I’ve got in mind a picture of an elaborately carved wooden
ceiling, like one you might find in a cathedral or a castle. Those gifted
craftsmen (and women?) who carved such works of art may have done it as an
expression of their love for the creator God. I hope that their relationship
with Him was enhanced as they worked.
As beings made in His image, we all have the creative urge,
and how he must love our efforts, whether professional or untaught.
Yesterday we saw a picture of one of our eight-year-old
grandsons proudly displaying a paint-by-number depiction of a tiger. It looks
amazing, and I’m smiling as I think of his pleasure in creating this work of
art showing one of the most splendid of animals. I hope that as he painted, his
appreciation for creation and the loving God who made the tiger will have
swelled.
As finite beings, our vision of the glories of God will
always be limited unless God himself enables us to see from his eternal
perspective. I think he is always ready to give us glimpses or experiences of
the beautiful majesty of his infinite presence.
May the Lord help me to expand my expectations of Him today,
looking for his generosity and beauty in the trivial and routine, in the
dailiness of my life, prepared to receive glimpses of glory even in the
mundane.
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