American artist James Whistler, who was never known to be bashful about his talent, was once advised that a shipment of blank canvases he had ordered had been lost in the mail. When asked if the canvases were of any great value, Whistler remarked, “Not yet, not yet.”
So it is with every life. We come into the world with nothing and begin our painting on life’s canvas. How is the project going with you? Can you use some touchup before you reveal it to the public?
Life is a leaf of paper white
Whereon each of us may write
His word or two; and then comes night.
Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime;
Not failure, but low aim, is crime
- “Life” by: James Russell Lowell
Acts 17:11
Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Those Bereans paint us a pretty picture.
Give it some thought.
Gary