Never write off or judge a story from the beginning, always wait
for the end.
Sam got a 3 bedroom flat apartment and was so excited he could
finally get a house so big he could use for so many things as regards his
business and life work. He thought of how efficient he would be when he adds
the skill of painting so he decided to go to the paint vendors and purchase the
best silk paint, got the required items to paint with, got home and started
painting. After painting the living room and the masters bedroom, he was
infuriated cause the paint never looked like what he usually saw physically in
other spaces that used silk paint, it didn't also look like what he envisaged
in his mind and out of frustration, he stopped, called the vendors and began to
lash on them for selling a paint that wasn't good enough but extremely
expensive. The vendors insisted it was the best available but suggested they
send one of their professional painters to come since he said he was the one
doing it himself.
On the arrival of Paul, he was amazed at how much paint had been
wasted. He told Sam he has to start all over but first he has to sandpaper the
wall and screed first cause the older paint on the wall was texcoat. Sam who
had spent so much and instilled so much energy decided to let the professional
do his job and after Paul was done, the house was livable and irresistible. Sam
was wondering how much he had wasted for not getting a professional to do the
job.
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Most times, we are like Sam who go out and want to do
everything just because we think we know the procedures of doing them, after
all it's just to use a brush and paint right? We forget that different paints
have different techniques and every wall has different procedures of work to
bring out the refined beauty we imagine.
We complain about almost everything when it doesn't work and we
have a lot of plans we want to achieve (the purpose for the extra rooms of
Sam's new house), forgetting we have not gone to the Professional (God) who
will take off some old things that are heavy (texcoat paint), put on us
something new and less weighty (screeding) then beautify us with his final
touch that makes us relevant and purposeful (silk paint), we now become bright,
beautiful and cleanable.
My lesson from the story is simple; you have to trust God to
take care of those imperfections by staying in His Word. We all have those
excellent unique qualities that make us different, relevant and beautiful but
it takes God to know the processes that will make everyone come out excellently
beautiful. Trust Him to refine you.
I rest my case.
My Thoughts.
There are so many other lessons from this story, do well to drop
what you can drive from the story, remember you are unique.
Thank you.
©Ala O. Wilcox
