When an artist paints a picture, they intentionally create something they care about that has worth and value. Every brush stroke is there on purpose, to help create the picture they want. When they make something so amazing and exceptional that it is considered their best work, it is called a masterpiece. While Herby paints a portrait of Jeremy and his friends along with the beautiful trees, sun, sky, and animals around him, he notices that these are each an amazing masterpiece of their own, even more amazing than anything he can paint.

What about the world around you do you find amazing and beautiful? In what ways are you a masterpiece?

You are an amazing, miraculous creation, and because of this you have great worth and value. Even though some things about ourselves and the world may not always be good and beautiful, like a painting that has been damaged somehow, they were still originally made to be amazing. What an artist it must be that created such amazing things like the earth, plants, animals, you and me! Remember that every artist creates a work of art with purpose and care, and that you are a “masterpiece.”