Life Artist

Last week we had teaching on “Art and the Artist in God’s Perspective.” I was taught a lot, so I thought I could maybe share some of it with you.
A Life Artist: Someone who embraces opportunities as they come along. They have a willingness to explore more than the minimum.
Don’t say, “I’m not creative.” You are lying against the very first verse in the Bible! “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.’” Gen.1:1/26 etc. "He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name." Gen 2:19. Since the beginning He has been co-creating with us, giving us the freedom to be creative. He wants us to think outside the box, to create, and live creatively.
Arts has the power to bring revelation. It takes what the eyes see, past them, and affects the heart. We have a calling to creatively image God into this world. Yes! I want to be part of this, and discover and grow it in my life. He is Jehovah Elohim – Creative Redeemer.
The speaker gave an assignment, which was to do a Redemptive Art project. You were suppost to take something you struggle with and make it in a peice or art. At first I wasn’t so excited about it, it just didn’t enthuse me. When I thought of my idea, it just didn’t seem that my feelings on the subject would be able to be fully expressed through my idea. Man, I was wrong. It turned out to be such a wonderful new experience. We made such powerful art and testimonies with just found objects. People talked about things they had never dared talk about before, and they did it in front of people they have known for only a month. By doing so they themselves were healed, and others were healed. They’re heart’s were spoken to. The power of healing through speaking out testimonies is real. Stories that come from the darkness, when spoken out, are given light. When you're in the light are have less fear, which makes more room for love. I greatly recommend everyone do this! Do it with other people. I guarantee you'll be changed in a great way! If you need more info. on the "assignment" holler my way.
The lessons I’ve learned this week are huge ways of life that I’m so excited to make part of my life.
The whole earth and sky and everything in it is an expression of God’s creativity. And we’re living in it everyday! Us too, we are HIS ARTWORK! Amen!