“Illustrator/painter Gustave Dore, one of the
patron saints of the DreamWorks team of Spielberg/Katzenberg/Geffen, was handed
a painting of Jesus just finished by one of his students. Asked for his critique, Dore studied it, his
mind searching for the right words. At last he handed it back to the student.
‘If you loved him more,’ he said, ‘you would
have painted him better.’” (From
the files of Leadership/Copyright © 2018 by the
author or Christianity Today/PreachingToday.com.)
How is your painting of Jesus,
the one that is your life, coming along?
Could it show a little more love?
Some days I think I would
like to start over, but I know that I don’t get a new canvas. No ‘starting
over’ in this class.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t
keep on trying to fix up my painting. I have time to put a few more strokes on
this canvas:
To soften the hard edges.
To brighten the dark corners.
To show in the corners of the
mouth more joy.
To reveal in the crow’s feet
of the eyes, more ‘I believe.’
Ah, but you CAN start over! Washed in the blood, white as snow.....gesso over that canvas, pick up your brush, and begin again!
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