His Workmanship

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10

His workmanship, a new creation, peculiar treasures; the Bible is full of different terms to describe God's people. My personal favorite is "his workmanship" because it is yet another reminder that we are made just the right way, even if we don't think so.

Just like a piece of artwork hanging in a museum, not every person who looks at it will see the same thing, some may not like it at all, some might like parts of it, others say that they would do somethings differently, and still others say it's not art. All but the artist that is, to him it's perfect and finished.

We were created by God, He made us the way we are on purpose. The things we wish we didn't have or didn't have to worry about may be irritating now, but later we'll realize why they're there. My favorite example of this is Amy Carmichael. When she was little she wanted to have blue eyes like her mother's instead of her brown ones. Each night she prayed to have blue eyes but on waking up every morning they were still brown. Then when she became a missionary to India and stained her skin with coffee to blend in with the nativities, her brown eyes came in handy.

God knew and made all the situations we are in and the insecurities that we feel a gazillion years ago. If He knew thousand years ago what would happen to us and the results of that situation shouldn't we be willing to let Him take care of everything?

We are like that painting I mentioned earlier: hanging in God's museum, the World, surrounded with more of His masterpiece, all bearing the signature "God."