We Are One of God’s Masterpieces
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. ~ EPHESIANS 2:10 (NLT)
This past Christmas I visited my 97-year-old neighbor. When I went into her home, I found her sitting on her sofa pedaling her little stationary peddler. She told me she pedals at least 15 minutes a day, and sometimes longer. I asked her why she does this. She answered, “To keep me going. I don’t want to die just sitting in my chair.”
My friend, Millie, can hardly see. She is bent over because of a very bad back. And she is hard of hearing. She has heart problems and skin cancer. You would think this would get her down. But no, she just keeps on pedaling. She runs her vacuum and washes her windows. Two years ago she crocheted 13 small blankets for the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home.
Millie says we should do something and then sit down, rest a bit, and continue doing what we were doing until finished. Good advice! We all are getting older, but we don’t have to let it get to us. Some of us have more health issues than others, but we struggle on with smiles on our faces (most of the time). We can still take care of ourselves, and we can still do for each other.
As we all know, God is with us at all times, through the rough parts and through the good. God has been there for each and every one when we needed Him most. As today’s verse says, we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.
We continue to do what He wants us to do because we are His “masterpiece.” God has molded us into His faithful followers, for doing His work for the church and community and for one another. God is not done with us. So we continue to do His work with smiling faces and glad hearts.
Father, thank you for taking care of us and helping us to do your will. Amen.
JANE KOPONICK, EVANGELICAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH