Patheos - Don’t Settle for Mediocrity Singer/songwriter Audrey Assad does her best to create music that’s beautiful because she herself is inspired by the beauty God put in this world. Yet she also has to remind herself not to settle for mediocrity because beauty takes too much effort. On her blog, Assad wrote, “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel is regarded as one of the world’s greatest works of art. Even it, in all its beauty, falls short of God’s Beauty. You cannot help but admit, though, that in its brilliance it assists the human heart in transcending this world and glimpsing the next. “We’re not all going to be Michelangelo…but we can work like mad to make something really, really good. I daresay that in our ‘God is Dead’ society, Goodness and Beauty have a crucial role to play in converting the world to Him, alongside Truth. So we definitely shouldn’t settle for mediocrity in our work ever, ever, ever…whether we plumb toilets or paint portraits.” I have filled him with divine spirit, with ability, intelligence, and knowledge in every kind of craft. (Exodus 31:3) Inspire me to reflect Your beauty, Father.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:54:54 +0000
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