Painting in the Dark

08 Apr 2011 8 Comments

by lisapbjcreations in Uncategorized

Worship painting.

A couple Sunday’s ago I painted during the worship service at the Crosspoint downtown campus, at Rocketown.  All in all I have about 20 minutes to complete a painting from beginning to end as the musicians lead us in worship.

This time I had planned on painting  “Spring”

Before I do a worship painting it has been planned in my head to completion.   All the decisions have been what I am going to paint, the colors chosen the canvas prepped . Everything was ready ,once they began to play I began to paint. Then something unexpected happened this time the lights that are programmed to go with the music kept leaving me in that dark !

The lights went out again and again I couldn’t see !

I had the picture in my head .So I just did what I would have done in the light and  painted on instinct hoping  for the best.

Then the lights would come up just for a moment. Just long enough for me to see.  The painting was nothing like what  I had pictured or intended ! Then as quickly as the lights would come on they would shut right back off . I felt like I was messing the whole thing up all the while 250 people watched . I got frustrated things were not turning out the way I had planned, with an audience for my failure.

Turns out our plans are not always the best…when the music finished I grabbed the painting then took off towards that back.  My friend Brittany she took the pictures above, she is an amazing photographer. Met me behind the scenes what she surprised me .

“I love it it is beautiful!”

Huh what no it isn’t ! I messed it up, it’s not at all what I had intended. It ‘s terrible. I don’t even want to look at it .

How often during our lives are we in the dark never really seeing the entire picture that God is painting, where  God is leading us for his glory.  The ultimate beauty that awaits us in his light . Just going on our instincts, feeling like we are messing up everything not really seeing the beauty of God’s plan because it is not our plan.

Once I had a chance to sit down and get over myself. Looking at the painting with a fresh pair of eyes for what it was ,instead of seeing it as something that didn’t turn out the way  I had wanted . Taking the painting in  from the perspective of  it being what God had wanted ,and that made it all the more beautiful.  Had I not been in the dark it would not have been the same painting.

Everyone loved it even me.

God reminded me that night he often does his best work in the dark.

and maybe I should paint in the dark more often ?

“And if you give yourself to the hungry And satisfy the desire of the afflicted Then your light will rise in the darkness And your gloom will become like midday.”

Isaiah 58:10

Feeling like you are in the dark ?  This scripture reminds us to give ourselves to God completely and spend what he has given us to  help others in need. To  those that area also in the dark ,and he will  turn your darkness into light.. it is a promise.

I love that promise.

Is there an area in your life that feels like you are getting it all wrong, and maybe you need let God in to start painting your picture ? Making it even more beautiful than you ever thought possible  ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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