07/17/2019
As iron sharpens iron, so one friend sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17
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However, it fits the days that both the business and myself are seeing.
The days of behind the scenes.
The days of real life happening.
Of sharpening in the unseen,
In the hidden, in the secret place.
As a maker, growing and becoming someone who understands what it means to not only be a vessel of the Lord’s work when it comes to creativity, but to learn how much He actually wants to work hand in Hand with me, is no small feat.
There are days of doubt, of worry, of failure, of fear that I don’t have what it takes. These hours are human. These breaths are evidence of the need I was born into.
They are also an invitation..
a beckoning to become.
To push myself forward and fall back all at once. To use so much more than the eyes of the day to day.
To me, these are the heartbeats that make the artist within. The refining hours that bring the impurities of my soul to the surface.
The verse above has often reflected that which surrounds me. The people, situations, and time spent in everyday life.
More recently however, I am coming to see just how often it is not what is outside that roars and rages so loud, or has the bigger impact. It is the still small moments that are hidden. The wars that happen within. To learn to befriend the One who whispers in the secret place, to let Him have the parts that need sharpening deep below the surface.. this is the uncharted territory of the soul to the son and daughter. This is where my most inward echos resound.
The people you surround yourself with, are of utmost importance. The voices you hear, the stock you take from those who are close so often make life what it is.
That is what this verse ultimately reflects.
However, for this artist, in these days, the voice that comes from within is the one that needs the sharpening of the One who whispers.