Michelangelo's amazing painting on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican Italy - this painting depicts: the story in the book of Genesis, the fall of man.
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| Michelangelo's Paintings |
In 1512, after 4 years finally Michelangelo was able to finish his famous painting which is so amazing on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican Italy - this painting depicts: the story in the book of Genesis, the fall of man, the genealogy of Jesus, & also the work of salvation etc.
But over time, also because of the candle smoke in the church, and dust etc., it all slowly began to cover the beauty of the painting. So in 1984-1999 a restoration project for the painting was carried out.
Prior to 1999, many tourists who visited the Sistine Chapel who saw the large painting work mostly thought, although the work was large, graceful and stunning, but the colors were too dark, dim and the painting looked less than bright myopic. However, after the restoration was completed in 1999, the artwork has managed to return to the way it was when the creator painted it. The original brilliance that had been hidden for hundreds of years has been brought back to life, graceful, stunning beauty with a variety of beautiful color contrasts can once again be enjoyed by everyone who visits the Sistine Chapel.
Likewise with the beauty of all God's blessings in our lives, but sadly, there are many things that are familiar in life-such as candle smoke, and the immunity of our hearts being ungrateful, and often forgetting to give thanks for the blessings. It's just like dust, starting to slowly erode making the beauty of God the Creator's artwork slowly disappear and look increasingly dim.
Every morning. if the sunshine on the eastern horizon that rises faithfully cannot make your heart meet with thanksgiving; if a cool breeze can't wake your heart and sing praises for the air you breathe; if the chirping of the sparrows has not been able to raise your heart to sing hymns and cheer for God's faithfulness in His care for your life.! OR Should the sentence after the words above read something like: "if I recover from cancer stage 4 incurable; or if I could survive a bruising to a fatal car crash; or if my house does not burn, though the whole village is destroyed by fire; if I get a promotion at my job with a double salary “….then we can be shocked to give thanks to God?
M A K A Come on in this Thanksgiving season, we all carry out restoration projects for our spirituality, so that the beauty of the Creator's work in our lives may once again shine brightly and the heart of our creator God may be accepted!
Then Jesus said, "Weren't all the ten men clean? Where are the nine? Has none of them returned to glorify God except this stranger?" (Luke 17:17-18)
