Creativity...

What creativity really is...I've just been mulling this over in my mind, and wondering why I have no energy lately to create.

The dictionary definition of creativity is:
-noun
1. the state or quality of being creative.
2. the process by which one utilizes creative ability

I strive to be a diligent wife/mother/keeper-of-my-home and sometimes this means there is no mental energy left for me to pursue more personally gratifying endeavors. That is not to say that I don't derive a great deal of satisfaction from doing the aforementioned things well. It does, however, mean that there are days when I do not even begin to do those things that feel 'creative' to me.

As I was pondering these things I was struck with the idea that perhaps my view of creativity was too narrow. Maybe instead of being so focused on the tangible physical aspects of creativity, and therefore causing discontentment ro rear its ugly head, I ought to realize that creativity is also a part of how we approach the more intangible goals before us.

The reality is that each day my creativity, in my current phase of life, is more focused on raising my daughter to achieve her fullest potential. On loving my husband in such a way that he is genuinely built up and encouraged, and in creating a thoroughly peaceful atmosphere in my home through organization and love. In short my creativity is focused on being a reflection of Christ in my day-to-day living.

It is no wonder then that I don't often have the energy to create a collection of paintings, a sculpture, or some pillows. The reality is not that I don't have the energy to create but that my creativity is being expended in an even higher calling. I am focused on a deeper and more lasting end result, I strive for something of eternal value.

For it is not I who lives but Christ living in me, through me... I press on toward the prize, which is the high calling of God in Christ Jeaus.

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