"When you are up close and inspecting yourself you will be critical and see all the flaws. Take the time to get up and back away and see the whole picture and those imperfections won't be so obvious anymore."
Those are the wise words of our Painting with a Twist instructor yesterday during one of our painting sessions. There was no wine at our session but a whole lot of whining at one point when all the painters seemed to be aggravated with their skills.....or lack thereof! Everyone was looking at what they were painting and comparing it with the finished model and no one was very happy with their work. We all lacked the skill and the experience that the instructor had with the brush strokes and techniques. After all...she had painted this a zillion times and who are we to think that we could emulate that at one sitting?
Perspective is a funny thing. I stood up and looked at my canvas from afar and realized that I actually wasn't far away from where I should be. There were people who had great paintings and others that looked quite interesting as well! ha. I was doing really good at that point!
The instructors model painting had so much detail and I was trying to replicate that but she kept telling us that everyone's painting was on target and was going to look great by the end in it's own unique way. There were many moments of doubt and I even had thoughts of giving up! This was supossed to be FUN by the way! LOL. I kept adding more paint and strokes to the painting thinking that maybe I could make it better and actually almost destroyed it! I finally just put the brush down and told myself to stop. There was a point as well when I just panicked and didn't want to attempt the lettering of the scripture and it was obvious that I needed some professional help! Well fortunately I asked the paint instructor and she was more than willing to help and she did bail me out.
You may be looking at your life today and think that you are just not worthy or have too many imperfections...just stop criticizing yourself and take a step back and see yourself through the eyes of your creator and your perspective will change. Yes..your life may not look like the life you would like to have at this point; but you are on target and all the details will come in time...we need to have patience and embrace our own unique life with it's own set of challenges. We can't look at the Monet and think we can do that!
We need to look at God and know that He created us and that He hasn't forgotten us or given up on us....whatever trouble we are in...He is the professional who will guide us and help us out of our jam. We just have to ask and then refer to His written word that is our life line. His letters to us is what reminds us of who we are...we are loved and we are HIS. We just need to get up and back out of the way and take our hands off of things so that HE can take care of His own. We are His own unique Masterpiece!
Adjust that Crown!
Jonna
Perspective is a funny thing. I stood up and looked at my canvas from afar and realized that I actually wasn't far away from where I should be. There were people who had great paintings and others that looked quite interesting as well! ha. I was doing really good at that point!
The instructors model painting had so much detail and I was trying to replicate that but she kept telling us that everyone's painting was on target and was going to look great by the end in it's own unique way. There were many moments of doubt and I even had thoughts of giving up! This was supossed to be FUN by the way! LOL. I kept adding more paint and strokes to the painting thinking that maybe I could make it better and actually almost destroyed it! I finally just put the brush down and told myself to stop. There was a point as well when I just panicked and didn't want to attempt the lettering of the scripture and it was obvious that I needed some professional help! Well fortunately I asked the paint instructor and she was more than willing to help and she did bail me out.
You may be looking at your life today and think that you are just not worthy or have too many imperfections...just stop criticizing yourself and take a step back and see yourself through the eyes of your creator and your perspective will change. Yes..your life may not look like the life you would like to have at this point; but you are on target and all the details will come in time...we need to have patience and embrace our own unique life with it's own set of challenges. We can't look at the Monet and think we can do that!
We need to look at God and know that He created us and that He hasn't forgotten us or given up on us....whatever trouble we are in...He is the professional who will guide us and help us out of our jam. We just have to ask and then refer to His written word that is our life line. His letters to us is what reminds us of who we are...we are loved and we are HIS. We just need to get up and back out of the way and take our hands off of things so that HE can take care of His own. We are His own unique Masterpiece!
Adjust that Crown!
Jonna
