This past week I was very excited to participate in an art exhibit. Everyone worked really hard and the event was a success for most part. But I have to tell you, by the end of the day, I was so beat from standing on my feet all day, that all I could think about was getting home, taking my shoes off and putting my feet up. As they say,
“I was like a horse heading to the barn!”
Towards the end of the event, I was sitting on a barstool giving my weary feet a rest, when I happened to look at this particular painting and the way the light was shining on it. It was as if God had put his glorious spotlight on it just perfectly. I couldn’t help but be drawn to the light. It just made me smile. It was what I like to call a “God wink.” He took an ordinary painting that I had created, and made it extraordinary with His own creation and ray of light. It was as if He put the finishing touch on it to remind me of what is important.
I don’t know about you, but often I have felt like there is no hope, life has me so weary and I feel like I am surrounded by darkness and uncertainty. I thought of that “Golden Mare” and the way her face was turned towards the light. The psalmist asked God to send His light and truth to guide him to the holy mountain where he would meet God. God’s light provides the clear vision to follow; we just need to take the attitude of that Golden Mare and turn our face toward it, and head toward the barn. Remember that in the face of discouragement, our only hope is in God.
Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me.
Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live.
There I will go to the altar of God, to God - the source of all my joy!
Psalm 43: 3-4
