Mother Teresa, the mother to us all, is quoted as saying, "We are but a pencil in the hand of God." On its most basic level, this simply means we are instruments of God, called, chosen and used according to his purposes. I think it's important to remember, however, that we are not all the same pencil. I'll put it this way: there are billions of possible colors in the visible light spectrum. Many of them may look the same, and even be indistinguishable from others. A complex set of Crayola or Blick or Prismacolor may contain a beautiful display of chromatic colors, but they do not compare to the spectrum, range, and number of colors our Creator has provided. One talented artist can take a No. 2 pencil and create an impressive image. Imagine the same image with billions of colors instead of shades of gray! This is the mosaic of God, only possible by his design and his hand. When God uses each of us, no single one of us can make the same mark as another. We may all be pencils, but we are each separate and distinct.
God contains within himself endless possibilities of creativity, and He graciously imparts a fraction of that to us. Whatever we think we are capable of doing with a pencil, God is capable of infinitely more. We cannot associate our ability to create with a pencil as he may create. The difference is too vast. Therefore, I trust in the Lord, that I am the clay and He is the Potter; that I am the pencil, and He is the artist. Imagine the possibilities.
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