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“The One Who Created You”

One day years ago I reached a point where I felt like life was all work and I had barely any time to live and enjoy my life. The thought that running the rat race, climbing the corporate ladder, and living for the weekend or a vacation was all I had to look forward to for the next twenty, thirty, forty years felt so sad.

Each day thereafter, I’d show up to my dining room table with my notebook, pen, Bible, and coffee and talk to God. And as I would pray or journal, questions in my heart began to form around the creative gifts I had locked up years ago. In gentle whispers, God was asking me:

What are your dreams?

Why did you stop dreaming?

Why did you stop drawing?

Why don’t you think your writing is good or impactful?

Why don’t you share your heart more?

Why do you doubt what is in you?

As much as this was a journey to creativity, it was a journey through dealing with some of my roadblocks to trusting in God. My art and the business that would emerge years later came from my heart and soul—a deep place that God was molding and shaping, holding me, pushing me, guiding me. It all started with Him.

Creative isn’t something we have to become. It is a gift we get to tap into and use. Perhaps, like me, you’ve felt unfulfilled trying to be something you were never meant to be. Take a minute to hear from the One who created you. What creative avenue is God prompting you to explore?

You already have it in you, friend. Psalms says that God “determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name” (147:4). This goes for us too. Along with a unique identity, a unique creativity is the Creator’s gift to each of us, and God loves it when we connect to that part of ourselves.

How has faith helped you tap into your passions, gifts, and abilities? Or do you find that you sometimes still push them away?