PINK

When Joelene and I wanted to paint one of the sunny rooms in our house, we went to the paint store and selected a color -- a shade of tan.  It was applied to the wall - we waited a few hours - and then found it didn't look at all like what had been on the swatch.

We looked at each other and said:  'That's pink!  Yeah, that's definitely pink!"

I have since found out that many factors can affect the tint of the paint.  The actual paint color is only one variable.  There is also the tint of the primer - the surface you're applying it to - the angle of the sun that comes thru the window at a certain time of day.

Artists realize this phenomenon, too -- that what you see on a canvas isn't always a good representation of the paint on the surface.  Sometimes artists employ that technique on purpose.  They paint underneath first, knowing it will bleed thru and impact what is on top.

Art isn't the only thing created that way.  God created people like that, too.

'When we interact with one another, we aren't painting on blank canvases.'

If you have an argument with someone, you soon realize you aren't just having a discussion with them about the actual conflict, it's also about the fight he had with his wife before he left the house that morning -- it's about the fact that two weeks ago a rumor started flying around where he works that there would be more layoffs -- it's about the fact that you look just like his college roommate who stole one of his prized Pink Floyd CDs in 1989.  

There's way more on his canvas than you thought.  On yours, too.

Remember, we're all dirty canvases painting on one another.

And be blessed.