I enjoined my collaborators recently to join me in the painting of our new office, not because I did not want to pay a professional painter but because I wanted them to experience the act of painting, which I know many have never done. I also wanted them to participate in the exercise that was meant to transform the office from what it was to what we wanted.
So, we
acquired all we needed for the painting and decided when to do it.
One of them
came to me and asked if we could do the painting by ourselves, especially as
the walls were so dirty. I supposed the dirtiness of the wall discouraged him,
and I told him, yes, we will, and he will be part of it.
On the day of
the painting, as we started, everyone was impressed to be a participant in the
painting of a wall. Some even took images and videos and shared them with their
friends.
It was such a nice experience, as they had never participated in the painting of a house. They discovered that it was not as difficult as they thought. The more we got into the exercise, the more they enjoyed it.
In the end, I
called them to my office and asked them to give their impressions about the
job. They were happy to see that the walls that were so dirty were now clean
and attractive. I saw such a great smiles on their faces, and I was happy that I
had made them experience something in their lives.
I told them
what they had experienced was a life lesson.
The walls
were so dirty and unattractive before the painting. After the painting, you now
enjoy its beauty and know that you are the ones who have made it look beautiful
again.
I told them
never to neglect anything because it is dirty but to look at its value.
Anything that has value can be cleaned, no matter how dirty it might be.
Sometimes it
just needs someone to have the courage to wash, paint, or vanish it and make
it attractive again.
You may have
experienced a lot in your life that makes you feel dirty and unattractive. Yet
you are valuable in the eyes of God. God is ready at every stage of our lives
to clean us up and make us attractive again.
He is the
painter who is never tired of repainting us and giving us a new look if we
submit to him and surrender all our burdens to him.
Happy Sunday.
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