{"id":3577,"date":"2019-04-16T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T00:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2020-09-21T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T20:40:29","slug":"gods-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/16\/gods-masterpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love to paint canvases big and small. It&#8217;s become an obsession to recreate something I see and admire. The process can take me a few hours to several days. One painting I worked on for a month. Just when I thought it was an utter disaster, I tried a different technique and it took shape.<\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s such a process!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Much like I <i>am<\/i>\u00a0to God. Good thing He always knows where this <em>creation of His<\/em> is going. I may <em>work and\u00a0sweat, trying my best&#8230;<\/em>\u00a0only to discover He was waiting for me to:\u00a0<em>let go, rest and wait on Him. <\/em>He already had everything planned and timed perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Like some of my paintings, I can think a situation is a total waste<em>.<\/em> Yet even in such a mess, God can use me as a brush in hand, touching up here, highlighting there. He sees a bigger picture &#8211; deftly working all those layers of mistakes for His glory.<\/p>\n<p>Ephesians 2:10 <strong><em>For we are His creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think of it, blank canvases under His artistic influence, uniquely crafted, and changed into priceless works of art.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Philippians 1:6 <strong><em>For I am sure of this very thing, that the One Who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/strong><em>Anna<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3602\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_5669.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_5669.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_5669.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_5669.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_5669.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_5669.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_5669.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_5669.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Amalfi Coast 2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love to paint canvases big and small. 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