We played background music while students at a ministry conference took part in a group creative project. Three paintings depicting different moments in Christ's life (the crucifixion, burial and resurrection) were at the front of the room, unpainted. It was the student's job to each paint different parts of the canvases until all three were complete.
While watching the students and their youth pastors paint, I couldn't get the thought of someone making a mistake out of my head. What if one person took liberties with a gross color all over the sky, or painted someone with purple skin? I thought it would ruin the painting, or at least ruin the creative direction that someone may have had for the painting.
And then I realized that these "mistakes", or differences in direction, are what will make the painting beautiful when it is finished. Each person played a different role in the process, and even though some people may disagree with others, it still works together for good. How many times have I wanted to make things out of my control work out to meet my desired end result, and at the end, something far greater that I could have never imagined is accomplished?
I didn't actually get to see the finished product, but I am sure it will be beautiful, and completely different than I first pictured.
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