Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Let us paint a picture - Douye Ikhumi





 

Let us paint a picture

Have you ever gone for an art exhibition and then heard a lot of people exclaiming and cooing over this beautiful piece of art. You walk over to also examine it with rapt attention. However, when you get there you see absolutely nothing. You close your eyes and then open them to stare at a painting of green and orange. It has no form it is just green and orange. You are told that this is an abstract painting and then you hear someone say that they see peace engulfed with a bit of danger and then you wonder where they got that from. However, in order to blend in you also say you see a bit of this and that and then quietly walk away and wonder if you are in the wrong profession. I can do that, I can just throw a few colours together and then call it an abstract design. Well, before you also dream of changing professions let us redirect our thoughts to the correlation between the painting and real life.

Do you know that every day you add a few drops of paint to this lovely picture called life? You add a bit of black, white, orange and then a shade of yellow. You move on to the next colour and it continues. Life is a painting. Some view it as fun and yet others see only hurt deep within. What have you been painting? What will people say when they view the picture of your life? Do they see happiness? Joy and the fruits of the spirit of do they just see gloom? We are the architects of our destiny and faith. Be intentional as you paint this picture called YOUR LIFE and ensure that you add a bit of sunshine to it daily through the joy of knowing christ and living for him alone. Now let's get to work and start painting...

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