A Work Of Art

I was standing in my bathroom this morning getting ready for work and started thinking about art...I know, kind of random. I love art. Not just one kind but a variety of styles. The pieces I tend to be drawn to most however, are "Abstract" works of art. I enjoy exploring all the intricate details allowing my mind to create an image within the images. Sometimes I will look at it from one perspective and see something and then perhaps my perspective will change uncovering something that I didn't necessarily see the first...second...or even third time I viewed the piece.

As I stood there looking at this particular piece on my bathroom wall, I realized I am just like that. An Abstract work of art designed by THE creator of the entire universe.  I am like that piece of art that the artist is never quite "finished" with. A work in progress that is continually altered, added to, changed and refined towards becoming a masterpiece. When we allow, God washes over us with His miraculous paint brush, seeing us from HIS perspective, uncovering the things within us that need change, revealing greatness that perhaps we didn't even realize was there,  ultimately creating us to be exactly what He has in mind...His divine Work of Art.

A New Thing

Expressing my feelings, thoughts, emotions, opinion, etc...on paper, computer screen, or phone screen has always been, and honestly still is, a very scary thing to me.  Lately, I have found myself wondering why that is. There are alot of reasons I suppose. Fear of offending someone, fear of rejection, fear of saying the "wrong" thing, fear of vunerability,  or maybe just the sting of past regret that came with sharing what was really on my heart only for it to blow up in my face. If I am honest, all of those things and probably more have, at the very least, contributed to my "fear" of entering the world of BLOG. I have a friend who always tried to convince me to blog...I was never brave enough.

Today...I feel brave enough. You see, I have been "recreated" and I am not the same ME I used to be.  Full of regret, worry, anxiety, fear of rejection, etc... God is doing a new thing in me and I have a story to share.  I am not sure how it will unfold in the days to come, or how quickly it might occur, but I decided today to start a "new chapter" and take the plunge in beginning a BLOG. Hopefully my "heart expressions" will be an encouragement to someone else. If so, then it's worth the risk.

More to come...