The Artist Exposed

Beloved,

I created your inmost being: I knit you together in your mother's womb.
You praise me because you are fearfully and wonderfully made; My works are wonderful, You know that full well.

Love,
Your Creator
Psalm 139:13-14 (NIV)


Poetic. Everything our Lord does is a masterpiece; the words and works He inspires and those things He creates with His own hands.  He breathed life into dirt and made us! We are His masterpiece!


I watched a young woman paint a picture for worship last week. We all watched her frantically paint random lines, colors, and shapes. I anxiously tried to figure out what image she was painting, but it made no sense; there seemed to be no order in what she was doing. After a few minutes, I noticed some women around me ooo and ahhh as they began to realize what she was painting, but I continued to struggle for my own realization. It was frustrating, and I felt like an idiot that I couldn't see and others could. Little by little, I started to recognize the images...When I began to identlfy part of the image, it seemed that she was almost done, but she continued for some time. By the time she finished, it was completely different than I had expected...it was so much more. It brought tears to my eyes. The painting was tittled: "You are my masterpiece".


At birth, you can't tell who you are or who are and what your purpose is. As you move into adolescence and adulthood, it seems to make no sense, and is so random that you appear to be a mess. The closer we get to completion, the more percievable it becomes. Sometimes, just when you think you've got it figured out, the end result ends up a surprise. Others can see the masterpiece in you that you cannot see yourself, and you begin to see other people arrive to completion ahead of you. And how many times can you not even recognize that you are a work in progress until the proccess is complete? Or, maybe it is never really complete? Maybe there is no end to perfection of the plans and blessings the Lord has in store for us? Maybe it is beyond our own understanding?


When you are looking at a painting and you say eww! It's so ugly! It's such a mess! No one will ever like it! It is not worthy of display! What are you insulting? Better yet, who are you insulting?


The awesome thing about this is that through His eyes we are without blemish. He only sees the completed masterpiece. We should see ourselves and eachother the same way. We are not defined by our lowest moment.
 Art is the artist exposed; a manifestation of his/her truest self. Guess what??? We are Gods art! We are the manifestation of His true self, we are made in His , majestic, commanding, and tenaciously loving image...

Fearfully and wonderfully made!

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THE PAINTING I WATCHED FOLLOW THIS LINK: The Artist Exposed Continued!




Originally written 8/17/2009.  I did not notice the original date unil after I posted and edited this!!  How cool is that?