Now my thought hasn't been so much about covering the ENTIRE canvas, but more-so, What is on my canvas? I have told friends in the past, who have been struggling with pain or trials in their lives
"When you are standing with God in Glory, and He pulls back the curtain to reveal your Painting of Life, imagine the masterpiece it will be. Around this very time in your life, you will see the beauty that came of it and God will say 'Well done, my faithful Daughter.'"
So, I often think, what will my life painting look like?
Will it be dark where I "put out the Spirit's fire" 1Thessalonians 5:19?
Will there be sunshine seeping through the shadowed areas because the Son was shining so bright in mine? ("But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another..."
-1 John 1:7a)
Will there be orphans and widows smiling somewhere in my painting? ("...look after orphans and widows in their distress..." - James 1:27b)
Will I be clothed in the shimmering adornments of "...compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience" Colossians 3:12?
Will there be images of the hungry who are eating?
Will my household and family show a reflection of the Proverbs 31 wife?
Will there be long swipes of ashes and sackcloth for those times I chose to continue in my sin and not trust or turn to God?
Will my feet be beautiful? ("How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!" -Romans 10:15)
Will it be thick with layers covering all that has been taken as far as the East is from the West?
"As far as the East is from the West, so far as He has removed our transgressions from us"
-Psalm 103:12
Will there be women and/or children laughing and singing in areas where my trials and pains somehow helped them?
Will I be wearing a crown and told "Well done my faithful Daughter" when My Father pulls back the curtain to reveal my Life's Painting?
So, these are just a few of the things I wonder about my Life's Painting. I really have to examine myself and ask
"Am I living for Christ?"
Because certainly, my Life's Painting will reflect that....even today, and even tomorrow.....I don't need to wait for it to be revealed.
And to share someone else's perspective, my sweet Courageous friend, Traci, wrote an A-Mazing series on her blog, Studio Dialogue. Yes, it was written a while ago, but Traci and I only came to know one another in August - BUT our connection was one that took place immediately - A friendship that could only have been given from God! (She will definitely be in my Painting).
She added Studio Dialogue II, and Studio Dialogue III, and Studio Dialogue IV at later times. When you have time to read them, I highly recommend it. Her imagination is so vivid and her words so descriptive.
What does your Life Painting look like?
