“Let’s start seeing creativity as an investment rather than a cost.”
“Your habits in the short term impact your calling in the long term.”
“The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.”
“You have a masterpiece inside you, too, you know. One unlike any that has ever been created, or ever will be. And remember: If you go to your grave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it. Only you.”
“When we make, we invoke the abundance of God’s world into the reality of scarcity all about us.”
“If we are ever going to create anything beautiful, lasting, and worthwhile, it’s going to come from who we are when we are stripped of all our striving.”
“Since we were made to glorify God, worship happens when someone is doing exactly what he or she was made to do.”
“To get the right things done, choosing what to ignore is as important as choosing where to focus.”
“If the opening chapters of Genesis portray God as a creative artist, then it only stands to reason that the people he made in his image will also be artists. Art is an imaginative activity, and in the act of creating, we reflect the mind of our Maker.”
“Self-deception is the enemy of wholeness because it prevents us from seeing ourselves as we really are. It covers up our lack of growth in the Spirit of the truthful One and keeps us from coming to terms with our real personalities.”
