"Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity."
- Nadine Gordimer
I always had this knowing that I could draw. For some reason, I knew, like I knew, like I knew, way before that day I actually sat down for the first time to put that pencil to the paper. I can honestly say that it was also no shock to me when I was able to actually look at my work for the very first time, several years later.
Basically, to make a long story short, I had to learn to let go of my own agenda, in order to tap into my true Christ-rooted self. Not just as an artist or a writer, but, more importantly, to embark on the transformational process that leads to a realization of the new self. In fact, now I truly understand that the Lord wanted me to be still enough to not only know what has been conceptualized as truth, but to also walk in it.
So, needless to say, God is the author of creativity. We are the mere vessels that bring forth His will and purpose. And I know I am most certainly not alone in this gracious experience, filled with growing pains...this journey of creativity.
Now, if somehow you have never taken much time to acknowledge the vision you have been given; and find yourself existing with an untapped knowing about yourself...whatever it is, I dare you to surrender, be still and in the words of Nike, “just do it!” Because I can tell you, it is not going anywhere. It is still there, right where it has always been, just sitting inside of you...waiting...waiting for you to give Him the glory He so greatly deserves.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. - Ephesians 2:10 (KJV)
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