Perhaps the morning showcases the beauty of the sky as the new day tiptoes in while the evening sky projects a final glow as day reluctantly surrenders to night. This morning, as I took in the iridescent shades of light and the outline of new-formed clouds I realized that God paints the sky in water color abstracts while the earth is painted with the bold colors and sharply etched definition of oils. The sky has subtle shades of color and clouds that entertain the imagination and allows minds to wander...to consider the infinite and to give purpose to daydreams. The oils of the earth leave less to interpretation and guide us through our routines of land-locked living. We travel past landscape and buildings while headed toward work and a world of problems and inescapable reality. But as we move through each day of challenges... of issues... of victories and defeats we travel beneath a water color sky that provides an ever-present place of escape from our oil painted realities. And we are reminded that, for all the precise definition of our day to day lives, there is much we do not know..much we do not understand...a vastness of experience that we know lies ahead of us.....somewhere through and beyond the water color skies above. And we have come to know the Artist who is equally talented with the pastels of water color and the firmer textures of oil. For He is also the sculptor who is fashioning us in clay. And we suspect that one day we will walk through His gallery and live in His studio. For now we express our thanks for placing us on His canvas.
Amos 9:6 He who builds His layers in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
The LORD is His name.
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
The LORD is His name.
blessings,
Rob Smith
Hey Rob,
ReplyDeleteAwesome entry! I really loved the depiction of the earth as being "bold" and "sharply etched", especially since life feels that way a lot of times. I would argue, in addition, that under your analogy, humans would be a wonderful mix of the two paint elements, the water color and oil. We are to be, as He says, "In the earth but not of it." Either way, great post, thanks for doing these!
-Dan Crabtree