As I read the Psalms, it becomes evident that the Psalmists did not write just to teach us a few life lessons. These songs of scripture were written as a record of the life of the writer. In other words, a record of days they will never forget! Some good, some not so good! Days that have been sculptured as a memorial of remembrance.
Today, I am reminded of some sculptured days in my life as well. You surely have some yourself! Our wedding days, the birth of our children and the birth of our grandchildren, graduation from college, and many others I don't have room to mention.
Not all of these sculptured days are happy ones. Some were days of intense heartache and stress. Days that we would actually love to forget but can't. They, too, have played a part in the shaping of our lives.
The lessons learned from the Psalmists are these...I can do the sculpturing, or I can allow others to do the sculpturing for me. The Psalmist David certainly wrote of both. By giving God His due praise and thanking Him for his mercies were days that David sculptured himself. Days when he allowed the persecution from others to cause depression or anger, were days that he allowed them to create the sculpture.
When others are trying to sculpture our days, we need to take over and do our own sculpturing. Trusting God in what He has already taught us. Even when things are hard, we can sculpture that day into one with a lesson instead of a regret. Doing this will allow us to look back at the masterpieces that have been created.
A little smoothing here, a little chisel there...add this, remove that. See what the day has in store. I'm sure God has given us the tools to turn this day into a masterpiece...with a little instruction from Him of course!
Lord, mold me and make me!
Blessed,
Dr Tim
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