Categories: the-parable-of
Date: 18 March 2008 10:03:26
.. the kaleidoscope. And lo verily, the teacher said, our lives are like the pieces in a kaleidoscope. Broken, odd shapes, random colours, and seemingly no hint of a pattern. Yet shake the pieces up, focus the lens, and behold there emerges a beautiful design, symmetrical and perfect. For viewed through the prism which is the Holy Spirit, our lives have order, beauty and purpose. And each new pattern is unique.
And more, said the teacher, while we often view the pieces from the wrong end, and see no harmony, our Father God sees us always through the prism of Jesus' love, and thus to God we are always full of beauty. But forget not, for the pattern to be visible, the pieces must often be shaken up. Therefore fear not when the foundations of your self are shaken, for God's purpose is always to create a new picture.
Upon which conclusion, the teacher was silent.