So I was laying in bed this morning pondering love and thinking about art… actually I had just gotten up and I don't know if that was the case because I was praying and this vision of God's love in our lives just came to me in the form of art. It was a contrast of realism and pointillism and how we are all tiny points in a huge painting where God is the artist. We each have our own unique colors and placement- we are uniquely placed around other points with intention and care.
Background- realism is an art style where you create your drawing or painting based on recreating exactly what you see in front of you. Pointillism is an art style where you create an image using dots of color. Examples below…. realism and pointillism:
The image I had is that regardless of what we do we are all a small part of this larger picture. God is the artist and has a vision in His head of the grand painting. When we are put onto the picture He then gives us the opportunity of how we want to live as "points". We can either be a point that reaches out and touches the other points around us or we can be a point that keeps itself separated from the points around us. In that we have the opportunity to share God's love… that if we choose to be the point that reaches out and touches the other points around us it makes the image flow smoothly and it is easy to see the picture close up. The love that flows from one point and reaches out to those surrounding it can then be sent even further out and create such a beautiful image that you can view up close and see exactly what it is. The converse is everyone acting of their own accord and not reaching out and touching the points around them- not sharing that love. When this happens you cannot tell what that larger picture is up close… it just looks like a whole lot of individual dots. Which is what we are- a whole lot of individuals, not a community living in love. But the beauty is that even in this situation- you can still step back and see the image that was trying to be created. It just takes longer and is harder to understand at first.
Regardless of how we choose to live as the dot we are in relation to those around us, the artists' image will still ultimately be portrayed. That is so cool- that in a world where everyone lives selfishly it is a lot harder to see the ultimate image but you still can- that when we live selfishly we are led further away from God's beautiful picture of love. And in a world where you live truly loving and reaching out to those around you it is so much easier to see God's picture- but either way it will be revealed… God is such an amazing creator!
"God is the artist and has a vision in His head of the grand painting."
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