Coloring Pages

I love to color. New Crayons, new pencils, paints, markers, fresh clean paper are all so full of opportunity. Sometimes these blank slates bring forth creativity and endless expression in color and design. Sometimes they remain blank, or filled with useless doodles of no consequence. Like any given day we are inspired, or not and fill the blank pages of the day with the colors of living.

Liam has discovered coloring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Transformers coloring pages. It is a delight to witness his imagination come alive as he not only colors the pages, but imagines the actions depicted in the picture and shares his knowledge of the characters, their weapons of choice, and their abilities to defeat evil in the world of four year olds.

The other day we downloaded coloring pages from the internet and made a stash of pages to copy and color for other days. This saves Grann time as we don’t have to look up new pages, but make a copy of ones we have. What Liam discovered is that he can also make copies of the pages he has already colored and have a picture at Grann’s and also a picture at home. He is able to share his successes and continue his play and imagination of the characters.

As adult people in the world how do we share our successes, imaginations, and color in the world? How do we make copies for work, and home that bring forth the joy of discovery and inspire us into new thought and creativity?

We start with that original page outlined and stored for us to copy and fill in. We see what God has created and continues to create and draw new every day. We take his lead to color in the pages of our day with joyful experiences and mournful trust. Our colors can be vibrant marker or waxy crayon. The colors can be dark and leak through the page in our sadness staining the table beneath, or bright and eye shocking hues that vibrate and expand beyond the page. We copy these pages in our lives shared with others. Like masterpieces copied for every refrigerator we share our stories of overcoming despair and sustaining good through our faith. We share the colors of life and the lines that help others color their day in faithful trust and love.

Take time to color your day and celebrate the Sabbath,

Ann