A “GOOD” lesson from the Great Creator!

I love to gain insights on the principles of creativity wherever I can, and where better than in the best-selling book of all time, The Holy Bible!

There are so many gems right off the top in Genesis Chapter 1!

In fact, the first five words read, “In the beginning, God created…”

I will have more to say about that in a future email, but there is one aspect of the Creation that I particularly love. It is found in this phrase:

“And God saw that it was good.”

Have you noticed that every time God finished creating something, He paused to look at it and see “that it was good?” (Seven times, in fact!)

And in the last verse of Genesis Chapter 1:

“God saw every thing that He had made, and behold is was VERY good.”

God took on a VERY BIG PROJECT—the creation of the heavens and the earth! And with each stage of creation, He acknowledged that He had done good work.  And when it was finished, He acknowledged that He had done VERY good work. 

I see this as a powerful example.  Sometimes as creators, we do our work and don’t take time to appreciate what we did.  Or we are critical of our work and pick it apart. Or we are afraid our work isn’t good enough so we hide it.  Or the perfectionist in us won’t allow us to enjoy what we created.

I just want to say, I believe God wants us to see our creations like He saw His. 

So...

I hereby give you permission to follow God’s example and see that your work is good!

I’m trying to do that, so I’ll share a personal story.

Some of you know that I have been working on a piano album—a collection of nine original compositions called Perfect Day.  To be honest, it has been a huge project—bigger than I anticipated—one that started two years ago!

There were so many parts and pieces to it, so many stages of creation—and it is finally done.

So...this past Sunday afternoon, my husband, Tom, and I, put our cell phones away, dimmed the lights, lit candles, then put the brand new Perfect Day CD in the Bose and listened, from beginning to end, uninterrupted.  No distractions, no talking or commentary, no following along with the printed music—just listening.

And do you know what?

It made me cry.

Because I saw that it was good. 

Even very good.

And I felt God rejoicing with me. 

He was my co-creator, and He saw that it was good, too!

So, my lovely friends, I just want to encourage you to keep creating, keep doing your work, and remember to take those moments along the way to recognize the goodness of it all.

Always love!

Andrea