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When God created me, the canvas of my life was clean and pure. God
had so many wonderful things planned for me, but being the way that I am, I took the brush away from
God, and decided I was going to paint my own life.
For a while the brush glided right along. I seemed to know perfectly
well what I was doing. Now and then there were problems and difficulties in my life, but no big
deal. I just covered them up with colorful smiles and different shades of my personality.
But, after many years of doing this my canvas began to look NOT so pure and clean.
There were stains of deceit and dishonesty. There were way too many
colors of selfishness on it; pride and conceit were dripped by the brush so much that it looked like I cared
about no one but myself. There were tears and holes on my canvas where I had completely
ignored God.
Ultimately, a crisis came along that broke the brush and covered my canvas
with sorrow. I felt defeated and lost. I wished so desperately that I could give the brush
back to God and let the true Artist paint my life the way it was intended to be. As tears rolled
down my cheeks, I looked at my ruined canvas of life trying to think of a way to clean it and begin anew.
And then I remembered that God, and only God, had a way of removing all the stains and
making a new canvas of one’s life.
It was His Son Jesus. At that very thought I felt a new brush put in my
hand. I felt the loving hand of Christ Jesus wrapping around mine as He gently told Me, "That by
letting Him lead the brush, He could mix my personality and unique style into a life that would result in
eternal fellowship with God."
He would paint loving colors of peace and joy into my life, and He promised
He would never leave me. I was so excited, I had another chance. My life was not
ruined. I had hope and promise that the scene on my canvas would one day portray eternity
and I most assuredly wanted the brush’s finishing touches to be that of the Signature of God!
Whose signature is on your canvas of life? Your's or God’s?
-- by Debbie DeWalt
January 22, 1998 |
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