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August 24, 2010
Scripture Reading
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Thought of the Day
Gloria Gaither tells the story about a time when her daughter was around three years old and was painting a "masterpiece". Before she finished this masterpiece, a blob of black paint dropped right in the middle of the painting. When her daughter tried to clean the blob off of the paper, the paint smeared and the paper tore. The little girl began to cry and said to her mother, "Oh Mommy, I tried to make something beautiful, but look what happened." Gloria held her and let her cry a moment and then went to the closet and got another sheet of paper. When her daughter saw it she stopped crying and took the paper to start over on her masterpiece. She began anew.
From this experience, came the wonderful hymn, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. Here is the opening verse.
Something beautiful, something good
All my confusion He understood
All I had to offer Him was brokeness and strife
But He made something beautiful of my life
Gloria Gaither went on to explain that Jesus doesn't just patch up our lives. He doesn't leave us "as is". He gives us each a new sheet of paper. He allows us to start over. He showers us with grace. He transforms us into new creations. He makes something beautiful of our lives. Never ever forget that the next time a black blob drops on your painting or in your life.
Prayer
Lord, You understand me. Thanks for that. Amen.
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