This is a photo taken in Makoshika State Park, Montana. What you see here is largely the result of erosion, which could be thought of as addition by subtraction. Michelangelo famously stated “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”

I like to think of this scene as an example of God sculpting. Something similar happens in our lives. Unnecessary things get stripped away to allow God’s goodness to show through.