One day in 2011, I was in the sitting room watching TV and a program came up that was showing a painter with his tools, trying to paint something. I was almost switching channels because I wasn’t in the mood of watching anything that had to do with art, when the Lord, through an inner voice stopped me.
I was wondering why the Lord wanted me to be glued to this particular program. But I simply obeyed Him. The painter had a brush in His hands with a white board in front of him and some color paints near him. I was thinking he would just paint something out quickly. But he splashed some blue paint on the board, then some green, red and even black. It really didn’t make sense to me. It was so messy that I thought he wasn’t a professional painter. I thought he would realize that he was just making mistakes and decide to start all over again. But our dear painter continued to add more ‘mess’ to the painting. He was so patient, in fact he was even whistling while doing his ‘unclear job’. But all of a sudden, I started seeing some sense in his painting. In fact I started having an idea of what he was trying to paint. He continued and at the end, I realized that he knew exactly what he was doing. My dear readers, that ‘messy’ painting ended up to be a beautiful painting of the sea at dawn, portraying nature around it. It was so captivating that I would have loved to shake his hands.
I was wondering why the Lord wanted me to be glued to this particular program. But I simply obeyed Him. The painter had a brush in His hands with a white board in front of him and some color paints near him. I was thinking he would just paint something out quickly. But he splashed some blue paint on the board, then some green, red and even black. It really didn’t make sense to me. It was so messy that I thought he wasn’t a professional painter. I thought he would realize that he was just making mistakes and decide to start all over again. But our dear painter continued to add more ‘mess’ to the painting. He was so patient, in fact he was even whistling while doing his ‘unclear job’. But all of a sudden, I started seeing some sense in his painting. In fact I started having an idea of what he was trying to paint. He continued and at the end, I realized that he knew exactly what he was doing. My dear readers, that ‘messy’ painting ended up to be a beautiful painting of the sea at dawn, portraying nature around it. It was so captivating that I would have loved to shake his hands.
Then the inner voice spoke again ‘You see, my daughter, I (God) can be likened to this painter. Before I created you, I knew you and I knew what you would eventually become. I had good plans for you even before your birth. Then I brought you into this world, never forgetting my plans for you. I started ‘painting you’. At times you thought I didn’t know what I was doing because of the mess around your life. You thought I had made a mistake by making you feel so messed up by certain situations that you have had to go through. But during all those times, I knew what I was doing. Even now, I still know what I am doing. I have a good plan for you and no matter the mess around you, one day you will soon understand. Yes a day is coming when I will the make the picture of your life look so complete and so beautiful and you will give me glory’
I was simply amazed. God can never be wrong. Be strong and trust in Him always. I hope this also helps you.
I was simply amazed. God can never be wrong. Be strong and trust in Him always. I hope this also helps you.
Jennipher Tambadou Duru
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