Artists

My sister has two grandsons: Noah and Lincoln. Apparently both are young artists, quite willing to ply their trade any place at any time.  I caught them in action tonight.  We were waiting for dinner and they jumped at the opportunity to demonstrate their prowess with yellow crayons. As I watched them I realized I've forgotten what it's like to color things colors quite different from their common appearance. It must be quite liberating to color a blue bird yellow.

As I watched them concentrating on their work, I thought, "Maybe we should all take up coloring with a single crayon."

I'm guessing those of us trapped by formal training assume our entire palette must be laid out with a rainbow of colors before we can produce something worthwhile.  But, stop and think. How often do you have every color and hue you might want at your disposal?  How often do you have every option available to you?  Not very often, I think. 

Rather, I often find myself with one crayon, one chance, one color, one tone, one option and one choice. Either I do what I can with what's in my hand, or I do nothing.  Shame on me if I don't become as a child, grasp my yellow crayon, and color for all I'm worth.  If all I have is yellow, then I'll color yellow.  If yellow is what I have, yellow is what I'll give.

And when I'm done I'll do what Noah and Lincoln do. I'll hold my picture up for my Father to see.  And just like them I'll be eagerly waiting to hear my Father to say, "Well done."

Maybe if I'm faithful with what my Father has already given, I'll be entrusted with the opportunity to do even more.

Luke 16:10  -  If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.

Comments

[Jennifer]

at our house we say "just show up and go with what you've got." oh yeah, and we always try to remember to bring our own fun with us :).

[Elle White]

Thank you for this post - I sent it to a friend and will probably revisit it many times in the future.