Life- A Poem

"For we are His workmanship, Created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." - Ephesians 2:10
What you're about to read I heard many moons ago. It's been on my mind for a long time. I remember sharing this last during a period where I wasn't myself and I'd used it with good intentions but as a means to get to a self-destructive end. Reading it again, I see that the words are true, but living it out...that's something else altogether.

Workmanship: a creation, a work of art, a masterpiece.

Much like poetry. A poem can be seen and presented as thoughts, lyrics or deep expression. I remember back when I was a bit younger. I went through a stage where I loved poetry, I used it to expand my vocabulary, broaden my way of thinking and change my form of expression. In time I wrote my own, I'm sorry to say I haven't a clue of where they are, and I don't remember any of them., so I can't share them at this point in time.

A poet will think about every word, every sentence, every line and every paragraph on the page before writing too much, it has to be perfect.

I remember the truth of this as I wrote my own, in my mind I knew what the topic was, what I wanted to get across; I remember jotting little bits a pieces down at a time, over days if not months, I'd write something one day, come back in a few weeks and have a completely different perspective on it.

Poets of old in particular (computers make things so much easier these days), if so much as a misplaced comma, a full stop a capital letter, a misspelled word or inconsistent sentence; the poet would rip up the page and start again. And the poet would do that over, and over and over because it had to be perfect.

Many would agree that it's not that far of stretch to see that God is like a master artist, who has in mind a beautiful picture of our lives, He is committed to perfecting it, He wants to create a masterpiece. I believe God wants to perfect our lives in Christ Jesus and through the Holy Spirit shape us, mold us into the image of His Son.

"The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy O Lord endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands." - Psalms 138:8

"I will praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made, marvelous are your works. and that my soul knows very well." - Psalms 139:14

Something I saw in my life, when I first cam across this was, God's the poet, God's writing the story, He knows the plans He has for my life (plans to prosper and not harm, of future and hope). What I noticed in my life was that I kept taking the pen off God, I kept trying to write my own story; God allowed me to become a prodigal son, God allowed me to make a myriad mistakes, there were times when the pen would run out of ink, and i was in tight spots, I broke, I literally hit rock bottom,; then He humbled me, God, my loving Father brought me back to reality.
I think the greatest thing is that, despite all my failings, all my imperfections, all the times I've let God down, all the times I've turned my back, He's always been there Just the same, He cannot love me more, and will never love me any less, this I know for sure.

Coz my God is an awesome God.