Don't Assume Anything

I love going to art museums and looking at all the beautiful and not so beautiful pieces of art. The idea that little pieces of people’s hearts, minds, or even souls are put up for display is beautiful and often awe inspiring. This is also why art is scary and risky to make, it is putting something from you onto a piece of paper or canvas or clay or any other wide array of mediums and allowing the rest of the world to view it. It is a scary, dangerous, and often messy thing to make a piece of art. Creating art makes us vulnerable and that is always risky. So why do we do it?

I think it is because God created works of art as well, and whether we know it or not we strive to be more like our creator. God made the universe and He also made us; He took a piece of Himself and put it out there, it was dangerous, messy, and risky. He knew He would face pain, criticism, and many times be completely rejected.

When God created us, unlike our works of art, He didn’t just face criticism from others observing His art, His work of art criticized themselves. We don’t often think of ourselves as a piece of God’s art so putting ourselves and others down is often treated like a good humbling practice, but in all reality is it criticizing God’s art. He put Himself into making us, and a lot of time, thought, and love went into our creation. He knew we would not appreciate His art always, but He loved us anyways, and He constantly looks at us and says, “What a beautiful work of art.”