The Chisel

Father, Our Master Craftsman, Our Master Sculptor—

Oh, how we praise you this morning. You are not confined to one title, one definition or one description. You are beyond them all. You are worthy! So worthy to be worshiped. To be followed. To be surrendered to…

This morning, Father, I thank you for friends who pray for us. Who bring us to the throne room and ask for hard, but beautiful things. Oh, I thank you for friends who ask for you to use your tools gently to shape us. To sculpt us. Thank you for friends who know that the moment of uncomfortableness or pain is worth it all to be who you created us to be. I thank you for interceders. Thank you for those who lead, guide and carry us to the throne room of your grace this morning.

Thank you for this friend’s prayer for me this morning:

Lord chisel away at us and bring out the women You know are there hidden in the stoniness of our humanness. Lord thank you that You keep removing even when we bring it back, even when we fall over the same stone again and again. Lord some faults in the marble of our heats run deep but we still desire for them to be removed.

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Oh, my God! I agree. I agree with her prayer. We ask this morning for you to bring forth the woman you see etched in the depths of the marble. Only you can sculpt in stone and it always be right. You never remove more than needed. You work around the flaws—the faulted seams that run through us—and anyone else would deem the stone useless. But not you. You are not deterred by cracks or faults. They become the very things that add to the ultimate beauty you bring out in us. These weaknesses become showcases for your beauty.

Thank you, Father. Please help us to not be afraid of your chisel. Help us to not shy away from the cuts it will make. The cuts your chisel makes are washed continuously by the water of your grace and mercy.

Help us to trust the skill of you hand, the compassion of your heart, the sharpness of  your edge and the wisdom of your knowledge.

In Jesus’ name. Amen