My heart swooned as I walked by an art store today, seeing the thick stack of blank, crispy white canvases in the window. The potential. “What masterpieces might be created on those simple frames?” I wondered, each one with a different shape, size and endless amount of possibilities. There is something also very scary about a blank canvas. Not knowing where to start or how to put into color what is mulling inside… the fear of painting the wrong thing. But in order for the pigments to show, the “silent veto” must be overruled and brush must touch parchment.
I couldn’t help but imagine God feeling the same way, swooning over us, seeing all of the possibilities. Meanwhile, our human fear of the unknown creates a desire to be the only painter. But we must remember that, while we participate in the direction of the brush strokes, He is the artist.
And so, “Open Canvas” has begun as a way to share with you as I experience new, exciting, interesting and maybe even humanly scary things on my journey with God, Children of the Nations and creativity. It is because of my ever growing, deep love for and love from our creator that I am now a part of the COTN family and have such a deep love and passion for creative expression (two worlds that I have a vision of merging). It is my hope that you may also fall in love with this movement of “raising children who transform nations” as well as a desire to live a life of open wonder as you discover the Creator, and who He has designed you to be.
Be still. Be open. Breath. Create.
Life is an adventure, it's up to us to explore
