The Gallery

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Apr 28, 2021 · 4m

“Go inside the art gallery.” The thought arises from nowhere. My body resists at the suggestion. It’s been months since I sketched and studied the great artists. “Go inside.” No one’s there. The watercolors and the oil paintings on the wall are breathtaking: scenes of waterfalls that I expect to hear water gushing from. There are portraits from long ago, people dressed in their finest clothes, and then there are vivid countryside scenes. Beautiful, I whisper. The lights flicker. Suddenly brushstrokes of color from nowhere begin striking the beauty out of the paintings. No! I scream, my throat…