One of the reasons that the
church needs art (not just the finished product) is that it is a messy
process. It isn’t straight line A
to B….more like A to Z with lots of twists and turns and unexpected changes and
mistakes. The church often tends
to gravitate toward packaged answers, though the gospel and the scripture and
Jesus never worried about mess, never avoided broken situations or people whose
lives were in ruins. If there is
breath, there is hope.
We must start believing in a God
who can truly take a mess and make it into a masterpiece. It takes time for Him to do the work,
as He is reshaping us in the process, but it is what the work of restoration is
about. The world sees
garbage and can do nothing but throw it away. The God of goodness sees a mess and starts envisioning what
He can do to create something beautiful and strong. And He has more possibilities in His treasure house than we
could ever imagine.
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