God Sighting | May 2, 2009

A week ago I was "volunteered" to create a poster for The City Community Church that supplemented an event aiming to connect with people who frequently walk by with dogs before the service. I went to Mozart's Cafe on Friday night to start and complete the project, and invited my friend, Hogan, to join.

I'd never created anything on this scale before, and let alone for this kind of an audience. Hours passed with little to show. I started to get a little concerned that if I didn't start something soon, I would never finish. I prayed that God would give me ideas to create this poster, and that it would bring glory to Him. Midnight was approaching fast, and about 30 minutes before we were going to leave, Hogan had a flurry of inspiration. "Hey it would be cool if you tried this...hey it would also be neat if you did this...now this..." I confess that my initial reaction, being the "designer," was that I should have been the one with the ideas, not Hogan. But not having anything else to go on, I obliged. As we implemented his ideas, I began to see that they were very, very good.

What saving grace from God! And answer to prayer! What a reminder that the burden of creativity does not lie with me, but with Him. It is Good to know that wherever there is a desire to glorify Jesus in a way that calls upon creativity, God will provide His creativity--whatever source it might come from--to honor that desire.