PAINTING WITH NUMBERS

By Charm Dogma

As part of my healing project, I started doing π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘π‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ β€”kits with outlined pictures and numbered spaces for each color. I used them to ease overthinking, relax, and find a sense of accomplishment.
I thought it would be easy, but it wasn’t. Painting within the lines was harder than I expectedβ€”the brush slipped, the numbers were tiny, and the paint dried too fast.
Yet as I filled each space, the picture slowly came to life. Seeing the finished artworkβ€”and knowing I made it to share with friendsβ€”made it all the more meaningful.

In the same way, God calls us to β€œpaint with numbers” in our faith journey. Life often feels like we are following a divine outlineβ€”one that we do not always understand. There are times when the spaces feel too small, the colors too limited, or the instructions too unclear. We also smudge and create mistakes, but that is part of the learning. We just do better next time.
When we look back on our journey, we will see that each numbered section, each small act of faith and perseverance, was necessary to reveal the masterpiece that God was creating through us. The picture was never random. The design was divine.

β€œπ’€π’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’π’“π’π’…. 𝑨 π’„π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 π’‰π’Šπ’π’ 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 π’‰π’Šπ’…π’…π’†π’… 𝑳𝒆𝒕 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• π’”π’‰π’Šπ’π’† 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’•π’‰π’†π’š π’Žπ’‚π’š 𝒔𝒆𝒆 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’ˆπ’π’π’… 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’ˆπ’π’π’“π’Šπ’‡π’š π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’Šπ’ 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏.” π‘΄π’‚π’•π’•π’‰π’†π’˜ 5:14–16

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