Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY

Photoshop of a painting by Sir Frederick Leighton

At an easel, 

the artist looks to the subject,

then to the canvas, 

dipping a brush,

mixing and making

colors...

And from skilled and patient strokes 

(some swift, some painstakingly,

carefully made) 

there comes to life a face, 

a scene, 

a 'scape...

 

With just such strokes, Lord,

paint me to be

the person you imaged

in your mind's eye

since long before 

all time 

began...

 

From your palette, Lord,

and with your brush,

tease out the beauty

your heart finds so deep in mine

and let me see what you see

on the canvas

of my life...

With your palette knife give texture

to the contours of my being: make bold

what I'm so quick to hide, 

diminish and deny...

 

Stretch the canvas of my soul

and paint upon it 

all you made my life to be

and to become...

 

Make me grateful for your artistry,

the grace of your design,

for the masterpiece you want to make

of all I am and have...

Amen.

Image by Victor Wagner

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