The Spirituality of Making Stuff

The 20 mph winds of Southern California brought with them an insatiable desire for lemon bars.  Just kidding, I always want lemon bars- any lemon flavored pastry for that matter.  There is nothing so satisfying as eating food that you've made from scratch.

While waiting for the lemon bars to cool off, I sat at the piano and worked on recording a rough draft of  this song.  Of course, I didn't get to have an orchestra nor Gene Kelly in my production but by the end I thought, there is nothing so satisfying as playing through a beloved piece of music.

Soon, idle hands needed a new activity and I began to paint a journal that I got from a work conference this last week.  I wasn't expecting it to look any certain way, I just wanted to paint.  As the paint dried, I mused that there is nothing so satisfying as beholding something you've just painted.

One of my favorite things about God is that he is an artist.  I think that God likes that he's a creator of stuff- trees, fish, molten lava and people alike.  As an artist- whether ye be a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, a painter, a dancer, an engineer, a musician, a poet, a chemist, or fashion designer- we create stuff and in doing so, we get to take part in that sacred activity which is, I'm sure, one of God's most favorite things to do.  So, create on, friends and glory be to the One who painted the sky into existence, danced the celestial beings into luminance and baked up this little life of ours!

 

Pictures from my Instagram