I am in His hands

In high school I took an AP Art History class and wrote a paper on the sculptor, Auguste Rodin. I was impressed by his life-like sculptures with intricate detail of the human body. After many drawings of human models, Rodin sculpted clay models which were turned into plaster casts. He used these as the basis of his sculptures which were cast into bronze or sculpted with stone. He shaped his art based on the piece commissioned and the human model. To produce his sculptures he employed plaster casters, carvers, founders, and studio assistants. But he was always the creator. His art was a product of his vision and his hands.

Each of us is a work of art shaped by the hands of the Creator. We are pinched, sculpted, cast, smoothed, and formed. Being in the Lord's hands is more than being guided by Him and hoping that it will all turn out okay. Through Christ's suffering and Atonement, we are in the wounds of His hands. "Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands" (Isaiah 49:16). The shaping is often painful, but if we are willing to be shaped by His hands, Christ will create a masterpiece.