You know what happens when a girl who has lived in the bathroom dares to open the door? When a mother who thought she had no voice begins to realize her voice matters? When a student who has believed she was biding her time to live life for real begins to discover the life in today? When a writer tells her story? When a servant opens her hands? When a believer finally believes?
Art comes out.
Hope spills out of her arms and into the hopeless. Love is shown in the form of food for the hungry and support for the widows. It cannot always be defined by a resume or put down on a list. It is not a formula for change or a slogan for a campaign.
We are a scared lot of people, aren’t we? Worried to risk, to fail, to disappoint. Let go of the burden of your insecurity and allow God to uncover the imprint of his image on you – his creative, artistic image. Your efforts to change the world are not meaningless. They are not wasted. They are not too small. When we live free, we give freedom. When we live loved, we give love. When we are secure, we are able to offer security. This kind of living can’t be described in any other way than as art – beautiful, unpredictable, worshipful art.
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Thank you, for encouraging people to find their voice and become a part of the work that God is doing in the world. It feels awkward to me to post comments on blogs of people that I don’t know, but I’m realizing that it’s people like you that have brought me to the place where I am now (Is is okay to say that I think I actually am changing my little world??) and I thought you would like to know, even though you will probably never meet me, you’ve played a role in my life. Thanks.
Oh Emily, I’m thinking this may be my very favorite! Yes to living art.
Thank you for this!
This one is so good. Not that the others haven’t been, but this one…wow.
Emily, this is beautiful! The idea and the writing. I in particular love the idea of “worshipful art.” What a poignant way to put it! Thank you.
I love this: “Worried to risk, to fail, to disappoint. Let go of the burden of your insecurity and allow God to uncover the imprint of his image on you – his creative, artistic image.”
This is so beautiful, Emily. Partly through reading your blog, I have felt emboldened to begin writing, to let God cover my insecurity — for it is no way bigger than God’s love and desire to create through me, through all of us.
Bless you, and thank you for this series. It’s been so timely for me.
when you live with hands open to grace…….He blesses with enough left to share…….
These words fill my soul with so much encouragement. Thank You Emily. These words stood out today, “Your efforts to change the world are not meaningless. They are not wasted. They are not too small.
I just love your blog. I am always sending your link to friends or posting it on FB. Thanks for enriching my life with your art.