I think in the same way that's what God is doing with us. Cutting away everything that doesn't look like Christ in our lives. I am far fetched from being finished...but hope, that when He is finished, there will be nothing of me left. Just Jesus, in all of His goodness.
Friday, July 17, 2009
It has been said that before Michelangelo created his masterpiece "David", Davinci had been given a slab of what he considered "unusable" marble. Michelangelo then used that same piece of rock and created one of the most well know pieces of art in history. When asked how he formed such a masterpiece out of such an ugly piece of rock, he said "It was simple, I just cut away everything that didn't look like David".
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Amen, friend. I've never heard that story before. Reminds me of Jesus in John 17:22-23, when he prays: "I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me." Like, we are all the slab of marble and He has hidden His glory within, to be chiseled away, revealing His perfect image of us.
You have a glory that He's clothed you in and I pray that it would shine brighter with each day to all those you encounter. I also haven recently fallen in love with how Jesus said "Go into the world and preach the good news to ALL creation" which means the glory He's given us touches every man, woman, animal, plant, tree and every speck of dust we encounter.
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