Shalom Sign

Shalom is a beautiful word. Here you have it both in English and Hebrew, designed using chasing and  dapping tools for the repousse effect above and reverse repousse below.  The metal is brass, but I polished it without cleaning off the oxidation from annealing the metal for the look of antiquity.
Recently, I had a wonderful opportunity to join friends traveling in Israel.  Everyone uses 'Shalom' there as a greeting, 'Hello' or 'Goodbye', but it means so much more than that.  Shalom means completeness, wholeness, health, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of discord or strife, with nothing missing or broken.  Shalom comes from the root verb shalom meaning to be complete, perfect and full.  This I always longed for deep in my heart, but never found it until I met the Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom, who is Jesus, Yeshua.  Without Him is no shalom.  Choosing to walk with Him each day, with its twists and turns, challenges and victories, often closes with amazement at how things worked out... "How did You do that, Lord?"
"The LORD bless you and keep you, the LORD make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up His countenance on you, and give you... SHALOM."  Numbers 6:24-25