Thinking about the Artist

“We paint what we value”. I’ve been thinking about this phrase a lot. If we can look at a work of art from 3000 BC and discover windows into the values of the artist, can we not apply a similar tactic to our Creator? All around us we see God’s artwork. Just watch one episode of “Life” on the Discovery Channel and you cannot help but be in awe of His masterpiece. What does God’s huge painting tell us about His values? What is He trying to tell us? We see strength and power in a storm, solidity and height in the mountains, purity in the snow, eternity in the sky. There are countless species of animals, insects, and plants, each kind of flower with its own unique color and fragrance. The detail of this painting is exquisite and one could literally spend eternity combing through every part of it.

And what of mankind? We are only a picture of Him, an image. But we have His character, and we have His qualities. We create, we sing, we love. It seems that if we really look at all of His artwork, we see that what God really values is us. And we also see that the extent to which He values us is so vast, and so unfathomable, that in our lives here we cannot even begin to explore the depth of the world He created for our delight. Perhaps if we took the time to look at His work, we would learn something new about the Artist every single day.