Masterpiece

Good Monday Morning :)

I trust that each of you were touched yesterday with the reminder that you are a Masterpiece  What a powerful and poignant reminder of who we are in Christ, and of how Christ sees his children and his church.  It is a privilege to be serving together, playing our unique part in that creation.

My encouragement for you today, and throughout this week, is to look into that mirror.  Look into the mirror.  Now…stare a little longer. Getting a little uncomfortable? I know I am!!  But ask yourself who you really see there? What are her gifts, talents, treasures? What makes that woman tick? What ticks that woman off? What are the good things about that woman?  What are the things that God is working on?  Spend some time with God listening to what he says to your heart. Take the good along with the challenge.  Find rest in Him. 

Since we all don’t have the benefit of a friend sitting beside us with our mirror to remind us of how God sees us, I am going to ask each of you to do something.  I want you to think and pray about one of the ladies here in our group. Then I want you to somehow let that person know how God sees them, what he thinks about them.  I know we don’t know each other very well, but speaking God truth into each others hearts and lives is a great place to start. Let God guide you because he knows each of us intimately and will therefore give you the right words to say that your chosen person needs to hear.  I am not going to tell you who to pick, I am going to let God guide that process.  If you choose more than one person, that is fine. Lean and trust on God for this.  It doesn’t have to be long…maybe a couple words or phrases, a scripture verse, a prayer.  And it can be private; the rest of us don’t need to know.  One thing I will ask is that when you hear from someone, send me a quick email to let me know.  I don’t need to know who it was from or what they said (unless you’d like to share that); a simple…’I heard how I was a Masterpiece today” or something along those lines will do :)

Ephesians 2:10
"For we are God's masterpiece.  he has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned of us long ago."

How are you His Masterpiece today?

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