the beauty is in the details…
I do my own painting around the house.
In the course of my home ownership I have painted all three of my homes, this one is now for second time.
I think that La Casita del Dios, my current homes name,is due as she’s been 12 years, five hurricanes and two tornadoes on the same paint job!
And yes, I name my homes! You don’t ?
When I paint a home I take my time, usually I’ll roll the body paint the main color of the house first and go back and do the detail and the trim likewise.
I am very fastidious when it comes to the trim as the photo above portrays. The one thing about this detail… is no one will ever see that the detail is there except me.
You might say,” it is only 1/16” wide and you can’t see it!?!?!”
But you see I know it’s there and that’s what matters.
The only time you’ll ever see it is when I take the window screens off to put the hurricane panels on.
And I know that sometimes, many times in my life and our lives are just the same as that little detail; their are parts of our life’s that nobody sees, that we do not want anybody to see.
Except that the Lord of all heaven and earth knows every little detail of our life’s, including those unseen.
O’ Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.( psalm 139:1)
The beauty of it is in these hidden places where we don’t want the world to see as where God wants to work on us the most.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. ( Psalm 139:23-24)
So just like me painting the body color first; salvation is the first step when God makes us justified with him that the one righteous act of Christ on the cross, his death and resurrection where He is seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven above.
Then comes, sanctification or purification of the those portions of our life that we hide from those around us… that God sees instantly; for God the beauty is in the details.
“ Lord help me to always be open to Your searching of my heart to find those bits and pieces of me that need to be refined to become more of the image of your son. I thank You for the work of Your hands upon my life for You are finishing Your masterpiece.” Amen
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