Friday, April 11, 2014

Five Minute Friday - Paint




Five Minute Friday 

Yes, yes, yes!

It is another week of 5 Minute Friday time.  It is time to share with writers from all over.  A time to encourage and a time to embrace just letting go and writing.  This is my third go round on Five Minute Friday and I must say I simply love Lisa-Jo and all the wonderful writers that have shared their world in words.  There is still time to join in, and you can learn all about it by heading...right...here.

In the meantime, today's prompt is

PAINT

Ready

Set

GO

My life, my palette, God's design.

My birth, my soul, a snowy white.  So much space to do many, many things, the possibilities literally endless, but a special plan still painted on my heart.  A blue print of God's design.  One He knew, and He birthed long before even placing me in the protection of my mother's womb.

My teen years, a kaleidoscope of gleaming oranges, purples, pinks, neon yellows, and a brilliant turquoise, my signature color of course.  Each color reflecting joys and excitement.  Reality was there in the shadows.  Sometimes it was a mossy green or even a deep gray shadow, but my light, God's light in me, kept more beautiful colors my way.

Late teens and early twenties, my colors were a blaze of firey reds, shocking blues, brilliant fuchsia (and that was just my hair) and also rich ebony.  There was a darkness there that followed me for a time, enveloped me.  A time that I tried to find my own plans and my own solutions, and found instead hurt, fear, sorrow, betrayal and loss.  Deep pain caused a more violent red color to seep into my day and my skin.  The beauty is...God does not forget and God does heal.  He still has a plan.

His patience a soft warm yellow.  I feel it deep in my soul.  The need to let go and give to the Lord all the reds, the grays, the darkness and let Him be the light. 

It happened.  His light.  It melted the colors and softened the angles.  God's love brought all the painted colors of the joys, sorrows, victories and pain into a perfect focus.  A perfect picture of his unfailing love.  My slashes and splashes were all apart of God's masterpiece.  All together a lesson to be learned and a vision to be shared. 

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16 comments:

  1. What a beautiful way to write about your walk with the Lord. I love how you used the word "paint"!

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    1. Oh Loralee, thank you so much. I really appreciate your taking the time to visit today. I pray that you have a wonderful week!

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  2. Thanks for your part in God's big kaleidoscope. I can't wait when we go to Heaven and see all God's magnificent colors with our eyes that will be able to see God's full glory for the first time.

    I agree with you and I also want to point out that the dark shades of colors in our lives bring out the bright colors.

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    1. I agree Chrissy. There is not one point in my life that is wasted. Even the dark times. Sometimes the dark is what helps us appreciate the light. :) God was by my side through all of the colors of my life. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit during FMF. I am so blessed by your words.

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  3. I love this - My life, my palette, God's design. - how you described the seasons of your life through color. beautiful! xoxo

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    1. Thank you so much Lisa Michele. I appreciate your taking the time to not just read but offer words of encouragement. What a blessing you are! Have a wonderful weekend!

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  4. I really liked the way you named your different phases in life as colors. What a beautiful way to describe your life, and to see God's design as.I especially loved, "A blue print of God's design. One He knew, and He birthed long before even placing me in the protection of my mother's womb." Seeing God's plan as a blue print is such a fitting illustration. Thank you for sharing your contribution to FMF!
    Blessings.
    Ava Sophie

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    1. Awww thank you so very much. I definitely felt challenged by this prompt (and I thought writer was daunting!) I am so glad that God has a special plan for us and even those odd things or rough patches are meant for good. The give us a texture rather than remaining flat. Thank you so much for coming by and commenting too! I am so very blessed by that. Truly, thank you.

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  5. All I can say is this is simply beautiful!

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    1. Natasha, thank you so much. What a kindness you have given me to stop by and offer encouragement. Bless your heart. Thank you. :)

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  6. I enjoyed reading your colorful description of the picture of your life, and I am praising the Lord with you.

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    1. Thank you so much Romi! God is amazing. We are so blessed to have a God who sees us through it all!

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  7. Oh Kelly,
    I LOVE this... Using color as a description almost like moods and the ebbs and flows of your life journey...
    Wonderful description... I'm not sure you paint or not, but as you described the shadows, you described the colors used in painting the shadows... very cool!

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    1. Awww, thank you so very much. That is so very kind of you. I really enjoyed this post though it threw me at first. Thanks for visiting!

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