Combinations and Creations...

I love combinations that become creations.  It surrounds us daily.

For example, I love to cook.   It is interesting how combining a bit of this and a dab of that becomes something my family will sit down and eat like there's no tomorrow.  Flour, salt or sugar as single ingredients do not make a specific dish.  But assemble different ingredients in varied ways and the combinations produce countless results:  breads, desserts, lasagna, sweet tea, etc..

I am also fascinated by music.  A single voice or instrument can be shared quite effectively.  Yet combining multiple soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices together yields quite a different effect when a choir sings together.  Playing piano is something I truly enjoy....but adding multiple other instruments, musicians and arrangements....delivers a magnificent symphony.

A single white rose takes my breath away.  I love its delicate presence, the subtle but sweet aroma and pure, innocent beauty.  I could hold onto that rose all day long and never tire of its miraculous design.  But add to that gorgeous rose, a combination of baby's breath, greenery, a satin ribbon surrounding a simple yet complimentary vase...and the arrangement transforms into a new level of loveliness.

Examples are everywhere if we are willing to observe.  People, weather, automobiles and medicine are examples of additional combinations and results. 

However, I am most intrigued at the way God combines our life experiences, influences, circumstances and decisions to make this journey called life...valuable. Past and present, tough and tender, fair and tragic, painful and peaceful, understood and uncertain, loss and love...He transforms the tapestry when we give it to Him.  He can turn brokenness into blessings.  He can release the torment of evil and replace it with victory.  He can even take our worst nightmare...and turn it into a hope-filled life beyond anything ever imagined.  Whatever this journey has handed out...or taken away...He can turn it into a new creation...healed, whole and embraced in His arms of love.  It isn't always easy.  But holding the hand of the Creator and Master Designer, Himself, makes it all worthwhile. ♥~thl

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come!"  2 Corinthians 5: 17