Most all of you know by now that the downstairs area of the educational building is in the process of receiving its first new coat of paint in, to be generous, a few years. As this paint job has gone on, and the old colors are replaced by the new, and the wallpaper has been taken down, many of you have commented to me about how nice it is to see a fresh coat of paint on things. Many of these same people have told me that they never really noticed how badly it was needed until they saw it being done. I've been thinking a great deal about this as I watch our painter, Cleveland, go about doing his work each day. Right now, he is right outside my office, diligently and painstakingly going over each square inch of the hallway, making sure the roller and the brush doesn't miss anything.
As I watch Cleveland do his work, and I see people's reactions to the paint job, I am reminded that far too often we miss the idea that little things make a huge difference in our lives. For me, watching this place get a new coat of paint has been refreshing - for it helps me to see that things can change and it's going to be OK. Watching this new coat of paint go on, I have noticed that it has affected my attitude. I don't know if it's the paint fumes, the solid colors that are going up, or what exactly has struck me - but I know that I feel a little more excited about things. And this is a simple paint job It's not a remodel or demolition or anything like that - just a simple coat of paint that has such an effect.
The question I am faced with is what is it in my life, in my soul that needs a fresh coat of paint? What is it in your life, in your soul, that needs renewing by something simple like a coat of paint? Why is it that we look for big, dramatic things to change us, rather than allowing for the reality that it is usually the things that we perceive as being small or insignificant that wind up having the most profound effect on us?
See you Sunday!
Lamar
As I watch Cleveland do his work, and I see people's reactions to the paint job, I am reminded that far too often we miss the idea that little things make a huge difference in our lives. For me, watching this place get a new coat of paint has been refreshing - for it helps me to see that things can change and it's going to be OK. Watching this new coat of paint go on, I have noticed that it has affected my attitude. I don't know if it's the paint fumes, the solid colors that are going up, or what exactly has struck me - but I know that I feel a little more excited about things. And this is a simple paint job It's not a remodel or demolition or anything like that - just a simple coat of paint that has such an effect.
The question I am faced with is what is it in my life, in my soul that needs a fresh coat of paint? What is it in your life, in your soul, that needs renewing by something simple like a coat of paint? Why is it that we look for big, dramatic things to change us, rather than allowing for the reality that it is usually the things that we perceive as being small or insignificant that wind up having the most profound effect on us?
See you Sunday!
Lamar
