Are You For Real?

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Wouldn’t you agree that art makes our communication with others more vivid and realistic? I think it’s because it adds life and expression to our thoughts. If you enjoy sketching or doodling, then why not allow it to have a place in your walk with the Lord? Our communication with the Living God should be vivid and expressive, not dull, stereotypical phrases.

I recently came across the following creative idea for enriching our prayer time with sketches:

If you think in pictures, and express yourself in drawing, it would be quite natural to take some of the promises of God and sketch them as you pray. You think of Jesus standing in a boat in a stormy sea and commanding the waves to be still. You sketch the stormy sea as you pray to the One who is able to still it, you write some of your deepest problems on the waves, picturing the fact that they are about to overwhelm you, and you bring them to God as things that only He can solve and ‘calm’. You sketch a boat, with a tiny figure of yourself (a stick will do) in the boat, and picture Jesus in the boat, too – remembering to thank God as you pray that He really is in the boat of daily life, in this stormy sea with you …

I often sketch mountains, with prayer requests of the most ‘impossible’ kind (humanly speaking) on the peaks, remembering that He has promised that as we ask with faith – faith as a mustard seed – we may expect to see mountains cast into the sea. A tiny dot of a mustard seed is helpful to picture in contrast to the mountain.

The Hidden Art of Homemaking
The quote in this post was taken from Edith Shaeffer’s excellent book, The Hidden Art of Homemaking, where she discusses creative ideas for enriching everyday life.

 

 

 

Edith encourages us not to allow our talent to remain locked up just because we have not been able to make a career of it, but rather to develop it for our own sake … and for enrichment in the lives of those in our circle of influence.

Keeping it real,

• I’m SO grateful for godly women who take the time to share insight with those of us who long to have a more vivid relationship with Father God. Visit Grace Alone to see what others are thanking the Lord for in this week’s Thankful Thursday blog carnival.
• Stop by Heavenly Home Maker to see what others are grateful for in this week’s GratiTuesday blog carnival.
• Head over to The Lazy Organizer to see what everyone else is talking about in this week’s Talk About Tuesday blog carnival.

Tags: Edith Schaeffer, enrichment, inspiration, Prayer