Divine Insights from Human Life
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My father's abstract painting that I chose for this book cover inspired the following analogies and insights about life. At birth, in some ways, each of us starts life like an artist standing before a blank canvas, board or sheet of paper. For the duration of our earthly existence, we’ll be creating a picture of our life which will also leave an imprint on those around us. Initially, it won’t be clear what the picture is going to be - the design and images will continue to emerge as time goes on. Symbolically, the picture may be formed with different media for a two-dimensional piece of art. Or, it may become a three-dimensional collage, mosaic, vase or a statue. Indeed we are all artists, but instead of the canvas and paint or other materials, the media of life are our bodies, minds and spirits creating our experiences and fashioning our lives. Though we all have common human experiences, each of us is also unique. In addition, everyone has both special gifts and certain liabilities, as well as a different style. As a result, every person will create a reality unlike anyone who has ever lived or will live. A hidden and mysterious dimension to the art piece of our life is that of the transcendent Divine -- a guiding Hand working behind the scenes, though often unperceivably. While we have free will and choose our paths, which in turn lead to certain outcomes, at times we are guided into situations that shape the course of our lives in ways that we would have never expected or selected. Some compare life to a divinely woven tapestry, that from below (our human perspective) looks like a tangled mess, but from the top (divine perspective) is a stunning design of awesome beauty - which while in our physical existence we can't perceive because of our limited senses. Ultimately, in God's perfect plan, whatever happens in this life will be f
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