On Being Creative

So, just so you know, I'm only obnoxious outside of class. Never in class. I hardly even talk in class. Except for this morning. For some reason, my filter was misplaced and I was spewing things from my mouth as I was thinking them. It would have been fine if it was a normal day with our normal professors...but no. We had a guest speaker. Had I known who he was, I would have probably made a conscious effort to remain silent...but as it was, I didn't, and thus, I wasn't.

The trouble started when he said that liquor tasted like cow pee. I promptly raised my hand and asked if he could please tell about the time he drank cow pee. Then he mentioned he was an ENFP and I spurted, "Me too!!" (Wait...I only meant to THINK that...) I resolved to shut up. Unfortunately, I really liked what he was saying and was getting really into it, and I yelled out "yeah!!" after one of his more passionate moments. At that point Lizzie looked at me and said "...who are you?"

Well y'all, this was no ordinary dude. This was Ron Wilson. He used to be one of the vice presidents of Focus on the Family. I didn't know this till AFTER I asked him if we could hang out. Yeah. We had lunch. It was amazing cause guess what? He has written a devotional for the creative person. And it blew my mind a little.

Here are the main points of the mind blowing. Ready? K.

1. The passage was about the creativity involved in building the Tabernacle (Exodus 25, 35, 36, 40.)

2. As a creative christian you have the ability to create tabernacles, or idols.

3. Then end result of creating something the Lord wants you to create, is His presence coming and filling it.

4. IF GOD HAS WRITTEN MY STORY, AND I'M FAITHFUL TO WALK IN IT...THEN TRUE CREATIVITY IS ACTUALLY JUST OBEDIENCE. OBEDIENCE TO WRITE THE SONGS HE HAS PLANNED FOR ME TO WRITE.

5. The Christian artist's job is to take what is unseen (or heard) and make it seen (heard). In his words, " Making a copy of an invisible reality."

So the moral of this story, Ladies and Gentlemen, is that sometimes I'm an idiot and talk a lot, but God is sovereign, and sometimes He allows me to be a dork so that I can make friends with cool people like former vice presidents who happen to be brilliant, and on fire for the Lord, and who give you encouragement when you really didn't even know you needed it. And here, I'll try and add a picture so more people will want to read this. Cause pictures liven things up.

This page fell out of my book and somehow stuck itself to my bed. I think it's funny.

Close up. :)