Creativity as an Act of Worship and Sharing

Maybe, like The Little Drummer Boy, each one of us has a song to play as an act of worship…

I have no gift to bring…

That’s fit to give our King…

Shall I play for you?…

Then He smiled at me…

Maybe the song is a form of creativity that not only makes God smile but others smile as well. READ THE ENTIRE POST…

I don’t know about you but I often struggle with whether to share my creativity. Perhaps this is because we live in a world that highly esteems self-promotion and the act of creating something seems so personal, so special to God and to me. I worry whether the need for affirmation might sully the sharing.

So I hide away my writing in journals and procrastinate about getting reproductions made of my portraits, so the people that have asked to buy them can’t. I talk myself out of making ornaments for friends because I don’t want them to think they have to put them on their Christmas trees.

 

And when I wonder: Maybe my morning thoughts might encourage someone, I seize up and talk myself out of writing the blog post.

Yet then I remember The Little Drummer Boy and believe, once again, that when I present the gifts God graces me with to others it makes Him smile.

I have amazing people in my life who model this kind of stewardship. My sister makes snow people Christmas cookies to share with friends and family. My daughter-in-law creates themed baskets full of food for family and friends. My other daughter-in-law has friends over for delectable feasts. My mother crochets scarves, blankets, and headbands to share with family, friends, and people at the shelter.

My daughters crochet scarves and make Christmas ornaments to give away. My brother’s business, “Accidental Engineering,” graces people’s yards, houses, and restaurants with everything from log-carved planters to light fixtures. These are just a few of the creative people in my family who make God and people smile with their endless talents shared.

So maybe, just maybe, a great act of worship is the willingness to lay our talents at the Lord’s feet. We can acknowledge “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning,” (James 1:17).

Then we pick them up and give them to others. Whether we play a musical instrument, dance with a theater company, paint a picture, or craft a plate of snow people for a Christmas party, we can make God and others smile. We can play a musical instrument. We can dance with a theater company. We can paint a picture. We can craft a plate of snow people for a Christmas party. We can make God and others smile. We can do this when we share.

So this holiday season, consider presenting your creativity to God first and then to others as an act of worship and sharing. I guarantee you will warm many hearts if you do.