Invisible Now Visible

Some months ago now I had the privilege of visiting with an artist in her working studio.  The walls were full of paintings she had done.  Some were no doubt personal keepers and some were waiting on a new home in another place.  It was a delightful experience to see the movement from empty white canvas to a colorful eye pleasing creation.  In the moment I was reminded again of the way both writing and painting take empty space and bring into visibility something that was invisible.   

Of course, there is nothing profound about this observation.  Instead, it is the nature of creation.  Creation is about bringing what was in darkness to light, about bringing into view what existed unseen except in the eye and heart of the creator, and about making visible the invisble.  With God, the Creator, it is not a one time and done event, but something which is constantly unfolding for us to behold.  The creation is not done as might be suggested by the Genesis story, but a work of God which is eternal in nature and constantly in process around us.    

God has placed us in the midst of a marvellous ongoing work.  Every time we see the river up the road, it is a new river.  Every time we see the tree out from the house, it is a new tree.  Every time we see someone we love, there is something new within them.  And when the work of the new birth is done and a new creation is birthed in the heart (II Corinthians 5:17), an invisbile work begins which will soon show itself in the visible dimension of the human experience.