Amber Book Just another weblog 
This is the question that I asked myself the other day as I was painting. When I was trying to figure out what to do after high school I was considering going to a Bible college where I could possibly get a Biblical counseling degree. I was totally interested in missions and headed that direction, but felt that Biblical counseling was something that I could use on the mission field. Everywhere I looked I always came to a dead end on a school that I felt comfortable with that offered what I was looking for, so I ended up going to New Tribes Bible Institute.
One of the schools that I was considering at the time just added a Biblical counseling major, so I was thinking, “Man, I wonder if I would have gone there if they would have had that major when I was checking into things years ago?” It was interesting to think of the different experiences I would have had and all the different people that I would have met, but when my thinking comes to and end it’s sweet to know that the Lord is in control of my life.
Although I was just painting one color and by no means am I an artist, I was thinking about how our lives are like a canvas that the Lord paints upon. He takes the blank canvas and begins to paint the picture of our lives from beginning to end. He blends the trials and pains of our life in with His goodness and grace and creates something beautiful and sweet from something that we thought was ugly and hard. He covers the hurts with His love and adds slashes of life and color through His sweet blessings. His is the greatest picture of all, and that is the one He creates through a life that is surrendered to Him.
Sometimes I try to paint my own picture, but the Lord gently (and sometimes not so gently) leads me back to where the paintbrush is in His hands and goes to work in my life. I’m so thankful for where I’ve been and all that the Lord has allowed me to experience, and I’m excited to see what the Lord paints next in my life.
Will you join me in handing the paintbrush to the master artist?
"The steps of a man are established by the Lord and He delights in his way." – Psalm 37:23
