Our Creative Creator

Man it has been a while since I've had any time to write anything.

Lets jump back to last week. On Thursday night we had our first Telios Canvas Group meeting of the summer. What's a canvas group? Well, you should ask, and I'll tell you! But that isn't the point right now.

Trey led the meeting, and talked about Creative Expression, one of our 4 practices in canvas groups. It was pretty cool, because he facilitated a discussion about what it means to be creative.

You see, we often recognize that we are mad in the image of God. God is the Creator, and we in His image are made to be creators as well. A lot of us don't think of ourselves as very creative though.

What do you think of as creative? When this question was posed, mainly we all responded with art, movies, music, drama, dance, writing, and other things that could be seen as "creative arts". Now think about it this way: When you do something in a novel way, that's creativity.

So when Bono created the (Red) campaign to help eliminate AIDS in Africa, that was a pretty darn creative idea. When Watson and Crick came up with the structure of DNA, man, that was creative. You see, thinking outside the box is a form of creativity.

God is the ultimate Creator. What do you experience daily that makes you aware of Him, or His goodness? For me, it can be nature, brilliant tv writing, the minds and thoughts of others that I cannot comprehend, emotions, good coffee, and so many other things.

One thing I thought of during the discussion the other night was kind of geeky as usual. When asked what we saw as amazing creation or beautiful I said DNA. Why? It is so simple, yet carries such a complex message. It baffles me that our God thought not only of the expanse of the universe we can see with our eyes, but also of the expanse of the universe we cannot. There is a whole other world of sorts going on inside each of your cells at this very moment that you are completely unaware of. So many complex signaling interactions that scientists are still figuring out new things every day. The video above is a pretty cool representation of what it might look like inside a cell if you were able to take a video of it. Although you may not know what the parts are you are seeing, and may not even care, take a moment to watch the clip and think about the amazing, creative God we serve that could come up with such an amazing miniature universe inside every living thing.