From Ashes To Beauty...A Masterpiece in the Making

Every single one of us are a masterpiece in the making. It's like our life is a canvas and the different color paints, pens, inks, chalk, and pencils represent the different journeys we take...then there are the images we create with our journeys that create the shape and artistic direction of our masterpiece. Sometimes when I am sketching or doodling, some of my favorite pieces come from the willingness to be open and free with my design. Many times when I sit down in front of a blank white page, I have no idea what I am about to create. I may start out with a straight line...then decide to deviate from that straight line into more of a circle then into a square...just waiting for that inspiration to catch fire and start to take form. Sometimes I get that inspiration and I get so excited because something within me just knows that I am going to be able to create something really special...then there are other times when I try to make something and the inspiration or talent to make it just isn't there. I am just not feeling it!

I think our life can be compared to the process of creating a masterpiece. It's just that...a process. I am thankful that my God has an infinite imagination and can create something so beautiful out of what can be viewed by others as ruined. See, unlike when I am creating an art piece...God never makes a mistake. Every line, every curve, every smudge, every color and shadow, every ink mark...it all has a very Divine purpose. We are made beautiful. Although I have crumbled up failed attempts at a masterpiece into the trash because it looked hideous...God keeps his and uses what seems to be ruined and unlovely and turns it into something amazing and wonderful causing those who see it to know that only God could do that! He creates beauty from ashes...and He allows it to give Him glory.

I am still being chipped and molded...I am being shaded and smudged...my lines are being darkened and lightened...I am getting new colors of paint added...my masterpiece is being created. You see, there have been times when I have seen a glimpse of the process...I saw some lines that weren't completed...some smudges that didn't look so nice...in fact, I was convinced that those unlovely marks and unrecognizable shades of color were sure to destroy any chance of a beautiful masterpiece. I had hoped that my Creator would just crumble me up and start all over again. Little did I know how each and every mark and stain that has been visible upon my canvas is being used to create more depth and texture to my masterpiece. I am in the process of letting God create a masterpiece...a beautiful masterpiece.