A painting can look like a disaster right before it becomes beautiful, and that’s the most honest metaphor I’ve found for purpose. On a birthday trip to Rockland, Maine, I watch an artist struggle through an ugly middle stage on a lighthouse painting. What starts as two green blobs turns into a piece I can’t stop staring at. That change sparks a bigger question: what if our lives feel unfinished because we’re judging them mid process?
We take that “hot mess to masterpiece” moment and connect it to faith and Psalm 139: the idea that God knits us together with intention and that our lives have a design. I talk about the difference between a sketch and a finished painting, and why discovering God’s will is less about panic and pressure and more about relationship, trust, and daily movement. Purpose shows up in the gifts and talents you already carry, the work you’re drawn to, and the things that bring real joy instead of a quick hit of satisfaction.
Then we get practical. Every day we’re painting, not only on our own canvas but on other people’s lives too. Kindness adds color. Service adds light. But gossip, jealousy, anger, and constant negativity act like black paint that can stain a person for a long time. If you’ve been searching for meaning, trying to fill an empty hole with stuff, or wondering whether God is real, I offer a simple starting point: ask, and pay attention to what happens next.
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