I bought this beautiful picture of a skull covered with roses. Inside of me without thinking, I am drawn to it and love the way it looks, but the analytical side of me wants to know why I love it so much. A few years ago, I bought my husband a gift of a man and wife dressed for their wedding except they were skeletons. I thought it was beautiful and so did my husband. I never asked him why he liked it, but I had that same analytical part of me wondering what about it appealed to me.
Then, as I thought about it today, I realized what appeals to me. It’s the contrast of the duality. The skull represents death, and the roses represent love. However, when an artist mixes the two together, it appeals to me because that’s sort of what God sees. There’s something special about everything in life even those things that we have categorized as positive and negative because He doesn’t see that. He’s above all the spectrums, judgements, and dualities that we have imposed on ourselves.
And as I write this post, I think about what I wrote yesterday. I worry about being enough. The problem is enough is a judgement. It’s a value to impose on myself. Am I good enough? Am I successful enough? Am I smart enough? God doesn’t see me that way. For God, I am. That’s all. I am and that’s all I need to be. All the rest is just the static of the world.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
