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We are God’s amazing poetry: how God repurposes what we yield
In our last post, we talked about God the ultimate Creator, about His creativity and ours. This week, I want to talk about God the Author and how He naturally repurposes our past in His writing of our lives from beginning to end. Isn’t He just the most amazing all-encompassing artist? Seriously… I love poetry. Some will say it’s an acquired taste, or they don’t get it, or it’s “boring.” And I understand all of that. But years of reading and writing it has given me an appreciation for this art form. It essentially takes emotion, circumstances, images, or ideas,…
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Wisdom plus creativity: what is God’s purpose for your gift?
What’s God’s purpose for me? It’s a BIG question. But, God is big. And I believe God likes questions, and I believe He takes pleasure in answering ours– on His time. I feel like I’ve been asking this a lot lately, which is why I want to write about it. I was recently asked what my passion was. The initial answer that popped into my head was writing, but when I took a few seconds, I said the whole truth: “To make things; to create.” I think a more accurate question to represent our whole question would be, What’s God’s…
