I am going to send an angel in front of you, to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
(Exodus 23.20
NRSV)
Out of Scotland comes a story about a man named Joseph Craik. Years ago he became known all over Scotland as "the man who turns inkblots into angels." Joseph Craik was a talented and creative penman who could write and draw beautifully. He was appointed as writing master in a village school in Scotland. Often, as children will do when they are learning, his young pupils would leave inkblots on their pages. While most teachers would chastise the students, circling the inkblots in graphic red and taking away points for sloppy penmanship, Joseph Craik would do something quite different and delightful. Taking his talented pen in hand, and beginning with the blots made by the children, he would add a line here and another one there, and out of the inkblots would come pictures of angels!
So when the students were given back their papers, they weren't all marked up with harsh criticisms. Rather, they were wonderfully decorated with exquisite angels! The children were delighted and pleased and encouraged. And Joseph Craik became a legend in his own time, known far and wide as the man who turned inkblots into angels!
We need to turn our inkblots into angels.
Lord Jesus, help me to turn the challenges of life into angels. Amen.
Ron Newhouse
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