A Pictureless Picture Frame October 25, 2008
Posted by Lucas Skrobot in Faith, God, hope, life, promises, waiting.Tags: Faith, God, hope, picture frame, promise, promises, waiting, Word
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In my bedroom, on my desk, I have picture frame which I bought at Old World Market about a month ago. Here it sits on my desk, empty save the slip of paper that came in the frame.
I am not much of a shopper, or spontaneous buyer, but I was wasting some time while getting my boss’s car washed, and there was just something about this frame that captivated me. The frame still captivates me.
The frame may have sat in the box for a day or two as I wondered what I was actually going to do with it. I thought of giving the frame away, but I was too attached to lose possession of such a treasure. After toying around with the frame in the deep recesses of my mind for a few days the frame finally left safe cardboard box and brown paper covering finding a place on my table. Once again the frame sat.
My mind roved over various picture that I have locked away in the files of my computer–searching for the “one” that would perfectly fit such an intriguing frame.
Nothing.
And so the frame has sat empty, growing in sentimental value each an everyday. I don’t think that I will put a photograph into this frame. I feel like the frame speaks to me. The frame reminds me of a promise that is yet to be fulfilled in my life. The frame speaks of hope. It is an Ebenezer Stone that marks a word that was given that is not yet a reality. This simple and silly thing points to the past–the frame (word) that is–and to the future–the picture (reality) that isn’t yet–pulling them both together into the present–declaring that which I hope for will become a reality because I have the word.
I know that my Father would not give me a frame if he did not intend to fill that frame with what it was made for: a picture. I have a word. I will see the realization. I have faith: the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of the things not seen.
You can be confident that I will be keeping this frame around until that which was spoken comes to pass, and once it does you can be sure that there will be a picture in this frame to always remind me of the faithfulness of God, and the price I paid to get whatever will finally grace this frame.
