Creative...Creating...Creation

"For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God."
-Romans 8:20-21

"He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation."
-Colossians 1:15

"In the beginning, God created"
-Genesis 1

"I need a sign to let me know you're here
'Cause my TV set just keeps it all from being clear
I want a reason for the way things have to be
I need a hand to help build up some kind of hope
Inside of me

And I'm calling all angels
I'm calling all you angels

When children have to play inside
so they don't disappear
When private eyes solve marriage lies cause
we don't talk for years
And football teams are kissing Queens
and losing sight of having dreams."
-Train "Calling all Angels"



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"You can spend your whole life buildin'
Somethin' from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway."
-Martina McBride "Anyway"



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"God created mankind in His own image
(likeness, resemblance)."
-Genesis 1:27

"ktisis"
- Greek word for creation meaning "the act of creating"

I'm coming to believe that we are most alive and in touch with life as God intended when we are creative and creating. I'm chewing on this thought a great deal these days. There is something incredibly deep and divine about being in the process of creating things that bring life. I've come to believe that there are things deep in our hearts created there by God through our life experiences, personalities, relationships, etc. When we really touch those things, we create life.

You could say we co-create life.

I look at my life both now and in the past and I'm realizing that the times that I've felt most alive are the times where I've been involved in creating. The Greek word is ktisis (pronounced "cat-tee-sis") meaning "the act of creating". It's a broad word. It involves creating and creation in all things. Creating in myself. Creating in my family. Creating in my life. Creating in the world at large. All of the act of creating flows from the inner depths of my heart.

What would it be like to be a "ktisis" community? What would it be like to be a person that is pursuing "ktisis" and life in myself and others? What if we are most aware of the "kingdom of heaven at hand" when we are ktisis from the depths of us? What am I creating in my life right now and in the lives around me? Who are the people that inspire the "ktisis" in you? Places? Movies? Songs? What would your life look like if you created more "creating"? Thoughts...comments...observations...holla back on any of the above.