I once read part of a book entitled The Language of God. The author was a self-proclaimed atheist who set out, by using science, to disprove the existence of God. Things did not work out quite like he intended, thus the title of his book. He was convinced that the intricacies and efficiency of the human body spoke of something more than chance. As he continued his studies, he saw the repetition of the Fibonacci Sequence throughout nature. The Golden Ratio was found in every life form from plants to animals to people. The synchronicity in life convinced him that not only is there a God, He is quite creative.
Not being much of a scientist and being much more simple-minded than Francis Collins, the author, I did not finish the book. Going to a zoo and seeing a giraffe, an elephant, a lion, and a baboon is pretty much all I need to arrive at the same conclusion. Somebody really intelligent and creative and with an amazing sense of humor had to have made all this. But, I am most grateful that Francis Collins met his divine appointment, wrote the book, came to know God the Creator, and shared his findings with the world.
I do believe that we are all stamped with the image of God. I do not know exactly what all that entails. But, one evidence of God's indwelling is creativity. I just love to see people's creativity. I watch Project Runway. I admit it. It fascinates me when the contestants use pet supplies to make clothes. All I know to do with pet supplies is care for a pet.
My kids are creative in different ways. As a nurse, my daughter has to come up with creative ways to make her patients more comfortable. Her husband is one of the most creative teachers I've seen, who finds teaching English to his high school students taking a backseat to teaching them how to live successfully. As an accountant, my daughter-in-law probably should not be too creative in her job, but she excels at creative gift-giving. I always know when she gives a gift that it will be great fun. My son is an exceptional creative problem solver, often building with scrap materials, tools to make a job run more efficiently.
I have friends who are artists. They are constantly creating beautiful works of art. Some of them believe that their art is only successful if they don't give the viewer everything. They give the viewer the opportunity to use their own creativity as they peruse the painting. That way everyone uses their own divine spark to see something different.
One of my friends is not only a brilliant painter, she uses great creativity in titling her paintings. Instead of "Bird on Rock," she uses "Rock Star." She entitled her painting of a farm house in a field, "Simple Living." Instead of "Sheep Staring Into Space," she has "Waiting for Ewe." I love that. Tom shows her creative spark in not only her paintings and their titles, but in her home, her brilliant reuse of old items, tablescapes and the list goes on and on.
I have another friend who is pretty new to painting. She has embraced it full force, as she does most things. Probably more than anybody I know, she is constantly fanning her divine spark. While most of my friends who paint, paint a landscape or still life that they can view, Martha often paints what she conjures in her head. She has less a divine spark and more a divine bonfire going on.
There is a guitar company here called Batson Guitars. The divine spark in those Batson brothers is obvious. One of them has basically revolutionized the building of guitars. He has a brilliant mind. The other is genius at marketing. They have a traveling guitar going around the country right now. It gives guitarists an opportunity to have and play a Batson Guitar for a period of time, and then pass it on to another. What a creative way to get those guitars into people's hands. Both brothers play the guitar, and at least one of them writes original music. I think of their creativity as divine sparklers shooting creative, beautiful light through their music and their instruments.
So, while there are many characteristics that evidence the image of God on each of us, creativity, in whatever form, speaks loudly of God the creator. So for today, I wish you a blaze of creativity and
blessings
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