Just imagine this scene. You wake up, feeling the breeze of a fresh wind blowing gently across your face. Your skin becomes alive with tingling from breathing in your first breath. You feel warmth saturating your being causing you to be filled with a comfort that is all too familiar in this place. Full of excitement and joy for the sweetest gift which you identify as life. Your eyes focus on another person and you see acceptance and love in their eyes. With a kiss, God has given you peace.

Experiencing fragrances of flowers drifting up to you brings a smile to your face. Animals gather to welcome the greatest creation that God has ever made. The wholeness of this garden stops to gaze at the most loved of all God’s affection, you.

You can now explore and enjoy this place where rainbows and the swirls of clouds bring safety. No fear, anxiety, or sadness exists here. The grass is always soft to your touch and the food is succulent with flavor. Walking with God is one of the most pleasant times of day. He tells you stories about planets, stars and heaven, filling you with His all-inclusive love. Rest is never disturbed, and morning is new and fresh overflowing with excitement.

I'm not who you think I am, I'm not who I think I am. I am who I think you think I am

-Unknown

Have you ever watched a craftsman hammer shaping marble chiseling away until it begins to form a shape into what the highly skilled eyes of the craftsman visions? He hammers and he cuts into the shapeless form working for days and weeks developing the small nuances which will set his statue apart from all others. After he cuts and hammers he then begins to buff each and every little part to make the marble shine in order to have the light dance upon the beauty of his creation. If you have ever stopped and looked closely at a well done statue you can see just tiny areas which the sculptor had to squeeze into with his tools in order to make the littlest cuts which define the greatness of his work. The statue has no other job but to allow others to look at what their creator has done. We are very much like a statue, although unfortunately we often don’t stand still long enough to see what the creator wants to chisel away. We begin to form into what we think others want us to be and the definition then becomes not who we were designed to be but one who is much shallower than what our creator wants form in us.