“18According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.
19So shall they fear
The name of the Lord from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in like a flood,
The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.
20“The Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,”
Says the Lord.”
Isaiah 59:18-20
So I have been away from Arches water for a while and am just now reminded why they are industry standard and that none can rival their quality. Strong colors even after drying, smooth edges, beautiful hard edges and no fuzz or blur even after 5 layers. The colors from the first layers are beautiful transparent as you build up the layers. I guess that's why I have heard some people call this the Rolls Royce of watercolor paper. It's just what you compare everything else against. So in a similar way Jesus is our standard, we didn't chose him, God gave him to us as a standard so we know what to measure everything against. And suddenly the playing field of moral greys disappear because we finally have a standard of good and everything else to measure up against Jesus to test and see if it is good or if it is unrighteous. - EMH