God is an art collector. In his heavens he has an enormous collection of beautiful pieces. If you were to walk through it you would see that there are many styles of art. There are bright colors, gloomy colors. In his gallery there is a little bit of everything.  At some point of your observing you might come across a room called My Children.  If you entered this room you would see many pictures but not as beautiful as the others in our eyes. Some pictures had many flaws, some were not complete, and some were just nice.

     Imagine that your life is one of these picture. As you make choices and move through your life, your picture will begin to take shape. When you first start your life, your picture is a blank canvas, perfect and flawless. As you move through your life colors and lines appear to create a work of art.

     When your life comes to an end you must stand at the heavenly gates and await God's judgement. You'll find that you will be holding a picture when you are there. This is the picture that you've drawn with your life. It is everything you stand for. When you approach God you must give him that picture. Do you want to hand him a picture full of colors that looks nice? Or would you rather have a horrible flawed picture with many mistakes?

     When God recieves your picture He will decided whether to put it in his gallery or put it in the fire.

     But do not despair if your picture is ugly and flawed. Do not despair if you life is almost over and you are stuck with a nasty picture. you always have the chance to redraw it. When you ask for forgiveness, you are given a new blank canvas. Just as pure and flawless as the first one.

     Will you make the choice to give God a beautiful picture? Or will you stick with the dirty canvas you have now? The choice is yours. You are the artist of your life and you alone decide where the next brush stroke is made. You decide where the next pencil line is drawn.

Please make yourself a beautiful picture.