"The best artist has that thought alone
Which is contained within the marble shell;
The sculptor's hand can only break the spell
To free the figures slumbering in the stone."
Michelangelo
"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."
Michelangelo
Sometimes I feel like God is chiseling away my imperfections in order to set free the person He created me to be. At times I've felt the big chunks fall off and other times it's just sandpapering the rough edges. Ultimately, everytime I came face to face with my faults and intentionally work at improving those areas of my life that are less than ideal, I have to feel the temporary discomfort of God molding me into His image.
Humbling, but true. Without His chisel, I'm just a unfinished masterpiece.
How and when have you felt the chisel of the Artist?
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
by Gloria Ruppel