Delightful Creativity

Yesterday I made my first post.  It was a quick, short one, but I just had to post it because of an epiphany I had.  I had stayed up late Monday night creating some things, specifically the coffee cozies I posted about yesterday.  It took me a few tries before I could get the hang of making them, as it always does when I make something new.  

Then yesterday when I gave two of them to a friend, I realized how delighted I was to share with her what I had made.  Instantly I thought of our Father in heaven.  I know how excited I get when making something new.  I take my time in the creating process, and each piece gets just as much attention as the last.  I do not finish until the work is complete--how like our God!  

Our Father so patiently puts us together piece by piece.  Psalm 139:13 (shown below) tells about how he knit us in our mother's womb.  Our personality, our gifts, and talents are chosen by Him piece by piece in order to build us into the ultimate masterpiece.  Because He builds us with His own hands, we can only find our perfection in Him and His son Jesus Christ.  Just like the creations I make, His creations are never the same.  Each one is different and unique, so much so that He knows each of us by name.  Each of us is born with a purpose He placed with in us.  We are not made to be empty.  God Himself finds glory in each one of us.

So it is now no surprise to me why He loves us so much.  I love the things I make, getting excited about the completion of each one.  If I can get so excited about some cotton fabric and thread, how much more is the Lord delighted in the works of His great hands that He builds with flesh and bone. 

Below are some scriptures containing the word "create."  When I did the search with YouVersion.com I found 52 verses that contain the word "create," and I listed some of the ones that stood out to me.

"...everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

Isaiah 43:7

"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."

Genesis 1:27

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb."

Psalm 139:13

"For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him."

Colossians 1:16

"For this is what the lord says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says: "I am the lord, and there is no other."

Isaiah 45:18