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Scraps
They are just useless scraps; little bits of glass, shards of broken tile and colored stones. By themselves you’d think they were only fit for the garbage. But in the hands of an expert artist you might see some intensely beautiful work. One artist I know uses scraps of junk to create very realistic portraits of animals, people, and beautiful seascapes and landscapes.
What scraps do we have in our lives? Not physical pieces of paper but those scraps of time — the drive or ride to school, the commute to work, the chores around the house and the break time. Do these bits of time go into bits of trivial waste, sports, news-surfing, gaming, gossip, fantasy? Or are they small and colorful gems of prayer, meditation, thanksgiving, thoughtfulness, loving expressions to others and gospel witness. In the hands of the Master they will be worked into the beautiful portrait of the Son of God and not swept into the trash pile of wood, hay and stubble. “Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is” (1 Corinthians 3:12-13).
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