{"id":1290,"date":"2009-10-21T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2009-10-21T21:28:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T01:28:48","slug":"strokes-of-the-paintbrush-october-27-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/strokes-of-the-paintbrush-october-27-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Strokes of the Paintbrush, October 21 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ethan's

Ethan's painting of the sunset.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Different strokes of the paintbrush.\u00a0 Hues of various shades, separate ideas but one picture. Imagination on poster board. A creation from his hands. His moms’ favorite site in all the world the sunset.<\/p>\n

We all have different ideas that eventually seem to merge into one picture that is defined yet blurred.\u00a0 Have you noticed the many times in life when no matter how long and hard you considered “why on earth something like that would happen?” but you could not figure it out.\u00a0 Then ten years down the way it appears, the answer as if by magic, the reason for the situation and it all makes complete sense to you, the picture comes together.\u00a0 It is constant; things change, people move about the world, babies are born, older people die it is an unending cycle. However, when you, yourself are just a stroke of the paintbrush you cannot see the picture.<\/p>\n

You see God is the painter. \u00a0He has the idea, the picture and the paint.\u00a0 We are His creation.\u00a0 God has a vision for our lives, the hue, the stroke.\u00a0 He knows how He wants us to be a part of the picture.\u00a0 Our goal is to be open to the hue of our life and let Him guide us.\u00a0 We need to give Him permission by relinquishing our “control” and let God guide us.\u00a0 He speaks to us in signs, in prayer, through people, through thoughts we need only to look, listen, pray and to be open to His full picture.\u00a0 Instead of resisting the way we need to embrace His way.<\/p>\n

Different strokes of God’s paintbrush.\u00a0 Hues of various shades, separate ideas but one picture. Imagination on Earth and in the Heavens. A creation from God’s own Hands.\u00a0 God’s favorite site in all the world<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Humanity (us)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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