Museums. Yep. I love them. Some people would rather be caught up at the dentist all day for cleanings than go to a museum. Wash the car, their hair, their friends hair, schedule their next cleaning, alphabetize their pantries...anything but go to a museum. Booooorinngggg. Well, I for one could spend hours wandering around and looking at what someone felt needed to be seen by the world. Maybe it's the introvert in me that likes peace and quiet. Or perhaps it's the teacher in me that has a love for learning. Whatever the reason, I love them. Check yes or no...I. check. yes. every time.
Did you know that each and every day we live in an art museum? It's true. God has been showing me this lately. In the Bible God tells us that we are His masterpiece (please say that in a French accent, it's fun!). Yes, you my darling are a work of art... and that person that just got on your last nerve. Artwork. The one who is rude to you over and over again. Artwork. Yup. It's easy to see the people we love dearly as masterpieces....but what about the ones that we could honestly, and I said honestly, do without. Even sweet dear ole Mel has a few people like that in my life. GASP. I know, I know.
God has been showing me lately that there are two ways we can respond in His museum called Earth. We can curate or we can hate. No I am not going to start rapping. Heh. I decided to look up the definition of a museum curator. The dictionary.com definition said that it comes from the Latin meaning to care. To collect and care. That's what a curator does. They gather works of art and then care for them. No food or drink. Do not touch. No flash photography. They do everything they can to preserve the artwork because they love it. You know, even though I love museums and especially art museums I have come across some "masterpieces" that I didn't think were very art worthy. Do you feel me? BUT, someone thought they were and that's how God sees all of us. As something worth seeing.
Today let's step out of our doors and be God's curators. Even to those we find not very art worthy.
"For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Ephesians 2:10
