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It Rains Diamonds on Neptune
It rains diamonds on Neptune Far beyond our sight In the deep darkness Of an endless night Isn’t this already Beyond our imagination? What else can there be Hidden in creation? A whisper of the miraculous The lightest touch of a presence Displaying wisdom and glory Diversity and abundance And yet, what of our planet? What falls out of our skies? We take for granted Our most important prize God has a joyful bias Toward bringing us pleasure Diamonds and life Beyond measure
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What does God-led Creativity Look Like?
This is the fourth of 7 blogs on releasing your creative potential. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 We are God’s creation, his poem, his work of art. We’re carefully, lovingly created and formed for his exquisite pleasure and our deepest joy. We’re created and formed for God’s purpose. His purpose is always good, although sometimes it does not feel that way.
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How Will You Combine Self-Expression and Beyond-Imagination?
This is the third of 7 blogs on releasing your creative potential. “I reached out for something to attach myself to—and I found nothing. But in reaching out, in the effort to grasp, to attach myself, left high and dry as I was, I nevertheless found something I had not looked for—myself.” – Tropic of Capricorn, Henry Miller Self-expression is limiting, but necessary for authentic art. This quote is positive in its finding of self. We should plummet the depths of who we are and be authentic in our artistic expression. And we should seek to continually do this as we grow, develop and change as individuals. And yet,…
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Hip Hops, Blues Rocks, Jazz Bops
Life has a rhythm. Because God put it there. When hip-hops, blues rock and jazz bops it’s because of one thing. Time. Time is a created entity, put into three-dimensional existence by God. Without time, there would be no music – nothing to play against. Without time, music, and life, would have no improvisation, counterpoint, syncopation, harmony, diversity. It’s all here for us, orchestrated by the hands of a loving, powerful and creative God. Rock on.
