Creativity
The restoration of "The Night Watch," a masterpiece by the painter Rembrandt, began in 2019 and the public were invited to view the procedure and give feedback on the restoration process. All of us in recovery are like the people depicted in that painting. We are worn and stained by the impact of the world around us. Each one of us requires individual attention as we are being restored to the person God created us to be.
Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to him. We are his people. We are the sheep belonging to his flock. (Psalm 100:3 NIRV)
As infants we likely did things that brought delight to those around us. As the years went on, we got worn out and stained by our environment. In addiction, the person we once were got taken over by the person we became.
The Lord has given them special skills as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth, and weavers. They excel as craftsmen and as designers. (Exodus 35:35 NLT)
The Lord will work out his plans for my life — for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for you made me. (Psalm 138:8 NLT)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, When I look around, I am amazed at the work of Your hands. Please restore me to be the person You created me to be, so that I might take my rightful place in Your creative plan. Amen
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