Have you seen the abstract- contemporary type art that really doesn’t have any shape? Do you like it? Truth be told…not only do I like that type of art but I own a very large one; that I painted myself. It is orange, tan, brown, blue and it looks like…… A MESS. You see, a few years back, my mother took up landscape painting and using some of her paints that were laying around…I decided to paint. Maybe it was because I painted it but I liked it, however, when my uncle saw it, in his loving joking manner he asked, “Did Devan (my 9yr old at the time) paint that?” But then, I began to furnish my place with some really cute furniture. I found a tan contemporary type couch from IKEA…..and matching pieces to coordinate. This time, with my contemporary furniture in place and a frame added, I hung my painting up and it looked totally different. It was no longer a mess but now a masterpiece!
Friend, I want to encourage you by reminding you that often we make a mess out of our lives and think that we are one big mess but God is looking at you and He sees a masterpiece! Every “color” and every “non-shape” in your life is going to fit into a beautiful setting. The very thing that you think is a flaw is what God is going to use to bless others. You might be in a situation where you feel like a total blah…but be encouraged to know that you fit and God is perfecting you and your situation and at the right time….you’ll be hung on the wall in a living room that fits your design! NOTHING is too hard for God to work through….not even your mess.
There are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities…
1 Corinthians 12:4-5
(The above painting is not the one that I painted)
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