memorize today's scripture as a reminder of who Christ is and what He has done for you and what He wants to accomplish in you and through you.
Whenever you see "celebrity" photos in the news, thank God that you have been created in His image. Ask His help in being a picture of His love to others.
Make a photo scrapbook of images that show Christ's love being demonstrated to the world.

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Byron Emmert Daily Devos is published Monday through Friday. Archives can be found at YFC.ORG. Its purpose is to help you apply truths from God's Word every day.

Our writer, Byron Emmert, has been involved with Youth For Christ for 30 years. He's served as Campus Life Staff, as a writer, and in leadership for the DCLA Conferences. Byron is married to Linda and their family includes two married sons and daughters-in-law, and a daughter in college. He loves sports, deep dish pizza, and spending time with his family.