Transformation

I arrived an hour early to paint finding First United Methodist's worship team in full praise. I stood before a fresh white canvas awaiting revelation from the Holy Spirit. Suddenly, I heard something that almost stunned me. His Spirit lead me to retrieve from the car a playfully brightly colored canvas which I would not have loaded in the car except for His insistence. As I obeyed, I envisioned a recent sketch of Jesus, as the Lamb of God, superimposed upon the already busy canvas. Under His leading, I grabbed the thumbnail sketch and began drawing the Lamb complete with the stylized red orange shadow running down the left side of the canvas. Steve Smith stepped up to the pulpit and began sharing a recent revelation. He began by declaring, “I draw magnificent stick figures." People usually say, —“I'm not creative; I can't even draw a stick figure."— This language was so strikingly different that my spirit leaped to attention and I leaned in to hear what was next. He had envisioned the