I Am The Door

Happy Resurrection Day!
 
Today is Easter, a day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. As I attending church service this morning, I had a wonderful opportunity to reflect and praise God for the greatest gift we have ever been given. The Holy Spirit moved me so much and I had one of those God moment I love so much. It is one of those moments that I knew was meant to be shared. 
 
These past few weeks had been a little stressful for me.  I had some major dental problems that caused an infection, I was working on getting school projects done for a jewelry program I am doing and being on medication for the infection just caused me to be a little frantic.  I had been struggling with this one particular project.  I had problems resourcing some of the materials.  The materials were wrong, or would break and not work.  I messed up the wood and had to start again.  It was frustrating because this kind of thing usually comes easily for me. 
 
I dreamed of this project, my mind working through the problems trying to find a solution. But I also I know sometimes things are not just meant to be.  I came to the realization that I was just going to have to create something totally different but with the require elements.
 
 Time was running out. I had about 3 days of studio time before it was time to ship off the projects for grading. So, on Wednesday before Good Friday I sat down in my studio and let the creativity flow.  For some reason I had this vision of a door.  As I pulled supplies that I have in my studio I began to put things together and came up this concept of a door.  This piece was supposed to be at least 50 mm big, it had to have rivets, screw, gems and three different types of materials.  I started by creating a window for the door that had a handstitched butterfly on silkl of off cut of an old antique handkerchief. The window was double paned I started to plan a two-sided door that you can view the butterfly window through.  The window I created could be looked through both doors.  The front and the back. I loved the butterfly window and the translucence of the silk made the perfect window looking through the door either way.  Butterflies are about transformation, hope and rebirth. And the meaning revealed to me at church days later would make more sense to me. I just love the way God works and the lessons he teaches us. 
 
If you have read some of what I call my Studio Devotionals I have written that Rainbows are a special for me.  As it happens the day, I started on this project we had a beautiful double rainbow over Marble Falls and from my view it was exactly like the one we had the day we buried my husband except this one was a double and the colors were extraordinary. My daughter came and ran out of the house to my studio and we jumped up and down together.  We both knew it was a message.  God’s promises are so GOOD! It’s was also like getting a big hug from Brett. Just like the ones he always gave me in the middle of our kitchen that I cherished so much. God wanted to remind me that He is in control and I just need to trust Him.
 
I went back to work; I still encounter some issues with the design but the two different doors emerged with that little butterfly window.  I had thoughts of all the things that represent for us.  The doors we walk through life.  One door looked aged with layers of paint chipping off revealing the layers underneath. God opens doors and He closes doors.  He has a path for us and it’s His plan. Excitement welled up in me, the kind of thing an artist gets when you create something that represents so much. I think God felt like that when He made us in His image and He was blessing me with a little of that feeling.
 
Then on Easter Sunday at church service God revealed to me my “Catwalk” piece was not just about the doors that we walk through life, it wasn’t just about the past or the future or the journeys we take along the way.  All relevant but just not the most important.  My view was to narrow and He gave me that tap on the shoulder that revealed the meaning and the timing of this project to me.  It was way worthier that all that. It represented the only doorway that matters.  It was Jesus, it was the love that God has for us.  That He gave His only begotten Son. To die on that cross and bear our sins so that we could have everlasting life. It was Jesus, freely taking on our sins so that we could live.  He died because… He was the door!
 
What a wonderful Resurrection Sunday reminder that Jesus is alive and our debt has been forever paid should we just go through that door that exist because of Him. He PAID the price for us to have.
 

“I am the door: by me if any man enters in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.”
 
 
 
John 10:9-10
 
Thank you for letting me share this story with you.  My prayer is that you too will experience God’s love for you and that you have taken a little time to reflect on what today really means.  Knock on that door because Jesus is there waiting with open arms. 
 
Love, Evia