Creativity is God’s Idea & It’s for Everyone

Have you ever heard someone say—or you have said it yourself— “I don’t have a creative bone in my body”? Or have you recognized that you or someone in your family seems to have a bit more of a creative gift than you seem to have? Or have you realized that you or someone in your family has a creative bent, but are unsure of what to do about it? And furthermore, have you noticed how God has and is working creatively in your life and in those around you?

I feel like my eyes have been opened in recent years to the answers to these questions and more as I’ve sought to study God’s character quality of creativity, the fact that creativity is part of being made in God’s image, and noticed how God works creatively in each of our lives for our good and for His glory.

There are many Bible verses, books and articles that have encouraged me as I’ve pursued this study and as I’ve taught art to homeschool students. Here are a few highlights:

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10

“If you are God, your work is to create out of nothing. If you are not God, but like God—that is, if you are human—your work is to take what God has made and shape it and use it to make Him look great." John Piper, from Don't Waste Your Life

“No work of art is more important than the Christian’s own life, and every Christian is called upon to be an artist in this sense. He may have no gift of writing, no gift of composing or singing, but each man has the gift of creativity in terms of the way he lives his life.” Francis Schaeffer, from Art and the Bible

I hope you can join me at the PAACH Mother-Daughter Tea Party on November 15th as I seek to remind us all of the amazingly creative God we serve, how He desires us to reflect His creativity, and how He is continually working creatively in our lives.

Sharon Pittenger