I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
John 10:10b, (World English Bible)
John 10:10b, (World English Bible)
Introduction
Consider the canvas in front of you. This canvas has been painting himself for many years. He has numerous colors to choose from. He has a whole canvas to paint, yet he limits himself to a single color and to only a small portion of canvas. For years and years he has done this, painting paint upon paint, until he forms a thick, bland hill, never venturing out, never experiencing or expressing the full range and depth of his potential.
Questions to Consider
Why do you think the canvas limits his work to only one small area?
Why does he use only one color when so many are available to him?
Is there anyone keeping him from using the full canvas and multiple colors? Or is his behavior self-imposed?
Call to Action
Are there people you know who have limited their life experience out of fear or concern for risks? How can you assist them to add color and texture to their lives?
Are there areas of the canvas of your life that have yet to be painted? Colors you have yet to use? Can you name these areas? What will you do about this?
Is God calling you to something new? What will you do in response to his calling?
Final Thoughts
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt
A Rogue Art Blessing
May you love radically, serve valiantly, and worship with unrestrained passion, free from the fear of the perceptions of others.
May the energizing joy of a noble pursuit overwhelm any anxiety in the path of that pursuit.
May you experience the full gamut of human emotion granting you an authentic awareness that you are fully alive.
May your canvas be vibrant and overflowing with a myriad of colors that brings light, hope and meaning to you and to all those around you.
Consider the canvas in front of you. This canvas has been painting himself for many years. He has numerous colors to choose from. He has a whole canvas to paint, yet he limits himself to a single color and to only a small portion of canvas. For years and years he has done this, painting paint upon paint, until he forms a thick, bland hill, never venturing out, never experiencing or expressing the full range and depth of his potential.
Questions to Consider
Why do you think the canvas limits his work to only one small area?
Why does he use only one color when so many are available to him?
Is there anyone keeping him from using the full canvas and multiple colors? Or is his behavior self-imposed?
Call to Action
Are there people you know who have limited their life experience out of fear or concern for risks? How can you assist them to add color and texture to their lives?
Are there areas of the canvas of your life that have yet to be painted? Colors you have yet to use? Can you name these areas? What will you do about this?
Is God calling you to something new? What will you do in response to his calling?
Final Thoughts
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt
A Rogue Art Blessing
May you love radically, serve valiantly, and worship with unrestrained passion, free from the fear of the perceptions of others.
May the energizing joy of a noble pursuit overwhelm any anxiety in the path of that pursuit.
May you experience the full gamut of human emotion granting you an authentic awareness that you are fully alive.
May your canvas be vibrant and overflowing with a myriad of colors that brings light, hope and meaning to you and to all those around you.