Excerpt: The Creative Call

(From the Introduction)

“Our gifts are not from God to us, but from God through us to the world. When we fail to use these gifts, we suffer the same way a person accustomed to regular physical activity may feel pent up, out of sorts, and off-balance after going for several days without exercise. When we try to live without exercising our artistic gifts, we may feel restless and empty. Life lacks fullness. Something buried deep within longs to emerge.

For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me; inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst. I must speak and find relief; I must open my mouth and reply. (Job 32:18-20)

…I believe that one reason creatively gifted people spend a disproportionate amount of time and money in psychotherapy because they haven’t spent time doing their art. Although the healing value of counseling should not be underestimated, sooner or later, once we've done all the work of looking into the past and trying to understand how we arrived where we are in life, we inevitably come face to face with ourselves and with God…
Whatever your talent, if you’re ready for God to reveal to you His vision for your life as one of his artists, if you are ready to bring that talent into the light where the Holy Spirit can infuse you with the breath of Heaven—if you are ready to start playing by heart—read on.”

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