The Unborn

Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:30

The Unborn, one of the thought-provoking works of art... If you were to visit the grounds of Saint Charles Center and take the time to walk around, you would be impressed by the serenity, the abundance of nature, and the beauty of your surroundings. You would also discover a few items that may surprise you. As you walk along the main inner road leading to the Tabor Retreat Center, your eyes may catch an object at the trailhead of a nature walk. You would come across a small piece of what appears to be broken gray granite. This is indeed a piece of broken granite. The granite was part of a larger sculpture that was being formed by workers of the Solari family. At first, after the breakage, it was believed the granite was useless. However, viewed from a very different angle, it was seen as a piece of real art. After admiring the beauty of the stone itself, you may be saddened. Like the innocent unborn ripped from its mother's womb awaiting distruction, so was the stone. Yet, to millions of Christians and The Almighty, the unborn is viewed in a different light. Both the child and the stone are seen as works of art: precious. The picture on the stone is of God's cupped hand, holding - ever so gently and lovingly - a small child. The quotation is from Isaiah 49:16: "Look, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands."