Creativity

How do you cultivate anything but by putting yourself in the presence of it?
How do you cultivate a relationship with God but by being in the presence of God in all the many different ways that you can be in God’s presence?
It’s the same with imagination.
Go to the great cathedrals and stand in awe.
See the great paintings.
Hear the great music.
Read the great books.
Look at nature, which is, again, God’s imagination expressing itself in an infinite number of ways.
Then realize this isn’t just what other people have.
God gave me an imagination too… find a way that you’re supposed to express it.
Use it to the fullest to the glory of God.

-Daniel Taylor contributor to The Power of Words and the Wonder of God

I came across this writing the other day and appreciated it.  God created us all to be creative, some more than others, but all creative.