Don't lose sight.

I forgot how much I like blogging. And writing.

That wonderful feeling of sitting down and snuggling with just a cup of tea, your laptop or journal, and yourself, in your own little world. Where you can pour out your thoughts and let them dance all over until they've found contentment among the pages of your journal. There is a comfort in the silence that happens while your thoughts fight hard to contain themselves. And through that peaceful silence, the world of creativity begins to open up it's doors, and there is no going back. You are free to let it all out. Go ahead--pick up your pencil, open your tattered journal, start pressing those keys on your keyboard. Once your juices start flowing, it is almost as if you can't stop. How awful the feeling, to have to stop right in the middle of a fresh, new, growing thought?

At times, it is different. Those thoughts don't come alive. The worse feeling, above all, is the feeling of lost creativity. Where your thoughts no longer produce magic, but instead, insignificance, irrelevance, indifference. Where you no longer find the drive or longing to pour out those sweet, meaningful thoughts out.

But that is a lie that we trick ourselves into thinking to be true. And that lie is where I draw the line. I am here to tell you that the loss of creativity is truly a lie, and we are deceiving ourselves if we believe it.

Wherever those creative juices may have stopped flowing in your life, whatever creative passion is now lost, not to be stirred up again, or whatever situation that may have caused you to let go of your creativity, is most definitely not as big as the creativity that was first put inside of you. It is there for a reason. And we were designed with that very reason in mind! To be creative, to unleash that which is inside of us--whether it be on a canvas, dance floor, journal, stage, instrument...anything! It was certainly intentionally given to us, by the most creative person Himself: Our Creator. And the best part is, we are able to find joy in that very same creativity that He has put inside of us!

Lately, I have found myself run dry of those creative juices. I have bought into the lie that my creativity doesn't matter, that it's not worth it, that I don't have time to do it, work on it, practice it, that there are others that are better at it than me, so why bother. But all of those lies are exactly that--LIES! I find myself restless, discontent, unhappy, easily bothered, bored, stuck in repetition, going in circles..... all because I am itching to let it all out! Your creativity should not be kept closed up in a box. And especially not chained up and locked inside the four walls of a cell. But, I think that is where we find most of our creativity. It is not lost...it is just locked up. And we happened to throw out the key when we felt helpless. When you find yourself in that state of restlessness, discontent, and all other feelings of unhappiness--look to the One who is right there beside you, the One who gave that creativity to you! He WILL remind you that your creativity is not lost. And that it is, in fact, perfectly unique to you, just the way He intentionally created it to be.

If you are still with me, reading these words, than this is a gentle reminder to YOU to not let go of your creativity. Or you might be letting a part of yourself go, as well. Do not second guess yourself on if you have creativity or not. You were created with creativity in mind, so yes, you do!! If you love to dance, then dance! If you paint, then go out and paint! If you sing, then sing your heart out! If you bake, then by all means, please bake! (I could go on for hours on the types of creativity out there, and I still would not cover all that there is. Our Creator is BIG. So is the range of creativity He has given us.)

But, my dear friends, please do not let go of that which has been perfectly given to you, and only you.

If you find yourself lost of all things creative, do not lose heart. It is still in there, in the depths of your being, restlessly waiting to come up for air. And for goodness sake, stop drowning yourself. You were meant to breathe, and pour out freely :)