Our Life is a Poem

I was listening to some Christian music the other day and heard a song that spurred my thinking. I'm always looking for object lessons to illustrate life. The illustration I heard in song the other days was comparing our lives to poems. Our lives are like poems being written every day. We are a living, breathing, work of art that each and every day appears in front of the world as a masterpiece or a train wreck. Here's the Bible's take:
"For we are God's workmanship (aka "masterpiece"). He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." (Ephesians 2:10)

That verse tells us not only that we are God's work of art, but also that we can be beautiful art instead of trashy art only by being made new by Him and walking in His plan for us. Poetry says things in a way that is more powerful than simply using normal, everyday language. So the life we live is more powerful than the words we say. The increadible thing is that God if we allow him to, God will shape our life into a "poem" of great power and for His great glory. He is in control and is working in every second of our life. We must allow him to have free reign if we want to live our life to its fullest.

I hope each one of us has a personal, dynamic relationship with Christ and through that seeks to write our "poem" according to his will...resulting in a life that is overflowing with love for Him and others.