Guided Meditation #4: Studio of the Soul
“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)
Being secure in the love of God opens the door for me to trust myself and my story more fully, knowing that this is the dwelling place of God. My journey with the Divine One is enough and all I need to meet the challenges and events of this given day. I need not worry about what has been or what will be. For today, I rest fully in the awareness that I am perfectly designed as a work of art by the Master Artist — a vessel crafted by grace and truth, to be a container filled with grace and truth; crafted in beauty and belonging, intended to pour out beauty and belonging as hospitality to others.
I begin my time in gratitude for the collaboration with the Divine in the midst of my humanity.
I enter the studio of my soul where the Spirit is at work, continually crafting, shaping, coloring, weaving my life into an intricate masterpiece. As I imagine my life as an artform, what creative expression do I become? A poem, a textile, music, painting, pottery, woodwork, metalwork, photography, mosaic, blown glass, sculpture, or a mixture of media? What do I notice about this studio?
I simply gaze upon my life as this work of art and notice the details and the skill of the Artist who is at work. I pass no judgement on this work, but simply receive this image with compassion.
As I open myself to the artistic process, I also recognize elements of doubt, harsh self-judgements, comparisons, and worry that blur my vision of the work and it’s purpose I ask the Artist for the grace to see clearly the beauty in this process. And I ask for willingness to allow the work to continue, unhindered by my doubts or my questions and wonderings.
Now I look at the face of the Artist at work, so carefully tending to the details, focused, caring, skillfully at work. What area of the art is being crafted today? I welcome the work of the Spirit even though I may not see fully the end result. How do I feel in the hands of God, allowing my life to be shaped into a surprising piece of art?
Content in belonging in the Master’s studio, I return to the ordinary tasks and events before me on this day. What gift have I received to take with me from this studio time?
I end my time in gratitude and consider a physical symbol or image of God’s workmanship within me to keep in a place where I can reflect on it throughout the day.
